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Installing Network and Administrative Client Software Creating Installation Diskettes

Product Manual U7613-J-Z815-6-76

Ê To create client diskettes at the Advanced Server command prompt

1. Log on to Advanced Server console as "root".

2. Enter the following command located in the /var/opt/lanman/bin directory:

makeclients [-f] -d [drives | -D <devices> ] <clientpkg>

where

The

makeclients program will prompt you for each diskette in the set of client disks, format

them in MS-DOS format, and populate them with the client software.

To create client installation diskettes from an MS-DOS client computer

Ê Log on at an MS-DOS client computer as an administrative user.

Ê Connect to the MSCLIENT share on the Advanced Server by typing the following

command at the DOS prompt:

net use <d:> \\<servername>\msclient

Replace <d:> with the drive letter and <servername> with the name of the server.

Ê Change to the drive <d:> that connects to the MSCLIENT share.

Ê Change to the directory on the shared resource that contains the client package for

which you want to make diskettes:

<d:> cd \images\<client directory>

-f Disables formatting of the diskettes.

-d <drives> This parameter is not supported.

-D <device> Specifies the disk device. On Reliant UNIX-N the default is

/dev/at/vfx3ht.

<clientpkg> The name of the package for which you wish to create disks.

Options are lanman, msclient, tcp32wfw and update.wfw.