SUMMARY
Question:
Why is the following error message displayed when I try to start OS/2
LAN Manager version 2.x?
SYS1718: The system cannot find the file "FSHELPER" specified
in the DEVICE command on line 39 of the CONFIG.SYS file.
Line 39 ignored.
Response:
This message is displayed because either the NETWKSTA.SYS line in your
CONFIG.SYS file starts with "DEVICE=" or you have multiple
NETWKSTA.SYS lines in your CONFIG.SYS file.
If you have only one line in your CONFIG.SYS file for NETWKSTA.SYS
that starts with "IFS=", this error message will not be displayed.
For example, your CONFIG.SYS file may contain two NETWKSTA.SYS lines
similar to the lines listed below:
device=c:\lanman\netprog\netwksta.sys /i:c:\lanman
ifs=c:\lanman\netprog\netwksta.sys /i:c:\lanman
If it does, change these lines to the following:
rem device=c:\lanman\netprog\netwksta.sys /i:c:\lanman
ifs=c:\lanman\netprog\netwksta.sys /i:c:\lanman
Or, the message may be displayed because your CONFIG.SYS file has one
line for NETWKSTA.SYS, such as the one listed below:
device=c:\lanman\netprog\netwksta.sys /i:c:\lanman
If it does, change this line to the following:
ifs=c:\lanman\netprog\netwksta.sys /i:c:\lanman
As always, you can use any combination of uppercase and lowercase
characters in the CONFIG.SYS entries.
The reason for starting the line with "IFS=" instead of "DEVICE=" is
that NETWKSTA.SYS in OS/2 LAN Manager version 2.x must be installed
as an IFS (Installable File System) instead of as a device driver.
This is a change from earlier releases of OS/2 LAN Manager, in which
NETWKSTA.SYS is always installed as a device driver.