TITLE:              How to Install Update and Patch Files
DOCUMENT ID:        TID014932
DOCUMENT REVISION:  1
DATE:               10May95
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
README FOR:         NA

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NETWARE LITE V1.1

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ISSUE:

Novell makes update and patch files available for the Desktop Systems
Group line of products. To try and make installing these files as
easy as possible, Novell has encapsulated the update or patch files
in what is referred to as a self-contained or self-extracting file.
This means that the .EXE file contains many other files that can be
"exploded" or "extracted" by executing the file.

You should place the .EXE file into a temporary directory or into a
directory that technical support has indicated. After doing that, you
should execute the file. Executing the .EXE file will result in
having the .EXE file and the files included in it present in the
directory in which you executed it.

Each update or patch fileset has self-contained instructions on how
to install the update or patch files. For example, the current update
fileset for NetWare Lite 1.1 is L11U05.EXE. If a file revision is
made, the filename will increment to L11U06.EXE, and so on. This file
contains all of the files necessary to bring the NetWare Lite code
current. It also contains a text file, in this case L11U05.TXT, that
gives installation instructions that can be read by any word
processor or viewer that allows for text conversion from ASCII or any
ASCII text editor.

After you have extracted the .EXE file, you should read the .TXT file
CAREFULLY so you can fully understand the steps necessary to apply
the update or patch files. Following are two examples of steps taken
to apply update or patch files:

L11U05.EXE:

This file is the update to NetWare Lite 1.1. It contains several
files with a .PAT extension and one .TXT file. To extract L11U05.EXE,
execute it by typing L11U05 at the DOS prompt.

You need to copy the *.PAT files into the \NWLITE directory on ALL
machines on the network that run NetWare Lite 1.1.

After copying these file, you need to run the UPATCH command from the
C:\NWLITE directory. This will apply the *.PAT files, or in other
words, use the *.PAT files to update the NetWare Lite code.

You can verify this process by typing UPATCH VERIFY at the C:\NWLITE
prompt. NOTE: These steps are explained in the L11U05.TXT file.

D70Uxx.EXE:

This file is used with Novell DOS 7. The xx indicates the revision of
the file. At the time of this writing the revision was 13, therefore
the file is labeled D70U13.EXE. As fixes are added to this file the
revision number will increment. Please be sure to watch for future
revisions.

This file is a self extracting compressed file. All that is needed to
extract the files is to issue the command D70Uxx (replacing xx with
the revision number of the file).

Once the files have been extracted or uncompressed, be sure to read
the D70Uxx.TXT file (once again the xx would be replaced with the
revision of the file). The D70Uxx.TXT file contains installation
instructions.

The installation of updates and patches are fairly straightforward.
However, instructions do vary. Most importantly, you should read the
.TXT file after decompressing the extracting the .EXE file to make
sure that you understand all instructions before making the attempt
to install.

If a temporary directory exists, you should use it to execute the
self-extracting file. After the enclosed files have been extracted,
read the .TXT file and go from there.

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