TITLE:              Partial install of Novell DOS 7
DOCUMENT ID:        TID800110
DOCUMENT REVISION:  2
DATE:               07SEP94
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NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
Novell DOS 7

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ISSUE:

Occasionally, a user may wish to do a partial install of Novell DOS
7, in order to save disk space.  While Novell cannot anticipate every
custom install desired, two approaches to partial install are
discussed here.

METHOD A:  Installing Basic ND7 and Stacker files

This section describes installing the basic ND7 files plus Stacker
3.12.  "Basic ND7" means all Novell DOS commands and utilities, no
network files or drivers, and none of the 3rd Party utilities (ie
Fastback, Search and Destroy).  This will save you almost 3MB of
space in the NWDOS directory.  We will not discuss removing Stacker
to save disk space, as Stacker can provide you with a great deal more
disk space than it occupies.

This section will also describe the files you will need for Novell
DOS and Stacker in Windows.  This will save 1MB of space in the
Windows and Windows\System directories (compared to the amount of
space taken if INSTALL adds all the DOS files for Windows).

(A1)  Run INSTALL from the #1 disk.  Select NOT to install network
files, and NOT to install Windows files.

(A2)  After INSTALL completes and the system is rebooted, go to the
newly installed NWDOS directory ("CD \NWDOS").

(A3)  Issue the following commands, to delete unneeded files.  MAKE
SURE TO TYPE THESE EXACTLY AS WRITTEN, TO AVOID DELETED NECESSARY
FILES:

        DEL *.DBF
        DEL *.CDB
        DEL DEFAULT.*
        DEL FB*.*
        DEL *.FBM
        DEL SDRES.*
        DEL SDSCAN.*
        DEL *.VRB
        DEL RPLDOC.TXT

(A4)  If you DO NOT have Windows, also DEL WINSWAP2.EXE (also located
in the newly installed NWDOS subdirectory).  Then you are done.  If
you DO have Windows, proceed with steps A5-A8.

(A5)  Copy TASKMGR.EXE to the Windows directory with the command:

COPY C:\NWDOS\TASKMGR.EXE C:\WINDOWS

(A6)  To enable the ability to create a Windows 386 Enhanced Mode
Permanent or Temporary swap file on a Stacker drive, copy WINSWAP*.*
from the disk labeled "Utilities 4" to the Windows\System
subdirectory (ie COPY A:WINSWAP*.* C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM).  Four files
should copy over.  Some of the WINSWAP files will then need to be
decompressed.  From inside the Windows\System subdirectory give the
command:

        PNUNPACK WINSWAP.??_ /o

You should see 3 files get unpacked.  After this completes, you may
erase the packed copies, with the command:

DEL WINSWAP.??_

Once you have compressed a drive with Novell DOS Stacker, you will
notice a new Virtual Memory icon in the Control Panel.  Use this to
create a swap file on the Stacked drive, if necessary.  Note that
before compressing a drive, you should set the swap file type to NONE
or insure that the existing swap file is located on a different
drive.

(A7)  To change the MS DOS icon to the Novell DOS icon, run Windows
and pull up the PROPERTIES for the MS DOS icon.  This can be done by
holding down the ALT key while you double-click on the icon.  Change
the DESCRIPTION field to "Novell DOS Prompt".  Change the 
COMMAND LINE field to "C:\COMMAND.COM".  Choose "Change Icon" and
then "Browse".  Go into the NWDOS directory and select the file
"COMMAND.ICO".  Click on "OKAY" until you are back to the Program
Manager.  The new icon should now be in place.

(A8)  To enable a new "Stacker" pull down menu in File Manager, edit
the WINFILE.INI file in the Windows directory.  If the file does not
exist, run Windows, start the File Manager (MAIN group) and then
close it (File Manager) completely.  The .ini file should then exist. 
Add a new section to the beginning, called, "[AddOns]" (if this
section is already there, you do not need to add another).  In that
section, place the line "Stacker Extension=C:\NWDOS\STACFM.DLL". 
After this, File Manager should have a new pull down menu, called,
"Stacker".  Note that this new menu will only be useable after using
Novell DOS SETUP to compress disk space.

This completes Method A.

METHOD B:  Customizing installation through SETUP.INI

SETUP.INI contains many customizable features.  The section discusses
only one.  If you plan to do several installs of Novell DOS over a
network, altering the SETUP.INI can accomplish the same install as
described above, without the need to delete as many files yourself. 
However, this method will not save time on the Windows portion, which
will still need to be done on each individual workstation.

This method will not save time on only one install, as changing the
SETUP.INI file takes time and effort.  Keep a copy of the original
SETUP.INI, as you may need it again.  Installation over a network can
be accomplished by copying all files on the install disks to one
subdirectory on a server, then mapping the client workstation to the
server, and running INSTALL from there.

The latter part of the SETUP.INI file is a list of all 6 disks and
what files will get copied from them to the drive during INSTALL. 
The destination of these files is specified by the portion of the
line which precedes the filename.  You will only need to worry about
altering lines that begin with "NWDOS:d", as we can avoid installing
many unwanted files merely by telling install not to install that
category of files (networking files, windows files).

(B1)  Remove any lines in this section that meet BOTH of the
following two requirements:

        The line begins with "NWDOS:d".

        The file specified matches one of the wildcard specifications
        listed above in step A3.

(B2)  Make sure the altered SETUP.INI is in the directory where
INSTALL resides, then give the command INSTALL.  Choose NOT to
install the network nor the Windows files.  This will install only
the basic DOS and Stacker files.

After install completes and the machine is rebooted, perform steps
A4-A8, above.

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