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Date:         Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:56:01 PST
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From:         Saskia Lund <saskia@INFO.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject:      Infotrac problems

Greetings,

I have been trying to get several infotrac CDs to work on my optinet
CD server.  The particular CD I've used during testing is National Newspaper
Index.   Here's my set-up:

Netware 3.11 fileserver
Optinet 2.0 CD server

Workstation: 386DX, 8MB ram
        DOS 5.0
        IPX ver 3.04
        NETX ver 3.22
Optinet client software:
        Netusr ver 2.08
        mscdex ver 2.20
        onet ver 2.07                   500K avail after all of this
                                        is loaded.

Workstation config.sys:
        device=c:\windows\himem.sys
        DEVICE=C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE
        FILES=20
        BUFFERS=10
        device=c:\aspi4dos.sys
        BREAK=ON
        STACKS=9,256
        SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /E:1024 /p
        DEVICE=\NANSI.SYS
        LASTDRIVE=E
        dos=high,umb

The software that comes with the CD includes a program to configure the
setup (config.exe) and a program to launch the search software (itboot.exe).
The CD itself also has copies of these programs that are different
in date (newer) and size (bigger).

The config.exe and itboot.exe on the software disk will run.  That version
of config.exe does not properly configure the system, however.

The documentation says to configure using the program on the CD:
 . . . (after loading ipx, netx, netusr, mscdex /d:$optinet /m:16,
        onet -o natlnews, and from the Netware drive containing the
        software ... )
        d:config deluxe

When I do this I get the following error messages:
Memory allocation error
Cannot load COMMAND.COM, system halted

I have copied d:config.exe to the Netware drive and the result is the same.
(The copy of itboot.exe found on the CD freezes the workstation without
any error messages.  It is not clear which version of itboot I should be
using.)

In shell.cfg I have search mode = 5, but the results are the same without a
search mode at all.  Is there a better mode to choose?

I have also tried installing the infotrac software on to my local C: drive.
I have loaded ipx, netusr, mscdex and onet (i.e. *not* loaded netx, which
is not necessary to reach the CD server) and the results are the same
when I try to run the copy of config.exe found on the CD. Or copy it to
C: and run it from there.

Command.com is in c:\ and c:\dos.  Comspec is set in the system login script
and is equal to c:\command.com.

Questions:
Is anyone successfully using these CDs from an optinet CD server on a 3.11
Netware network?
Any suggestions on how to configure this differently?  or other tests to
make?

Tech support has said that the problem is in my network and that none of
their other customers has had this problem.
Harumph!

Any comments will be appreciated,
Saskia

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Saskia Lund
Instructional Resources Coordinator
School of Library and Information Studies, UC Berkeley
(510) 642-3091  |  saskia@info.berkeley.edu   |   sal-lis@cmsa.berkeley.edu
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