Supervising the Network

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Managing the NetWare Services File System

Loading Operating Systems and Applications onto the Network

Loading Operating Systems and Applications onto the

Network

You may want to load workstation operating system (OS) ﬁles on the

network to save workstation disk space or to allow diskless workstations to

• Loading DOS

• Loading Windows

• Loading other applications

• Assigning trustee rights to OS and application directories

Loading DOS onto the Network

Prerequisites

• A workstation running DOS 3.30 or later

• The Supervisor or Create right to the directory where you want to load the

application

Procedure

1 Create a directory in SYS:PUBLIC for each workstation type and version of DOS

you will be using on your network.

Name your directories according to the following convention:

SYS:PUBLIC\machine\os_type\os_version

For each directory, replace machine with the six-character machine name of the

workstation (such as IBM_PC or COMPAQ).

Replace os_type with the type of DOS you are using (such as MSDOS or

DRDOS). Replace os_version with the DOS version number.

For example, to install MS-DOS 5.0 on an IBM* PC, go to SYS:PUBLIC to

create the DOS subdirectory. To use the DOS MD command, type the

commands shown next (in order):

MD IBM_PC <Enter>

CD IBM_PC <Enter>