Schneider Electric FTCC, CCX, Terminals User Guide

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Preface

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This manual is intended for use with the Telemecanique range of IBM PC compatible terminals. It describes the installation of the various Operating Systems supported by these terminals.

The Operating System(s) that can be used depends on the type of terminal selected. The table below shows the correspondence between terminal and Operating Systems.

FTX 507

CCX 57

FTX 417

TE/MS-DOS 4.01

TE/DR-DOS 5.0

TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

X (*)

TE/MS-DOS and TE/MS-OS/2 Operating Systems can be installed on the same terminal.

The TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Operating System comprises two installation modes:

• Standard mode: The Operating System is installed in one language only (corresponding to the product language version identified by the letters F, E, G, T, or S).

All messages displayed on-screen will be displayed in the selected language.

• Multilanguage mode: The Operating System is installed in more than one language.

The complete installation procedure using the corresponding set of system diskettes

(versions F, E, G, T or S) must be performed for each language version required.

All messages displayed on-screen will be displayed in the language selected from those installed in the system.

Notes on the layout of this manual:

• Section 1 refers to the Operating Systems designed for installation on FTX 507 and

CCX 57 systems.

• Section 2 refers to the Operating Systems designed for installation on FTX 417 terminals.

The other sections are common to the entire range of terminals with specific instructions provided, where required, for the various Operating Systems.

(*) New Telemecanique product, contact your Telemecanique Sales Office for details.

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General Contents

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First Installation of TE/MS-DOS 4.01 / TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

1.1

First Installation of TE/MS-DOS 4.01 Only

1.2

First Installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Only

1.3

First Installation of TE/MS-DOS 4.01 and TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

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First Installation of TE/DR-DOS 5.0 / TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

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2.1

First Installation of Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Only

2.2

First Installation of Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Only

2.3

First Installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Only

2.4

First Installation of TE/DR-DOS 5.0 and TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

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Reinstalling Operating Systems 3/1

3.1

General

3.2

Reinstalling TE/MS-DOS 4.01 Only

3.3

Reinstalling TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Only

3.4

Reinstalling TE/MS-DOS 4.01 and TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

3.5

Reinstalling TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Installed Alone

3.6

Reinstalling TE/DR-DOS 5.0 and TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

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Updating Operating Systems 4/1

4.1

Updating TE/MS-OS/2 Version 1.1 with Version 1.3

Installed Alone

4.2

Updating TE/MS-OS/2 Version 1.1 with Version 1.3

Installed with TE/MS-DOS 4.01

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Installing and Adjusting Pointing Devices 5/1

5.1

Installation & Adjustment Under TE/MS-DOS 4.01 or

TE/DR-DOS 5.0

5.2

Installation and Adjustment Under TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

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General Contents

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Section

Configuring a Hard Disk

6.1

FDISK Command in TE/MS-DOS 4.01

6.2

FDISK Command in TE/DR-DOS 5.0

6.3

FDISKPM Command in TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

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Questions/Answers 7/1

7.1

Warning

7.2

TE/MS-DOS 4.01 Installed Alone

7.3

Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Installed Alone

7.4

Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Installed Alone

7.5

TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Installed Alone

7.6

TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Installed with TE/MS-DOS 4.01

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TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Installed with Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0

7.8

TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Installed with Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0

7.9

Installing PL7-1/2/3 with TE/DR-DOS 5.0

7.10 Running Telemecanique Programs with TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

7.11 Running Other Programs

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Section 1

1.1

First Installation of TE/MS-DOS 4.01 Only

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1.1

First Installation of TE/MS-DOS 4.01 Only

1.1-1 Before Starting

Check that you have the following:

• 2 TE/MS-DOS 4.01 3 1/2" diskettes,

• 1 TE/MS-DOS 4.01 User's Guide.

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1.1-2 Installation Procedure

1- Insert the INSTALL 1 diskette in drive A,

2- Power-up the terminal,

3- Once the self-tests have been performed, the following menu is displayed onscreen:

Partition Fixed disk

Fixed disk . . . . 1

This fixed disk is not completely set up. The fixed disk has space that needs to be divided into areas called partitions. You can leave the fixed disk as it is, or you can define your own partition sizes.

Choose on option:

1.Leave

disk unchanged

2.Define

your own particular sizes

• To install the operating system on an FTX 507 terminal with a 40 Mb hard disk, select

1, then press <Enter> to confirm the selection so that the SELECT TE utility will automatically partition the hard disk (main partition (C:) of 32 Mb, second partition

(D:) of 8 Mb).

• For all other systems (CCX 57 with a 40 Mb hard disk or CCX 57 and FTX 507 systems with a hard disk of more than 40 Mb), select 2, then press <Enter> to validate the selection and call-up FDISK. The hard disk should be partitioned as shown in the table opposite.

Once the FDISK command is invoked (as described in Sub-section 6.1), perform the various operations in the following sequence:

1- Create the primary partition,

2- Enter the primary partition size,

3- Activate the primary partition,

4- Create the extended partition,

5- Enter the size of the extended partition,

6- Create one or more logical drives in the extended partition.

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Partition table

40 Mb

FTX 507

Hard disk sizes

Terminal

Drive 0

• Primary partition (C:)

• Extended partition

- Logical drive 0 (D:)

32 Mb

Remainder

40 Mb

FTX 417

CCX 57

40 Mb

120 Mb

FTX 507

CCX 57

60 Mb

Remainder

4- The following screen is displayed:

Format fixed disk

Fixed disk . . . . 1

Logical drive . . .D:

Choose on option :

1. Format the partition of the fixed disk

2. Do not format the partition of the fixed disk

Select 1, the confirm successively by pressing <Enter> the various logical drives to format.

5- Once formatting is complete, the following menu is displayed:

Choose kind of MS-DOS installation choose 1 predefined default parameter.

- Country: UK (044), keyboard: UK.

- DOS functions and program memory.

- Directory if hard disk: C:\DOS.

- Installation of shell MS DOS.

- Update all DOS files on hard disk.

Choice 2 permits you to define your own parameters.

Choose an option:

1. Accept predefined TE parameters.

2. Choose your own install options

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6A.If you accept the Telemecanique configuration (recommended choice), follow the procedure described below:

- Confirm selection 1 by pressing <Enter> and wait for the diskette to be copied to the hard disk (drive C),

- When the message: Insert Install 2 diskette in drive A appears, remove the

INSTALL 1 diskette and replace with the INSTALL 2 diskette, then press <Enter> to confirm,

- When the message Installation complete appears, remove the INSTALL 2 diskette from the drive,

- Restart the terminal by holding down the <Control> and <Alt> keys and then pressing the <Del> key.

6B.If you wish to choose your own installation options, follow the procedure shown below:

- Select 2, then press <Enter> to confirm,

- From the Specify Function and Workspace screen, select one of the 3 options available, then press <Enter> to confirm,

- Select the country and the keyboard code, then press <Enter> to confirm,

- Select the drive on which TE/MS-DOS 4.01 will be installed, then press <Enter> to confirm,

- Define the specifications for the DOS directory, then press <Enter> to confirm,

- Define the number of printers, press <Enter> to confirm, then choose the type(s) from the list available and press <Enter> to confirm,

- Define which port the printer will be connected to, then press <Enter> to confirm,

- Select whether or not to install the MS-DOS shell, then press <Enter> to confirm,

- If you accept the configuration selected, confirm this by pressing <Enter>.

Otherwise, modify the configuration, and confirm when it is correct. The diskette is then copied to the hard disk,

- When the software requests, remove the INSTALL 1 diskette from the drive and replace with the INSTALL 2 diskette. Press <Enter> to confirm,

- When the message Installation complete appears, remove the INSTALL 2 diskette from the drive,

- Restart the system by holding down the <Control> and <Alt> keys and then pressing the <Del> key.

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1.2

First Installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Only

1.2-1 Before Starting

Installation of OS/2 requires at least 4 Mb of RAM and 12 Mb of free space on the hard disk.

Check that you have the following:

• 11 TE/MS-OS/2 1.3, 3 1/2" diskettes,

• 1 TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 User's Guide.

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1.2-2 Installation Procedure

1- Insert the INSTALLATION A diskette in drive A.

Warning: This diskette should not be write protected.

2- Power-up the terminal.

3- Once the self-tests are complete, the terminal loads the diskette.

The following screen is displayed:

Telemecanique Operating System/2 Installation

Version 1.30.1

Press Enter ( ↵ ) to continue or Esc to cancel

Press <Enter> to confirm.

4- The Welcome screen is displayed.

Read the Welcome screen then press <Enter> to confirm.

5- The Introduction screen is displayed, it lists important commands.

- To make a choice, use the up and down arrow keys

to indicate the item you want.

- To proceed to the next step, press Enter.

- To return to the previous screen, press Esc.

- To see help information, press F1.

Esc and F1 can be used when shown at the bottom of the screen.

Press <Enter> to confirm.

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6- The File System screen is displayed, press <Enter> to confirm.

7- The Hard disk preparation screen is displayed:

Select an option:

1. Accept predefined primary partition

2. Specify your own primary partition

Select 2, then press <Enter> to partition the hard disk as shown in the partitioning table in Sub-section 1.1-2.

This operation only creates the primary partition.

To create secondary partitions and logical drives, you must run the hard disk utility.

This operation must be performed after the operating system is installed (refer to

Sub-section 6.3).

8- When prompted to by the terminal, leave the INSTALLATION A diskette in the drive and restart the terminal by holding down the <Control> and <Alt> keys and then pressing the <Del> key.

9- When prompted by the terminal, insert Diskette 1 in the drive and press <Enter>.

10- From the File system selection screen:

Select an option.

1. High Performance File System

2. FAT file system

Confirm selection 2 (to ensure compatibility with DOS) by pressing <Enter>

11- The Primary partition formatting screen is displayed.

Select 2. Format the partition, then press <Enter> to confirm.

12- The Select installation options screen is displayed.

Select an option.

1. Accept the predefined system configuration.

2. Select system configuration.

Select 2 , then press <Enter> to confirm.

The next screen lets the user select additional system options:

Install selected system options:

- Country information...

- Documentation...

- Fonts...

- High Performance File System

- Optional System Utilities

- OS/2 DOS Environment

- Picture Utilities

- Serial Device Support

- Serviceability and Diagnostic Aids

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For more information on each option, select the option then press <F1>.

From the options available, choose "OS/2 DOS Environment" then choose "Optional

System Utilities" to access the hard disk utility after installation to complete disk partitioning and to access the Backup and Restore commands.

13- From the Select Display Adapter screen, choose 1 then press <Enter> to confirm.

14- From the Select Mouse screen, choose:

• Microsoft Mouse, PS/2 Version (056-X99) , if you have a mouse or trackball connected to the mouse port,

• Microsoft Mouse, Serial Version (039-199) , if you have a mouse or trackball connected to the serial port.

Then press <Enter> to confirm.

15- From the Select Configuration screen,

Select an option

1. Accept configuration

2. View configuration

3. Change configuration

Choose 1 then press <Enter> to confirm,

If you wish to modify the default configuration, choose 3

By default, the following values are selected:

BUFFERS

DISKCACHE

MAXWAIT

MEMMAN MOVE

MEMMAN SWAP

PRIORITY

SWAP MINFREE

SWAPPATH

THREADS

BREAK

MEMMAN SWAPDOS

OPEN FCBS

PROTECTED FCBS

RMSIZE

: 30 (1-100)

: 64 (64-7200)

: 3 (1-255)

: MOVE (MOVE/NOMOVE)

: SWAP (SWAP/NOSWAP)

: DYNAMIC (DYNAMIC/ABSOLUTE)

: 512 (0-32767)

: C:\OS2\SYSTEM

: 128 (64-512)

: OFF (ON/OFF)

: SWAPDOS (SWAPDOS/NOSWAPDOS)

: 16 (1-255)

: 8 (0-255)

: 640 (256-640)

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16- When prompted by the terminal, remove Diskette 1 from the drive and insert Diskette

2. Press <Enter> and wait for the terminal to copy the contents of the diskette to the hard disk C.

17- When prompted by the terminal, remove Diskette 2 from the drive and insert Diskette

3. Press <Enter> and wait for the terminal to copy the contents of the diskette to the hard disk C.

18- When prompted by the terminal, remove Diskette 3 from the drive and insert Diskette

4. Press <Enter> and wait for the terminal to copy the contents of the diskette to the hard disk C.

19- When prompted by the terminal, remove Diskette 4 from the drive and insert Diskette

5. Press <Enter>.

20- When prompted by the terminal, remove Diskette 5 from the drive and insert the

INSTALLATION B diskette. Press <Enter>.

21- When prompted by the terminal, remove the INSTALLATION B diskette from the drive and insert the INSTALLATION A diskette. Press <Enter>.

22- When prompted by the terminal, remove the INSTALLATION A diskette from the drive and insert the OS/2 Systems Support diskette. Press <Enter>.

23- When prompted by the terminal, remove the OS/2 Systems Support diskette from the drive and insert the OS/2 Presentation Manager Device Driver 1 diskette. Select the default printer driver and press <Enter>.

24- When prompted by the terminal to install other device drivers, answer No.

25- Remove the diskette from the drive, then reboot the terminal by pressing the

<Control> <Alt> and <Del> keys simultaneously.

26- Adjust the sensitivity of the pointing device, if necessary (refer to Sub-section 5.3).

27- Complete partitioning the hard disk using the hard disk utility (described in Subsection 6.3) and format the logical devices and secondary partitions.

Note

Help screens can be displayed during installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.3:

• Press F1 to display information on the screen actually being displayed,

• Press F1 then F11 to display the list of Help screens. Choose a screen, then confirm the selection, to display the corresponding information.

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1.3

First Installation of TE/MS-DOS 4.01 and TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

Warning:

It is essential that the various steps described for the installation of the operating systems be performed in sequence:

• Installation of TE/MS-DOS 4.01

• Installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

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1.3-1 Before Starting

Check that you have the following:

• 2 TE/MS-DOS 4.01, 3 1/2" diskettes,

• 11 TE/MS-OS/2 1.3, 3 1/2" diskettes,

• 1 TE/MS-DOS 4.01 User's Guide,

• 1 TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 User's Guide.

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1.3-2 TE/MS-DOS 4.01 Installation Procedure

The installation procedure for TE/MS-DOS 4.01 is identical to that described in Subsection 1.1.

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1.3-3 TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Installation Procedure

Once TE/MS-DOS 4.01 is installed, install TE/MS-OS/2 1.3:

1 to 6

These steps are identical to those described for the installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.30 alone, refer to Sub-section 1.2-2.

7 and 8

These steps are not shown as the hard disk was already formatted when TE/MS-DOS 4.01

was installed.

When prompted by the terminal, remove the INSTALLATION A diskette from the drive and insert Diskette 1 into the drive and press <Enter>.

This step is not displayed.

Select an option.

1. Do not format the partition

2. Format the partition

Warning: Always select 1 when the above screen is displayed.

12 to 26

These steps are identical to the ones described for the installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

alone as described in Sub-section 1.2-2.

This step should not be performed as the hard disk was partitioned by the TE/MS-DOS 4.01

Operating System.

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1.3-4 Changing Between Operating Systems

From OS/2 --> DOS

There are two different ways of changing from OS/2 to DOS:

• Under Presentation Manager, click on "Load DOS" in the Utilities group menu, then reboot the system,

• In an OS/2 full-screen session, type BOOT /DOS, then reboot the system.

From DOS --> OS/2

• Type the command:

C:\OS2\BOOT /OS2

Press <Enter> to confirm, then reboot the system.

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2.1

First Installation of Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Only

2.1-1 Before Starting

Check that you have the following:

• 3 TE/DR-DOS 5.0, 3 1/2" diskettes and an FTX 417 Utilities diskette,

• 1 TE/DR-DOS 5.0 User's Guide.

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2.1-2 Standard Installation Procedure

1- Insert the INSTALLATION diskette in drive A and power-up the notebook.

2- When the question below is displayed, answer N to continue the installation procedure:

Welcome to TE/DRDOS 5.0 installation program V1.0

You may also quit this program to return under the TE/DRDOS prompt.

Do you want to abort the installation now (Y/N) ? [N]

3- The following screen is displayed:

W A R N I N G :

This set of floppies can be installed in either STANDARD or MULTILANGUAGE.

STANDARD installation is suitable for a single TE/DR-DOS 5.0 language.

MULTILANGUAGE allows cooperation of various national versions of

TE/DRDOS 5.0.

MULTILANGUAGE is suitable only if you purchased more than one national version of TE/DRDOS 5.0. In order to cooperate, all of these national versions must then be installed in MULTILANGUAGE.

Do you want to installer multi language (Y/N) ? [N]

Answer N

4- The welcome menu is displayed, this menu reminds the user of useful keys:

Welcome to the DR DOS installation program

It automatically installs DR DOS on your hard disk or on to diskette.

You can obtain help for each option and entry field.

Press F1 once the option is highlighted or when the cursor is in the appropriate field.

You will need to use the following keys:

- <Enter> to select an option and move to the next

screen, or to exit a data entry field.

- Cursor up and down, or Tab key to move between the

options.

- <ESC> to return to the previous screen.

- F10 to exit the installation program and return

to DR DOS

Press <Enter> to continue.

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5- At this point, the installation procedure calls-up the FDISK command described in detail in Sub-section 6.2. The description provides here applies to a user requiring a single 40 Mb partition (the selection recommended by Telemecanique). To create other types of partitions, refer to the complete description of the FDISK command

(refer to Sub-section 6.2). The following screen is displayed:

This hard disk is not prepared or contains no DOS partition

Do you want to run FDISK to prepare the hard disk?

{No

ØYes

Choose Yes, then press <Enter> to confirm.

Note: If the hard disk was already formatted, the Installation program will not display step 5 and will proceed directly to step 12.

6- The following message is displayed:

Sector zero of hard disk 1 does not have boot sector identification.

Initialize the hard disk [Y/N]?

Answer Y

7- The next screen displays the following options:

Choose an option:

1) Create a DOS partition

2) Delete a DOS partition

3) Select a bootable partition

Select option 1, create a DOS partition.

8- The next screen displays the following options:

Choose an option:

1) Create a primary DOS partition

2) Create an extended DOS partition

3) Create a logical drive in the extended partition

Select option 1, create a primary DOS partition.

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9- The following question is displayed:

Use cylinders 0-975 for DOS (40.5 Mb) (Y/N)?

Answer Y

The program will start to partition the disk. Once this is complete, enter the name of the logical drive (up to 11 characters max.), then press <Enter> to confirm.

10- The next screen displayed lets the user choose an option:

Choose an option:

1) Create a Primary DOS Partition

2) Create an extended DOS Partition

3) Create a logical drive in an extended DOS partition

Choose Option 1 to create a primary DOS partition.

11- The next screen displayed lets the user choose an option:

Choose an option:

1) Create a DOS partition

2) Delete a DOS partition

3) Select a bootable partition

Choose Option 3 and bootable partition 1, press <Enter> to confirm the choice,

Press <Esc> twice to continue the installation procedure.

Press any key to reboot the system (do not remove the Installation diskette).

12- The installation program again prompts the user to perform operations 3 and 4. Make the same choices as before and the next screen shown below will be displayed:

Select the drive to use for

DR DOS installation:

Ø C: (DOS on the hard disk)

{ A: (Diskette drive)

Press <Enter> to confirm selection of drive C:

13- The next screen displayed lets the user choose an option:

{ Maximum memory for applications and reduce performance

Ø Balance application memory and performance level

{ Maximum performance and features with reduced application memory.

Choose Balance application memory and performance level and press <Enter> to confirm.

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14- The next screen displayed lets the user choose the Country and Keyboard.

Choose "Accept selected values", (or if necessary modify the selections depending on your keyboard) and press <Enter> to confirm.

15- The next screen displayed lets the user choose the Screen and Mouse.

Choose "Accept the combination and continue", and press <Enter> to confirm.

16- The next screen displayed prompts the user to replace DOS files.

{ Don't replace DOS files

Ø Replace DOS files on the target disk

Choose replace DOS files and press <Enter> to confirm.

17- The next screen is displayed:

{ Ignore the configuration and proceed to installation

Ø Continue configuration

Press <Enter> to continue configuration.

18- The next screen displayed prompts the user to accept C:\DRDOS as the target directory for TE/DR-DOS, press <Enter> to confirm.

19- The next screen displayed prompts the user to accept C:\DRDOS as the path for access to commands and data. Press <Enter> to confirm.

20- The next screen displayed lets the user choose an option:

- Extended display (ANSI.SYS)

- Support GRAFTABL display

- Change code pages

- Reload DR DOS kernel (HIDOS.SYS)

- Reload data fields NO

YES <-- to modify (*)

(*) Press the Cursor Up key twice to accept the DR DOS kernel reload parameter and press N and confirm the selection by pressing the <Enter> key three times.

21- The next screen displayed lets the user choose an option:

- Support virtual disk (VDISK.SYS)

- Support Fastopen

- Support file sharing (SHARE.EXE)

- Support memory cache (CACHE.EXE)

N O

Y E S

Press <Enter> to confirm.

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22-The next screen prompts the user to accept the value 512 for the FASTOPEN parameter. Press <Enter> to confirm.

23-The next screen displayed lets the user choose an option:

- BREAK

- LAST DRIVE

- VERIFY

- HISTORY

- ENVIRONMENT SIZE

OFF

512

Press <Enter> to confirm.

24-The next screen displayed lets the user choose an option:

- HISTORY buffer size

- INSERT MODE

256

OFF

Press <Enter> to confirm.

25-The next screen displayed lets the user choose an option:

- BUFFERS

- FILES

- FCBS

Press <Enter> to confirm.

26-The next screen displayed prompts the user to accept $P$G as the format for the

PROMPT command. Press <Enter> to confirm.

27-The configuration procedure is complete. Press <Enter> to confirm.

28- When the message: Inert Utilities disk in drive A is displayed, remove the

INSTALLATION diskette from the drive and insert the UTILITIES diskette. Press

<Enter> to confirm.

29- When the message: Insert the ViewMAX disk in drive A is displayed, remove the

UTILITIES diskette from the drive and insert the VIEWMAX diskette. Press <Enter> to confirm.

30-When the End of Installation message is displayed, remove the VIEWMAX diskette from the drive.

31-When the FTX 417 Utilities installation message is displayed:

- Insert the FTX 417 Utilities diskette,

- Type the command a:\install and press <Enter> to confirm,

- Once installation is complete, remove the Utilities diskette.

32-Reboot the system by pressing <Control> <Alt> <Del>.

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2.2

First Installation of Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Only

2.2-1 Before Starting

Check that you have the following:

• 3 TE/DR-DOS 5.0, 3 1/2" diskettes and an FTX 417 Utilities diskette,

• 1 TE/DR-DOS 5.0 User's Guide.

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2.2-2 Multilanguage Installation Procedure

1- Insert the INSTALLATION diskette in drive A and power-up the notebook.

2- To the question displayed below, answer N to continue installation:

Welcome to TE/DRDOS 5.0 installation program V1.0.

You may also quit this program to return under the TE/DRDOS prompt.

Do you want to abort the installation now (Y/N) ? [N]

3- The screen below is displayed:

W A R N I N G :

This set of floppies can be installed in either STANDARD or MULTILANGUAGE.

STANDARD installation is suitable for a single TE/DRDOS 5.0 language.

MULTILANGUAGE allows cooperation of various national versions of

TE/DRDOS 5.0.

MULTILANGUAGE is suitable only if you purchased more than one national version of TE/DRDOS 5.0. In order to cooperate, all of these national versions must then be installed in MULTILANGUAGE.

Do you want to install multi language (Y/N) ? [N]

Answer Y

4 to 11

These steps are identical to those described for the standard installation procedure.

At the start of this step, the screen above is displayed again. Confirm the multilanguage selection by answering Y.

13 to 32

These steps are identical to those described for the standard installation procedure.

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2.2-3 Installing Other Languages

Once the first language is installed, insert the INSTALLATION diskette for the second language and reboot the system by pressing <Control> <Alt> and <Del>.

A new screen, similar to that shown on the previous page is then displayed in the appropriate language, once again select the multilanguage installation procedure.

The following steps are identical to those described for the installation of the first language, except:

- 5 to 12

These steps are not displayed as the hard disk was formatted and portioned when the first language was installed.

- 14

Warning: By default, installation of each language prompts the user to select a keyboard specific to each language. Where required, change this selection to match the actual keyboard used.

- 18 A after step 18, the following screen is displayed:

The following files will be overwritten?:

C: \CO NFI G.S YS

C : \ A UT O E X E C . B A T

C : \ D R D O S \ V I E W M A X . C F G

Save them?

{No

ØYes

Answer YES (for the first additional language installed and NO for all subsequent languages installed).

- 18 B The following screen is displayed:

By default, files are saved to?:

C:\CONFIG.OLD

C: \AU TOEX EC. OLD

C : \ D R D O S \ V I E W M A X . O L D

Place the cursor on a filename and enter a new file name if necessary.

{Accept current values and continue.

Press <Enter>

Installation of additional languages follows the same procedure.

When using the Operating Systems, the language is selected in the Notebook SETUP routine.

Important

When installing each additional language, always select multilanguage installation.

Selecting a standard installation would delete all of the other language combinations previously installed.

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First Installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Only

2.3-1 Before Starting

Check that you have the following:

• 11 TE/MS-OS/2 1.3, 3 1/2" diskettes,

• 1 FTX 417 Utilities diskette,

• 1 TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 User's Guide.

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2.3-2 Installation Procedure

The installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 on a Notebook system is identical to the installation procedure described in Sub-section 1.2.

Once TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 is installed, install the FTX 417 utilities:

• Start a full-screen OS/2 session,

• Insert the FTX 417 Utilities diskette,

• Type the command a:\install and press <Enter> to confirm.

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First Installation of TE/DR-DOS 5.0 and TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

Warning:

It is essential that the various operations required to install the operating systems be performed in the order in which they are described in the installation procedures:

• TE/DR-DOS 5.0 standard or multilanguage installation, as appropriate,

• TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 installation.

Any reinstallation or installation of a new TE/DR-DOS 5.0 operating language requires reinstalling the TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Operating System.

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2.4-1 Before Starting

Check that you have:

• 3 TE/DR-DOS 5.0, 3 1/2" diskettes,

• 11 TE/MS-OS/2 1.3, 3 1/2" diskettes,

• 1 FTX 417 Utilities diskette,

• 1 TE/DR-DOS 5.0 User's Guide,

• 1 TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 User's Guide.

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2.4-2 TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Installation Procedure

The installation procedure for TE/DR-DOS 5.0 is identical to that described in Subsection 2.1 when standard installation is selected or Sub-section 2.2 when multilanguage installation is selected.

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2.4-3 TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Installation Procedure

Once TE/DR-DOS is installed, proceed with the installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.3:

1 to 6

These steps are identical to those described for the installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 only, refer to Sub-section 1.2-2.

7 and 8

These steps are not displayed as the hard disk was formatted when TE/DR-DOS was installed.

When prompted by the terminal, remove the Installation A diskette from the drive and insert Diskette 1 in the drive then press <Enter> to confirm.

This step is not displayed.

Select an option.

1. Do not format the partition

2. Format the partition

Warning: Choose option 1, when the above screen is displayed:

12 to 26

These steps are identical to those described for installing TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 only, refer to

Sub-section 1.2-2.

This step should not be performed as the hard disk was portioned by the TE/DR-DOS

Operating System.

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2.4-4 Changing Between Operating Systems

From OS/2 --> DOS

There are two different ways of changing from OS/2 to DOS:

• Under Presentation Manager, click on "Load DOS" in the Utilities group menu, then reboot the system,

• In an OS/2 full-screen session, type BOOT /DOS, then reboot the system.

From DOS --> OS/2

• Type the command:

C:\OS2\BOOT /OS2

Press <Enter> to confirm, then reboot the system.

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3.1

General

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3.5-1 Reinstalling Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Over

Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0

3.5-2 Reinstalling Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Over

Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0

3.5-3 Reinstalling Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Over

Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0

3.5-4 Reinstalling Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Over

Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0

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3.1

General

Reinstallation of an Operating System may be required in one of the following situations:

• Damaged Operating System that is no longer fully functional,

• Adding a language when a multi-language Operating System is used,

• Modification to the partitioning of the hard disk.

In all cases, it is recommended that the user first back-up their applications and data and make a copy of the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files on diskette.

When a hard disk is repartitioned, all of the applications and data stored on it will be erased. The reinstallation procedure in this case is similar to the new installation procedure.

For information on how to update an Operating System, refer to Section 4.

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Reinstalling TE/MS-DOS 4.01 Only

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The reinstallation procedure is identical to that described in Sub-section 1.1.

As the hard disk is already formatted, the installation procedure is performed starting from step 5.

Once the installation is complete, a screen is displayed to inform the user that two configuration files (CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT) were created with a ". 400" extension.

This new installation does not affect the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files left from the previous installation. For the new configuration files to become operational, the following must be performed:

• Reboot the system (by pressing the <Control> <Alt> and <Del> keys),

• Copy CONFIG.400 to CONFIG.SYS,

• Copy AUTOEXEC.400 to AUTOEXEC.BAT.

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Reinstalling TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Only

Warning

If the X-TEL or MINI X-TEL Software Workshop is already installed in the system, the following procedure must be followed:

• Use the OS/2 editor to modify the CONFIG.SYS file and delete the

C:\XPROSYS\FONTDLL path from the LIBPATH=................ line,

• Reboot the system by pressing the <Control>, <Alt> and <Del> keys,

• Delete the DISPLAY.DLL file with the >DEL C:\XPROSYS\FONTDLL\DISPLAY.DLL

command,

• Install TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 as described in the procedure below,

• Once TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 is installed, reinstall the X-TEL or MINI X-TEL Software

Workshop and the appropriate tools.

The TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 reinstallation procedure steps are as follows:

1 to 6

These steps are identical to those described for the installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 only, refer to Sub-section 1.2-2.

7 and 8

These steps are not displayed.

When prompted by the system, remove the INSTALLATION A diskette and insert

Diskette 1 in the drive and press <Enter> to confirm.

These steps are not displayed.

10 b

The screen below is displayed:

Select one of the following:

1. Reinstall the operating system.

2. Add selectable operating-system options.

Choose 1, and press <Enter> to confirm.

Choose option 1, no formatting for the partition.

12 to 26

These steps are the same as those described for the installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 only, refer to Sub-section 1.2-2.

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Reinstalling TE/MS-DOS 4.01 and TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

3.4-1 Reinstalling TE/MS-DOS 4.01

Before reinstalling TE/MS-DOS 4.01, it is essential to reboot the system under DOS. The installation procedure for TE/MS-DOS 4.01 is identical to that described in Subsection 1.1-1.

Warning

Reinstalling TE/MS-DOS 4.01 destroys the TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 installation. It is therefore necessary to reinstall TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 once TE/MS-DOS 4.01 is reinstalled according to the procedure described in Sub-section 1.3-3.

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3.4-2 Reinstalling TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

The reinstallation procedure is identical to that described in Sub-section 3.3.

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Reinstalling TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Installed Alone

3.5-1 Reinstalling Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Over Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0

The reinstallation procedure is similar to that described in Sub-section 2.1-2 for the

Standard version or Sub-section 2.2-2 for the Multilanguage version, except for steps:

5 to 11 that are not displayed as the hard disk is already formatted.

18 A after step 18, the following screen is displayed:

The following files will be overwritten ?:

C: \CO NFI G.S YS

C : \ A UT O E X E C . B A T

C : \ D R D O S \ V I E W M A X . C F G

Save them?

{No

ØYes

Answer YES,

18 B the following screen is displayed:

By default, files are saved in ?:

C:\CONFIG.OLD

C: \AU TOEX EC. OLD

C : \ D R D O S \ V I E W M A X . O L D

Place the cursor on a filename and enter a new filename if necessary.

{Accept current values and continue.

Press <Enter>

The next steps are identical to those of the normal installation procedure.

After rebooting, it is still possible to recover the old CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT and

VIEWMAX.CFG files, as these are retained with the names CONFIG.OLD,

AUTOEXEC.OLD and VIEWMAX.OLD.

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3.5-2 Reinstalling Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Over Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0

Warning

The procedure for reinstalling Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0 over an existing Multilanguage

TE/DR-DOS 5.0 system will erase all previously installed TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Operating

Systems and language versions.

The installation procedure is identical to that described in Sub-section 3.5-1.

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3.5-3 Reinstalling Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Over Standard

TE/DR-DOS 5.0

Warning

The procedure for reinstalling Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0 over an existing Standard

TE/DR-DOS 5.0 system will erase all previously installed Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0

Operating Systems.

The installation procedure is identical to that described in Sub-section 3.5-1 and applies to all language versions.

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3.5-4 Reinstalling Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Over Multilanguage

TE/DR-DOS 5.0

The reinstallation procedure for one language is identical to that for adding a new language.

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Reinstalling TE/DR-DOS 5.0 and TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

3.6-1 Reinstalling TE/DR-DOS 5.0

Before reinstalling TE/DR-DOS 5.0, it is necessary to reboot the system under DOS. The installation procedure for TE/DR-DOS 5.0 is identical to that described in Subsection 3.5.

Warning

Reinstalling TE/DR-DOS 5.0 or adding a new language to TE/DR-DOS 5.0 destroys the

TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 installation. It is therefore necessary to reinstall TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 after

TE/DR-DOS 5.0 is installed, following the same procedure as described in Subsection 1.3-3.

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3.6-2 Reinstalling TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

The reinstallation procedure is identical to the one described in Sub-section 3.3.

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Updating TE/MS-OS/2 Version 1.1 with Version 1.3 Installed Alone

4.1-1 Before Starting

To update a system to TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 requires at least 4 Mb of system RAM and at least 4 Mb of free space on the hard disk in addition to the space taken by TE/MS-OS/2

Version 1.1.

Check that you have the following:

• 11 TE/MS-OS/2 1.3, 3 1/2" diskettes,

• 1 TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 User's Guide.

Warning

If an X-TEL or MINI X-TEL Software Workshop is already installed on the system, apply the following procedure:

• Use the OS/2 editor to modify the CONFIG.SYS file and delete the path

C:\XPROSYS\FONTDLL from the LIBPATH=................ line,

• Reboot the system by pressing the <Control> <Alt> <Del> keys,

• Delete the DISPLAY.DLL file with the >DEL C:\XPROSYS\FONTDLL\DISPLAY.DLL

command,

• Follow the update procedure described below,

• Reinstall the X-TEL or MINI X-TEL Software Workshop and the appropriate tools.

When updating an installed TE/MS-OS/2 1.1 system with TE/MS-OS/2 1.3, it is recommended that the user select the OS/2 default colors for version 1.3, if the LCD default colors were selected for use with version 1.1.

To change the color choices, click on the "Default colors" button in the Screen Colors menu in the Control Panel to return to the default setting or specify appropriate colors for each application.

Note

When using LCD terminals, pressing a three-key combination in Setup lets the user choose different levels of grey (choice of eight palettes of levels of grey) to ensure the best possible display results (refer to the terminal documentation for further details).

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4.1-2 Update Procedure

To update the system follow the steps listed below:

1 to 6

These steps are identical to those described for the installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 only as described in Sub-section 1.2-2.

A warning screen may be displayed if there is not enough memory space left.

7 and 8

These steps are not displayed as the hard disk was formatted when TE/MS-OS/2 1.1

was installed.

When prompted by the system, remove the Installation A diskette and insert Diskette 1 in the drive then press <Enter>.

This step is not displayed.

Warning: Choose 1, when the screen shown below is displayed:

Select an option.

1. Do not format the partition

2. Format the partition

12 to 26

These steps are identical to those described for installing TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 alone, refer to

Sub-section 1.2-2.

4.2

Updating TE/MS-OS/2 Version 1.1 with Version 1.3 Installed with

TE/MS-DOS 4.01

Warning

Before updating TE/MS-OS/2 1.3, it is necessary to reboot the system under DOS.

Once this is done, follow the steps described in Sub-section 4.1

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Installation & Adjustment Under TE/MS-DOS 4.01 or TE/DR-DOS 5.0

The pointing device driver is not installed when DOS is installed. It must be installed separately from the Operating System using the Installation diskette supplied with the chosen pointing device.

The procedure for installing and adjusting the sensitivity of the pointing device should be described in detail in the documentation supplied with the product.

Note:

When DOS and OS/2 are installed simultaneously, when the DOS compatibility window is used, the mouse is controlled by the OS/2 mouse driver. However when the system is booted initially under DOS, a specific DOS compatible mouse driver is required.

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5.2

Installation and Adjustment Under TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

5.2-1 Installation

The pointing device driver is installed when the Operating System is installed by selecting:

• Microsoft Mouse, PS/2 Version (056-X99) if you have a trackball or a mouse connected to the mouse port.

• Microsoft Mouse, Serial Version (039-199 or 056-X99) if you have a trackball or a mouse connected to the serial port.

5.2-2 Adjustment

To adjust the sensitivity of mouse motion use the TE MOUSE utility. This utility program is run by selecting the TE Mouse icon located in the Utilities Group.

Adjust the horizontal and vertical sensitivity using the scroll bars (1 is maximum sensitivity and 20 is minimum sensitivity), then select the OK button to confirm the selection.

The Default button lets the user return to the initial settings for the X and Y parameters. Their default settings are X=1 and

Y=1.

Notes:

• It is also possible to adjust the sensitivity using the TE MOUSE command in an

OS/2 full-screen window: Type TEMOUSE X Y with a value of X and Y between

1 and 20.

• The OS/2 configuration panel also lets the user perform other settings such as the double-click speed and type of mouse (left or right handed) etc.

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FDISK Command in TE/MS-DOS 4.01

Extracted from the Microsoft MS-DOS Operating System version 4 Reference Manual.

(Document 8721-400-00-1)

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6.1-1 Introduction

Hard disks can be divided into one to four separate sections, called partitions. Partitions separate your hard disk into individual areas, and each partition may contain a different operating system.

To prepare your hard disk for the MS-DOS Operating System, you must create a partition for MS-DOS, called a DOS partition. You can create a DOS partition on your hard disk by using a menu-driven utility called FDISK. You must use FDISK if you want to do one of the following:

• Create a primary MS-DOS partition,

• Create an extended MS-DOS partition,

• Create a logical MS-DOS drive,

• Set the active partition,

• Delete an MS-DOS partition or logical drive,

• Display partition information,

• Review or modify the configuration of another hard disk on your computer.

Warning

Reconfiguring your disk with FDISK destroys all existing files. Be sure to have a backup of all files on your disk before you create an MS-DOS partition with FDISK.

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6.1-2 Checking for a Configured and Formatted Disk

Many computer vendors configure their systems for MS-DOS prior to delivery. They may also format your hard disk to start MS-DOS on power-up. To find out whether this has been done, do the following:

1. First, try to boot MS-DOS from your hard disk.

• If it boots correctly, your hard disk is both configured and formatted, and the

MS-DOS system files are already on the disk.

• If MS-DOS does not boot, your disk is not formatted to run MS-DOS, but may have been configured.

2. If MS-DOS did not boot, check that the disk has been configured with FDISK. Place the MS-DOS master floppy disk in drive A and press the <Control> <Alt> <Del> keys to start MS-DOS. Then run FDISK and select the "Display Partition Information" to see if any MS-DOS partitions exist.

• If any do exist, your disk has been configured,

• If no partitions exist, follow the instructions in this Section to configure your disk.

3. After your hard disk is configured, be sure to format your disk with the MS-DOS

format /s command before you copy files onto the disk. Otherwise, your files will be unreadable.

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6.1-3 Running FDISK

The FDISK utility is easy to use because it uses menus to lead you through each procedure. To run FDISK, follow these steps:

1. Place the MS-DOS diskette in drive A,

2. Power-up your computer to boot MS-DOS,

3. Type the following command and press the <Enter> key: fdisk

In response, FDISK displays its main menu on your screen.

• FDISK main menu

This menu lists five choices. If your computer has only one hard disk, Choice 5 will not appear on your screen.

FDISK Options

Current fixed disk drive: 1

Choose one of the following:

Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive

Set active partition

Delete DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive

Display partition information

Select next fixed disk drive

Enter choice: [1]

Press Esc to exit FDISK

The following sections describe each of these options, and show the menus and other information they display. To return to MS-DOS from the main menu, just press the <Esc> key. You can also use the <Esc> key to return to the main menu from any of the FDISK menus.

Most of the FDISK menus display a default value. To choose the default value, press the <Enter> key. To choose another value, just type the value you want, and press the

<Enter> key.

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6.1-4 Option 1: Creating an MS-DOS Partition or Logical MS-DOS Drive

If you choose the first option in the main menu, and if your hard disk is not yet completely partitioned, FDISK displays the screen shown below. If no extended partitions exist, the third option is not displayed:

Create MS-DOS Partition or Logical MS-DOS Drive

Current fixed disk drive: 1

Create Primary MS-DOS Partition

Create Extended MS-DOS Partition

Create Logical MS-DOS Drive(s) in the Extended

MS-DOS Partition

Enter choice: [1]

Press Esc to return to FDISK Options

• Selection 1: Create Primary MS-DOS Partition

You must create a primary MS-DOS partition first before you can create any extended

MS-DOS partitions on your disk. In most cases, you will need only one MS-DOS partition for your entire disk.

To create a primary MS-DOS partition, press the <Enter> key to accept the default selection (1 in this case).

The Create Primary MS-DOS Partition menu appears next:

Create Primary MS-DOS Partition

Current fixed disk drive: 1

Do you wish to use the maximum available size for a Primary

MS-DOS partition and make the partition active (Y/N).....? [Y]

Press Esc to return to FDISK options

Creating a single MS-DOS partition

If you use your entire hard disk for MS-DOS, you will use the FDISK program only once to create the primary MS-DOS partition. If you want to use the entire hard disk (up to 2 gigabytes) for MS-DOS, press the <Enter> key to accept the default selection (Y).

FDISK then displays the following message:

System will now restart

Insert DOS diskette in drive A:

Press any key when ready .

Put your MS-DOS diskette in drive A and press any key to restart MS-DOS.

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Formatting your hard disk to start MS-DOS

Now that you have created your MS-DOS partition, you must format your hard disk so that MS-DOS can use it. If you want to start MS-DOS from your hard disk, remember to use the /s switch with the format command. For example, if you are formatting the disk in drive C and want to start MS-DOS from that disk, type the following command: format c: /s

Creating More than One MS-DOS Partition

You may choose to create a primary MS-DOS partition smaller than the maximum size.

To do this, type N (for No) in response to the question on the first Create Primary DOS

Partition menu. FDISK displays a second Create Primary DOS Partition menu like the following. From this menu, you can specify the size of the primary MS-DOS partition:

Create Primary MS-DOS Partition

Current fixed disk drive: 1

Total disk space is 42 Mbytes (1Mbyte = 1048576 bytes).

Maximum space available for partition is 42 Mbytes (100%).

Enter partition size in Mbytes or percent of disk space (%)

to create a Primary MS-DOS partition............ [ 42]

Press Esc to return to FDISK Options

The space available on your hard disk is measured in megabytes. This menu shows the total number of megabytes available for a hard disk partition, and prompts you to enter the size of your new partition. The default size for the partition is the maximum available space on the hard disk. Press the <Enter> key if you want the default size. Otherwise, type the size (in megabytes), or enter the percentage of the disk to use followed by a percent (%) sign. After entering the amount you want for the partition, press the <Enter> key.

Any part of the disk that you do not use for the primary MS-DOS partition may be used for an extended MS-DOS partition.

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• Selection 2: Create Extended DOS Partition

You can use FDISK to create an extended partition if you want to designate one or more logical drives for the disk.

To select Create Extended DOS Partition, type 2, then press the <Enter> key. In response, FDISK displays a menu like this one:

Create Extended DOS Partition

Current fixed disk drive: 1

Partition

C: 1

Status Type

PRI DOS

Size in Mbytes % of Disk Used

21 50%

Total disk space is 42 Mbytes (1Mbyte = 1048576 bytes).

Maximum space available for partition is 21 Mbytes (50%).

Enter partition size in Mbytes or percent of disk space to

create an Extended DOS partition............ [ 21]

Press Esc to return to FDISK Options

This menu shows the total number of megabytes available for an extended partition. The default for the partition size is the maximum available space on the hard disk. Press the

<Enter> key if you want the default. Otherwise, type the size (in megabytes), or enter the percentage of the disk to be used followed by a percent (%) sign. After entering the amount you want for the partition, press the <Enter> key.

Note

If FDISK finds any defective tracks at the start of the partition, it adjusts the partition boundaries to avoid those bad tracks.

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• Selection 3: Create Logical MS-DOS Drive(s) in the Extended MS-DOS

Partition

When you have created an extended partition, you must specify one or more drive letters for that area of the disk. After you create an extended partition and if you choose option

3 from the Create MS-DOS Partition menu, FDISK displays a menu similar to the following:

Create Logical MS-DOS Drive(s) in the Extended MS-DOS partition

Total MS-DOS partition space is 21 Mbytes (1 Mbyte = 1048576 bytes).

Maximum space available for logical drive is 21 Mbytes (100%).

Enter logical drive size in Mbytes or percent of disk

space (%)............ [ 21]

Press Esc to return to FDISK Options

You may designate the entire partition as one logical drive, or divide it into two or more logical drives. For example, if you want to segregate a particular application and its data files to their own drive, you may want to create a second logical drive on the partition.

Because you cannot use an MS-DOS extended partition without a drive letter, FDISK continues to prompt you for logical disk drive information until the whole partition has been assigned to a logical drive.

When the entire partition is assigned to logical drives, FDISK displays this message:

All available space in the Extended DOS partition is assigned to logical drives.

Press <Esc> to return to the main FDISK menu. From there, you can restart MS-DOS, or select another option.

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6.1-5 Option 2: Setting the Active Partition

If you choose the second option on the main menu, FDISK displays a screen showing the status of each partition on your hard disk. The active partition, indicated by a status of A, contains the operating system and files you access when you turn on or reset your computer. If you have created a partition on your disk with another operating system, this menu allows you to make that partition the active partition. Only one partition is active at a time; the others are not active.

For example, if you have both XENIX and DOS partitions on your disk, the Set Active

Partition menu might look like this:

Set Active Partition

Current fixed disk drive: 1

Partition Status Type Size in Mbytes

C: 1 non DOS 21

2 A PRI DOS

Total disk space is 42 megabytes.

Enter the number of the partition you want to make

active..................:[ 1]

Press ESC to return to Fdisk Options

Percentage of

Disk Used

Type the number of the partition that you want to activate, and press the <Enter> key.

The default setting is the current active partition number.

If your hard disk contains only MS-DOS partitions, only the primary MS-DOS partition can be active. If you try to activate an extended DOS partition, FDISK displays the following message:

Partition selected (3) is not startable, active partition not changed.

Press Esc to return to FDISK Options.

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6.1-6 Option 3: Deleting an MS-DOS Partition

If you choose the third option on the main menu, FDISK displays the following menu, which asks you to identify whether the partition you want to delete is a primary or extended DOS partition:

Delete MS-DOS Partition or Logical MS-DOS Drive

Current fixed disk drive: 1

1. Delete Primary DOS Partition

2. Delete Extended DOS Partition

3. Delete Logical DOS Drive(s) in

the Extended DOS Partition

Enter choice: [ ]

Press Esc to return to FDISK Options

Type the number of the selection you want and press the <Enter> key. The next menu, whether for a primary or extended DOS partition, shows the status of that partition. When you delete a DOS partition, FDISK deletes the partition boundaries and any data that existed in that partition. Once you delete the partition, you cannot recover the data that was on it.

Note

You cannot use FDISK to delete a non-MS-DOS partition. Instead, to continue using

MS-DOS after you have deleted the MS-DOS partition, you must put an MS-DOS program disk into drive A. To start a different operating system in another partition of your hard disk, you must change the active partition to that number before you delete the MS-DOS partition.

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• Selection 1: Deleting the Primary DOS Partition

If you choose to delete the Primary DOS Partition, you must first delete all the extended

MS-DOS partitions on the drive.

The Delete Primary MS-DOS Partition menu will look similar to this:

C: 1 A

Delete Primary MS-DOS Partition

Current fixed disk drive: 1

Partition Status Type

PRI DOS

Size in Mbytes

% of Disk Used

Total disk space is 42 Mbytes (1 Mbyte = 1048576 bytes).

WARNING! Data in the deleted Primary MS-DOS Partition will be lost.

Do you wish to continue........................?

Press Esc to return to FDISK Options

[N]

If you do not want to delete the primary MS-DOS partition, press the <Enter> key to accept the default value (N).

To delete the primary DOS partition,

1. Type Y.

2. Press the <Enter> key.

• Selection 2: Deleting the Extended DOS Partition

If you choose to delete an extended partition, you must first delete the logical drives associated with that partition.

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• Selection 3: Deleting the Logical Drives in the Extended MS-DOS Partition

To delete a logical drive, type 3 to select the option Delete Logical MS-DOS Drive(s) in the Extended MS-DOS Partition from the Delete MS-DOS Partition or Logical MS-DOS

Drives menu. Then press the <Enter> key. FDISK displays a menu like the following:

Delete Logical MS-DOS Drives in the Extended MS-DOS Partition

Drv Volume Label Mbytes System Usage

D: 1 9 DOS 90%

E: 2 DOS 10%

Total extended partition space is 21 Mbytes

(1 Mbyte = 1048576 bytes).

WARNING! Data in the deleted Logical MS-DOS drive will be lost.

Enter drive's volume label...........................?

Press Esc to return to FDISK Options

[ ]

Type the letter of the drive you want to delete, and press <Enter>. FDISK displays this message:

Enter drive's volume label [ ]

Are you sure (Y/N) ........................? [N]

If this logical drive contains valuable data that you have not backed up, press <Enter>.

This stops FDISK from deleting the logical drive.

Note

Be sure to back up all files you will need from the logical drive before you delete the drive. When fdisk deletes a logical drive or partition, the data is destroyed.

If you are sure you want to delete the drive, type Y (for Yes).

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6.1-7 Option 4: Displaying Partition Information

If you choose the fourth option from the main menu, FDISK displays a menu that contains information about each of the partitions on your hard disk.

For example, the Display Partition Information menu might look like this:

Display Partition Information

Current fixed disk drive: 1

Partition Status Type Size in Mbytes Percentage of

Disk Used

C: 1 A PRI DOS 21 50

2 EXT DOS 21 50

Total disk space is 42 Mbytes (1 Mbyte = 1048576 bytes).

The Extended DOS partition contains logical DOS drives.

Do you want to display logical drive information?

Press Esc to return to FDISK Options

[Y]

This information screen identifies the partitions on your disk. It shows each partition’s number, status, and type; its size in megabytes; and percentage of disk used.

If you have an extended partition, FDISK asks if you want to see information about that partition’s logical drives. Type Y and press <Enter> to display a screen like the following:

Drive

D:1

E:2

Display Logical MS-DOS Drive Information

Volume Label Mbytes

Total Extended DOS Partition size is 21 Mbytes

(1 Mbyte = 1048576 bytes)

Press Esc to return to FDISK Options

System

DOS

Usage

90%

10%

Press the <Esc> key to return to the main menu.

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6.1-8 Option 5: Selecting the Next Fixed Disk Drive

This option appears on the FDISK main menu only if you have more than one hard disk attached to your computer. If you choose this option, FDISK changes the current disk drive to the next drive.

• Selecting the next fixed disk drive

For example, if the current disk drive is drive C, and if you choose option 5 on the main menu, FDISK changes the current disk drive to drive D. You could then choose any of the FDISK options (14) to prepare the second fixed disk for MS-DOS. Or, you could select option 5 once again to select the next drive. For example, if there is not a third fixed disk, FDISK changes the current disk drive from D back to C.

After you have selected the next drive, FDISK displays the main menu again. Notice that near the top of the screen, there is a line that looks something like this:

Current fixed disk drive: 2

The activity you select will be performed on the disk shown in this line.

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6.2

FDISK Command in TE/DR-DOS 5.0

Extracted from the Digital Research DR DOS 5.0 User's Manual (document Nbr. 1176-

2004-001).

6.2-1 Description

FDISK is a menu-driven utility which is used to divide a hard disk into partitions.

Before you can use a hard disk you need to partition it. This means to define sections on the disk. The maximum size section or partition you can have is 512 Mbyte (you can choose to have smaller partitions if you wish). If you are preparing a hard disk for the first time you will need to prepare a special DOS partitions in which to install DR DOS. This is called the primary partition, see Create DOS primary partition later in this section.

Using FDISK you can create one primary DOS partition and one extended DOS partition, which may contain as many logical disk drives as you require. You can then pass information between DOS partitions on a hard disk as if between different drives.

For example, if the disk is divided into a primary partition and an extended partition containing two logical drives, you can address the partitions as follows:

{ C: is the primary partition,

{ D: is the first logical drive on the extended partition,

{ E: is the second logical drive on the extended partition.

6.2-2 Command Format

FDISK [/H] [/D] with optional switches

Displays help text,

Allows the deletion of an existing non-DOS partition. Use with care!

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6.2-3 Starting FDISK

When you type FDISK, the current partition status of the hard disk is displayed followed by a Main Menu of options, as in the following example:

FDISK V1.50 Fixed Disk Maintenance Utility

Partitions on 1st hard disk (20.3 Mb, 614 cylinders):

N o Drive Start End M B Status T y p e

1 C: 0 6 1 3 20.3 A DOS 3.0

Select options:

1) Create DOS partition

2) Delete DOS partition

3) Select bootable partition

Enter desired option: (ESC = exit) [?]

Note:

You only see option 4 if your hard disk contains an extended partition, and option 5 if your computer has more than one hard disk.

Press <Esc> to return to TE/DR-DOS from the Main Menu, or to return from a chosen option to the Main Menu.

The current status of the disk

As mentioned above, beneath the FDISK title line is the current partition status of the disk. The different items of information shown are:

No Each partition in the disk is numbered in the order in which partitions partitions appear on the disk, starting at 1.

Drive The drive letter assigned to the hard disk drive, starting with C.

Start The starting cylinder number for the partition.

End The ending cylinder number for the partition.

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MB The size of the partition in Mbytes,

Status Either A or N. A indicates that the partition is active, that is bootable (your computer attempts to boot from this partition if started from the hard disk). N means not active.

Type The format of the partition. This can be DOS (for example TE/DR-DOS,

Concurrent DOS or another DOS operating system) or non-DOS.

The options you can select from the Main Menu are described below:

6.2-4 Option 1: Create DOS Partition

Select this option if you are:

{ Preparing a hard disk for the first time,

{ Adding a new partition to a hard disk.

FDISK warns you if there is not enough space to create a new partition or if all partitions are already in use.

When you select this option, you are asked which type of partition you want to create:

Select an option:

Select options:

1) Create DOS primary partition

2) Create DOS extended partition

3) Create logical drive in extended partition

Enter desired option: (ESC = exit) [?]

Remarks:

• You can create a primary partition only when you format a hard disk for the first time and no primary partition already exists on the disk,

• You can create an extended partition only if a primary partition already exists on the disk,

• You can create a logical drive only if you have an extended partition,

• A warning message is displayed if you make an invalid selection.

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1 Create DOS primary partition

When you select this option you are asked if you want to use the largest available space on the hard disk (this example is for a 40.2 Mb drive):

Use cylinders 1 - 975 for DOS (40.2 MB) (Y/N)?

If you want to use all the available space, type Y to accept the default selection and press

<Enter>.

If you do not want to use all the available space (for example if you want to have an additional operating system), type N and press <Enter>.

Note:

If you plan to add another operating system to the hard disk, check the size requirements for that system before you allocate space to DOS.

You are then prompted for the starting and ending cylinders:

[ Enter ] starting cylinder:

[ Enter ] ending cylinder:

You need at least 20 cylinders to run TE/DR-DOS.

If FDISK encounters a defective track on the system area of the disk, it does not create a partition. FDISK prompts you to try again with another starting cylinder number.

Similarly, if there is insufficient space at a cylinder, FDISK prompts you to try another cylinder number.

If successful, the following message is displayed:

[ Enter ] disk label:

You can give the partition a label of up to eleven characters.

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Once you have chosen your partition size you are returned to the Main Menu. The screen displays details of the new partition you have created. Press <Esc> to leave the FDISK program.

The partitions you create contain no program or data files so you must load the files you want into the appropriate partition. For example, you may want to load TE/DR-DOS into a partition so that you can boot the system from the hard disk. If you are using FDISK as part of the TE/DR-DOS installation procedure, the INSTALL program automatically does this for you. So when you have chosen your partition size and you are asked to reboot, simply leave your TE/DR-DOS diskette in drive A: to restart the INSTALL program.

2 Create DOS extended partition

Select this option if you already have an MS-DOS primary partition and want to add another partition to your disk. You are asked to specify the starting and ending cylinders for the partition, in the same way as creating an MS-DOS primary partition. You are then returned to the Main Menu and the screen displays details of the partition you have just created.

Note:

You cannot use an extended partition until you have created one or more logical drives within it. The extended partition is not assigned a drive letter of its own.

3 Create logical drive in extended partition

Choose this option to create a logical drive in an existing extended partition. When you select it the screen displays the current status of the extended partition:

Logical drives in extended partition (8.2 Mbyte, 195 cylinders):

N o Drive Start End M B T y p e

1 D: 7 7 1 7 8 5 0.6

DOS 2.0

You are then asked to specify the starting and ending cylinders for the logical drive. All logical drives must be contained completely within the extended partition. When the drive has been created you are offered the choice of creating another logical drive or returning to the Main Menu. Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu.

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6.2-5 Option 2: Delete DOS Partition

Select this option to delete a current partition.

Warning

When a partition is deleted, you can no longer access data in that partition, so use this option with care. Back up first all files held in the partition (either on diskettes or in another partition on the hard disk).

When you select this option, you are asked which type of partition you wish to delete:

Select option:

1) Delete DOS primary partition

2) Delete DOS extended partition

3) Delete logical drive in extended partition

Enter desired option: (ESC = exit) [?]

You can only choose option 2 to delete an extended partition if the partition does not contain any logical drives. If the partition you want to delete contains logical drives you must delete them first.

If you select option 1 or option 2 you are prompted to:

Type in the number of the partition you want to delete and press <Enter>, you will see:

Do you really want to erase all data (Y/N)?...

If you are ready to delete the partition, type Y and press <Enter>.

If you select option 3 the screen displays the logical drives in the extended partition before prompting you to select a drive to delete.

Deleting a non-DOS partition

To delete an existing non-DOS partition, type FDISK /D at the command line to start the

FDISK utility in the normal way. The procedure is then the same as for deleting a DOS partition. If you do not specify /D at the command line, you are not allowed to delete a non-DOS partition.

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6.2-6 Option 3: Select Bootable Partition

Use option 3 to select which partition on a hard disk is to be active. This is the partition containing the operating system and files you want to access when you switch on your computer. If you designate a particular partition as active, your computer searches this partition if TE/DR-DOS (that is the computer) is booted from the hard disk. Only one partition can be active at a time.

When you select this option, you are prompted to:

Select partition to make bootable......

Type in the number of the partition you want to make active and press <Enter>.

Note

If your hard disk contains only TE/DR-DOS partitions then only the primary partition can be made active. If you try to select an extended TE/DR-DOS partition you will get an error message.

This partition now has an active status (A). The partition that was previously active is now non-active (status N).

Your computer will always try to load an operating system from drive A:. If there is no diskette in drive A: or if drive A: is not working, the computer tries to load an operating system from the active partition on the hard disk.

6.2-7 Option 4: Display Logical Drives in Extended Partition

You only see this option in the Main Menu if you have an extended partition on your disk.

If you select it the screen displays the current status of the logical drives in your extended partition, for example:

Logical drives in extended partition (8.5 Mb, 205 cylinders):

N o Drive Start End M B T y p e

1 D: 7 7 1 9 7 5 8.4

DOS 2.0

Option 5, Select Alternate Fixed Disk

You only see this option in the Main Menu if you have multiple hard disks on your computer. Select it to switch from one disk to another. The screen displays the current partition status of the disk as follows:

Partitions on 2nd hard disk (20.3 MB, 614 cylinders):

N o Drive Start End M B Status T y p e

3 0 5

3 0 4 10.1 A

6 1 3 10.1 N

DOS 3.0

(other)

The options displayed are the same for both disks.

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6.3

FDISKPM Command in TE/MS-OS/2

6.3-1 Introduction

When OS/2 is installed by itself, the user can choose between:

1) A predefined OS/2 partition,

2) Defining new partitions.

(Refer to Step 7 in Sub-section 1.2-2)

Option 1 defines a single partition that takes all of the space available on the hard disk.

Option 2 lets the user create a primary partition of a specific size.

To create secondary partitions, the hard disk utility program must be run.

This utility program lets the user:

• Create an extended partition,

• Create a logical drive,

• Set the active partition,

• Delete a partition or a logical drive,

• Display information on partitions.

• Display or modify the configuration of another hard disk in the computer system.

Warning

Reconfiguring a hard disk using the hard disk utility program erases all existing files.

Always ensure that all files on the hard disk are backed-up before creating a new partition using this utility program.

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6.3-2 Running the Hard Disk Utility Program

To run the hard disk utility program, double-click on the "PM" icon for the Fixed Disk

Utility located in the Utilities group.

The user can also type the FDISKPM command in a full-screen OS/2 session.

Note

The hard disk utility program can only be accessed if the "System Utilities and

Options" choice was made when the Operating System was installed (Step 12 in the system installation sequence described in Sub-section 1.2-2).

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6.3-3 Description

The Fixed Disk Utility program window comprises three fields:

• Hard disk icons,

• Partition Information,

• Logical Drive Information.

Each disk is shown by an icon in the upper part of the window. When the user selects a disk, the information on its partitions and logical drives is displayed in the appropriate fields.

The Partition Information field comprises the following elements:

• Partitions: OS/2 primary partition identifier,

• Status: Current partition status (active or not),

• Type: Types of partitions recognized are: Primary OS/2, Extended OS/2, HPFS OS/2,

XENIX and PCIX,

• Size in MBytes: Size of the partition in Megabytes (rounded down to the next lowest

Megabyte),

• Percent of Disk: Percentage of hard disk space taken by the partition (rounded to the next highest value).

The Logical Drives Information field comprises the following elements:

• Logical Drives: Logical drive ID,

• Volume Label: Logical drive volume label,

• MBytes: Size of the logical drive in Megabytes (rounded down to the next lowest

Megabyte),

• System: Name of the file system used to format the logical drive,

• Percentage: Percentage of the hard disk used by the logical drive (rounded up).

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To create an extended partition and one or more logical drives:

• Select the icon of the disk where the partition is to be created,

• Select "Create an Extended Partition" from the Options pull-down menu and set the partition size,

• Select "Create a Logical Drive" from the Options pull-down menu and set the logical drive size. Repeat these operations for each of the logical devices to define.

To delete a partition or a logical drive:

• First select the appropriate disk icon,

• Then select the appropriate partition or logical drive from the Partitions or Logical disks fields of the FDISKPM program window,

• Select "Delete" from the Options pull-down menu.

Warning: Each logical drive must be formatted before it is first used.

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7.1

Warning

Page

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7.2

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7.3

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7.4

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7.5

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7.6

TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Installed with TE/MS-DOS 4.01

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7.7

TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Installed with Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0

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7.8

TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Installed with Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0

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7.9

Installing PL7-1/2/3 with TE/DR-DOS 5.0

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7.9-3 Installing and Running PL7-2 DOS V3.0 for TSX 17 or

PL7-2 DOS V3.3 for TSX 27/47

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7.1

Warning

The operations described in this section require a high level knowledge of Operating

Systems.

Any modification to the file directory layout and to the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT

and CONFIG.SYS files is always critical and may cause serious problems.

It is therefore always preferable, before making any changes to the directories or the contents of the files, to back-up applications and data and to always retain an unmodified working copy of the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files on diskette. It is recommended that the various Operating System reinstallation or modification procedures be followed with care.

For a simple way to display the contents of a file, use the Type command. To modify the contents of a file, use the text editor supplied with the Operating System or an equivalent program.

Important

It is possible that the programs described in this manual may have been updated since.

In this case, if despite having matching AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS files and directory layout, the Operating System still does not run correctly, contact Telemecanique support.

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TE/MS-DOS 4.01 Installed Alone

Operating System

What should I do if the TE/MS-DOS 4.01 Operating System does not work?

Start you system from the Installation 1 and wait for the MS-DOS prompt to appear.

• Insert the Installation 2 diskette and run CHKDSK on drive C:

If the system indicates lost clusters on the disk, back-up your data and reinstall the

Operating System.

• Check the file directory layout on the hard disk:

COMMAND.COM

CONFIG.SYS

AUTOEXEC.BAT

DOS

MOUSE

UTIL507

<-- System file directory

<-- Directory present if mouse pointing device installed

<-- Directory present if FTX507 utility files are installed

• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

@ECHO OFF

SET COMSPEC=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM

VERIFY OFF

PATH C:\DOS;C:\UTIL507

REM *****Mouse Setup******

<-- If FTX507 utilities installed

PATH=C:\MOUSE;%PATH% <-- Commands present when

MOUSE CENHANCE

REM **********************

APPEND /E

APPEND C:\DOS

PROMPT $P$G

C:\DOS\GRAPHICS

VER

MODE CON CP PREP=((850) C:\DOS\EGA.CPI) mouse pointing device is i nstalled

KEYB UK,,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS /ID:168 <--

S pecifies the type of keyboard

CHCP 437

DOSSHELL

• Check the contents of the CONFIG.SYS file:

BREAK=ON

COUNTRY=44,,C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS

BUFFERS=20

FILES=20

LASTDRIVE=E

SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM /P /E:256

DEVICE=C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS

DEVICE=C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,437,1)

INSTALL=C:\DOS\KEYB.COM US,,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS

INSTALL=C:\DOS\FASTOPEN.EXE C:=(50,25)

INSTALL=C:\DOS\NLSFUNC.EXE C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS

<-- Keyboard and character display

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Pointing device

What should I do if the mouse or the trackball does not work?

• Before doing anything, check that it is not a connection problem. Refer to the

Questions/Answers section in the FTX 417 Terminal User's Manual.

• Check that the specific command lines for the pointing device are present in the

AUTOEXEC.BAT file and that the MOUSE directory is present.

• Reinstall the pointing device.

Keyboard

What should I do when the characters displayed on-screen are not the same as the markings on the keycaps?

The keyboard specified during the installation procedure is not the same as the one actually connected to the terminal. Check that the keyboard command lines in the

AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files are the right ones for the keyboard used.

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Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Installed Alone

Operating System

What should I do if the TE/DROS 5.0 Operating System doesn't work?

Start you system from the Installation 1 and wait for the DR-DOS prompt to appear.

• Insert the Installation 2 diskette and run CHKDSK on drive C:

If the system indicates lost clusters on the disk, back-up your data and reinstall the

Operating System.

• Check the file directory layout on the hard disk:

DRDOS

MOUSE

TE_TOOLS

COMMAND.COM

CONFIG.SYS

SETUP4.MSG

SETUP2.MSG

SETUP3.MSG

AUTOEXEC.BAT

<-- System file directory

<-- Directory present when a pointing device is installed

<-- TE Utilities directory

• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

@ECHO OFF

REM The DRDOSBEG and DRDOSEND labels

REM tell the SETUP program which statements

REM it should process. Put any additional

REM statements for DR DOS between two labels.

REM Any other statements e.g. for other

REM operating systems should be placed outside

REM the labels.

:DRDOSBEG

PATH C:\DRDOS;C:\TE_TOOLS

REM *****Mouse Setup******

PATH=C:\MOUSE;%PATH%

MOUSE CENHANCE

<-- Commands present when a pointing device is

REM **********************

KEYB UK+ <-- Specifies the type of keyboard installed

VERIFY OFF

PROMPT $P$G

MEMMAX -U -L >NUL

:DRDOSEND

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• Check the contents of the CONFIG.SYS file:

CONFIG.SYS

SHELL=C:\DRDOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DRDOS /P /E:256

BREAK=OFF

BUFFERS=8

FILES=10

FCBS=2,2

FASTOPEN=0

LASTDRIVE=E

HISTORY=OFF

COUNTRY=044,,C:\DRDOS\COUNTRY.SYS

HIDOS=OFF

How do I modify the installation characteristics?

Using the DR-DOS SETUP command. This command calls-up a Wlecome screen similar to the one displayed when the system is first installed (refer to Step 4 in Subsection 2.1-2), press <Enter> to confirm.

The program lets the user successively access steps 12, 13 and 14 (refer to Sub-section

2.1-2).

Then displays the following screen:

The following files will be overwritten?:

C: \CO NFI G.S YS

C : \ A UT O E X E C . B A T

Save them?

ØNo

{Yes

Answer No,

The next steps are identical to steps 18 to 23 described in Sub-section 2.1-2.

A final screen is displayed to show that the update is complete, press <Enter> to quit the program.

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Pointing device

What should I do if the mouse or the trackball does not work?

• Before doing anything, check that it is not a connection problem. Refer to the

Questions/Answers section in the FTX 417 Terminal User's Manual.

• Check that the specific command lines for the pointing device are present in the

AUTOEXEC.BAT file and that the MOUSE directory is present.

• Reinstall the pointing device.

Keyboard

What should I do when the characters displayed on-screen are not the same as the markings on the keycaps?

The keyboard specified during the installation procedure is not the same as the one actually connected to the terminal. Check that the keyboard command lines in the

AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files are the right ones for the keyboard used.

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7.4

Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Installed Alone

Operating System

What should I do if the TE/DROS 5.0 Operating System doesn't work?

Start you system from the Installation 1 and wait for the MS-DOS prompt to appear.

• Insert the Installation 2 diskette and run CHKDSK on drive C:

If the system indicates lost clusters on the disk, back-up your data and reinstall the

Operating System.

• Check the file directory layout on the hard disk:

DRDOS

FRA

USA

GER

<-- Directory for French DR-DOS

<-- Directory for English DR-DOS

<-- Directory for German DR-DOS

ITA

SPA

<-- Directory for Italian DR-DOS

<-- Directory for Spanish DR-DOS

MOUSE

TE_TOOLS

<-- Directory present when a pointing device is installed

<-- Directory for FTX 417 Utilities

COMMAND.COM

CONFIG.SYS

SCONFIG.SYS

SETUP4.MSG

SETUP2.MSG

SETUP3.MSG

AUTOEXEC.BAT

SAUTOEXE.BAT

• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

AUTOEXEC.BAT

SAUTOEXE.BAT

@ECHO OFF

REM The DRDOSBEG and DRDOSEND labels

REM tell the SETUP program which statements

REM it should process. Put any additional

REM statements for DR DOS between two labels.

REM Any other statements e.g. for other

REM operating systems should be placed outside

REM the labels:

DRDOSBEG

PATH C:\DRDOS;C:\TE_TOOLS

REM *****Mouse Setup******

PATH=C:\MOUSE;%PATH%

MOUSE CENHANCE

REM **********************

<-- Commands present when a pointing device is installed

REM the next line is part of the multilanguage system. Do not delete

CALL C:\SAUTOEXE.BAT

VERIFY OFF

PROMPT $P$G

MEMMAX -U -L >NUL

:DRDOSEND

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• Check the contents of the SAUTOEXE.BAT file:

PATH = C:\USA;%PATH% <-- When English is chosen, USA is replaced with FRA,GER,

ITA, or SPA depending on the language version selected.

• Check the contents of the CONFIG.SYS file:

SHELL = C:\DRDOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DRDOS /E:512 /P

BREAK=ON

BUFFERS=15

FILES=20

FCBS=4,4

FASTOPEN=512

LASTDRIVE=E

HISTORY=ON, 256, OFF

COUNTRY=044,,C:\DRDOS\COUNTRY.SYS

HIDOS=OFF

REM the next line is part of the multilanguage system. Do not delete

CHAIN = C:\SCONFIG.SYS

• Check the contents of the SCONFIG.SYS file:

SCONFIG.SYS

SHELL = C:\USA\COMMAND.COM C:\USA /E:512 /P <-- When English is chosen, USA is replaced with FRA,GER, ITA, or SPA depending on the language version selected.

Multilanguage priciples:

When the SETUP menu in the notebook is used to select a new operating language, the notebook copies the SAUTOEXE.BAT, SCONFIG.SYS and COMMAND.COM files located in the appropriate language directory (e.g. USA for English) to the root directory where they determine the operating language of DR-DOS.

If the multilanguage system does not operate correctly for some languages, check that these languages were correctly installed: The specific directory for the language must contain the DR-DOS files and the SAUTOEXE.BAT, SCONFIG.SYS and

COMMAND.COM files for that language.

Pointing device

What should I do if the pointing device does not work?

Refer to Sub-section 7.3.

Keyboard

What should I do when the characters displayed on-screen are not the same as the markings on the keycaps?

Refer to Sub-section 7.3.

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7.5

TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Installed Alone

Operating System

What should I do if the TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Operating System doesn't work?

Start you system from the Installation diskette and wait for the OS/2 prompt to appear.

• Insert diskette 1 and run CHKDSK on drive C:

If the system indicates lost clusters on the disk, back-up your data and reinstall the

Operating System.

• Check the file directory layout on the hard disk:

OS2 <DIR>

SPOOL <DIR>

<--

<-TE_TOOLS

STARTUP.CMD

<DIR>

TEMOUSE.EXE

BASEDD01.SYS

<--

DISK.TSD

Sensitivity setting utilities

FTX 417 Utilities

Pointing device sensitivity setting utilities

STDDISK.VSD

ESDI-506.BID

ABIOS.BID

IORUN.SYS

IOS1X.SYS

IOCFG01.SYS

FLOPPY01.SYS

AUTOEXEC.BAT

CONFIG.SYS

SISTRT.AQW

FATCACHE.VSD

FT.VSD

COMMAND.COM

<-Compatibility box

• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

PATH C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM

APPEND C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM

SET COMSPEC=C:\OS2\COMMAND.COM

CALL HELP ON

<-Compatibility box

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• Check the contents of the CONFIG.SYS file:

PROTSHELL=C:\OS2\PMSHELL.EXE C:\OS2\OS2.INI C:\OS2\OS2SYS.INI

C:\OS2\CMD.EXE

SET COMSPEC=C:\OS2\CMD.EXE

LIBPATH=C:\OS2\DLL;C:\OS2\SUPPORT;C:\;

SET PATH=C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\INSTALL;C:\OS2\SUPPORT;C:\;

SET DPATH=C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM;C:\OS2\INSTALL;C:\;

SET PROMPT=$i[$p]

SET HELP=C:\OS2\HELP

BUFFERS=30

DISKCACHE=64

MAXWAIT=3

MEMMAN=SWAP,MOVE,SWAPDOS

PROTECTONLY=NO

SWAPPATH=C:\OS2\SYSTEM 512

THREADS=128

COUNTRY=044,C:\OS2\SYSTEM\COUNTRY.SYS

DEVINFO=SCR,VGA,C:\OS2\VIOTBL.DCP

SET VIDEO_DEVICES=VIO_IBMVGA

SET VIO_IBMVGA=DEVICE(BVHVGA)

DEVICE=C:\OS2\POINTDD.SYS

DEVICE=C:\OS2\MSPS201.SYS

DEVICE=C:\OS2\MOUSE.SYS TYPE=MSPS2$ < -Commands present

DEVICE=C:\OS2\PMDD.SYS

if a pointing device

SET KEYS=ON is installed

DEVICE=C:\OS2\SUPPORT\STDCDROM.VSD

DEVICE=C:\OS2\SUPPORT\DENON.VSD

DEVICE=C:\OS2\SUPPORT\CDROM.TSD

IFS=C:\OS2\SUPPORT\CDFS.IFS

RUN=C:\OS2\SUPPORT\LOGWRITE.EXE

SET BOOKSHELF=C:\OS2\BOOK

SHELL=C:\OS2\COMMAND.COM /P

BREAK=OFF

FCBS=16,8

RMSIZE=640

DEVICE=C:\OS2\EGA.SYS

DEVICE=C:\OS2\DOS.SYS

DEVINFO=KBD,UK186,C:\OS2\KEYBOARD.DCP

CODEPAGE=850,437

<--

Type of keyboard

Display

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How should I modify installation parameters?

The procedure for modifying an installation is similar to the initial procedure used when installing the Operating System (refer to Sub-section 1.2):

1 to 6

These steps are identical to those described for the installation of TE/MS-OS/2 1.30 only.

Refer to Sub-section 1.2-2.

7 and 8

These steps are not displayed.

When prompted by the system, remove the Installation A diskette and insert Diskette 1 in the drive and press <Enter> to confirm.

10 to 11

These steps are not displayed.

The following screen is displayed:

Select one of the following:

1. Reinstall the operating system.

2. Add selectable operating system options.

Choose 2, then press <Enter> to confirm.

The screen displayed is the one described in step 12, Sub-section 1.2-2: "Selective

Operating System Installation". Select the required options to add.

13 to 26

Depending on the options selected, the installation program will prompt the user to insert one or more installation diskettes. Follows the prompts that are displayed on-screen and when the installation procedure is complete, press <Ctrl> <Alt> <Del> to restart the system and take into account the modifications made.

Note: The OS/2 configuration panel lets the user add fonts and printer drivers.

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Pointing device

What do I do if the mouse or the trackball does not work?

Before doing anything, check that it is not a connection problem. Refer to the Questions/

Answers section in the FTX 417 Terminal User's Manual.

If no mouse driver is installed or if the mouse driver does not correspond to the mouse used, perform the following operations:

Modify or add the following command lines to the CONFIG.SYS file:

• For a mouse connected to the mouse port:

Devi ce=C: \OS2\ POIN TDD.S YS

D ev i ce = C: \ OS 2 \M S PS 2 01 . SY S

Devic e=C:\OS2\ MOUSE.SYS TYP E=MSPS2$

• For a mouse connected to the serial port:

Devi ce=C: \OS2\ POIN TDD.S YS

Device=C:\OS2\MSSER01.SYS MODEL=199

Device=C:\OS2\MOUSE.SYS TYPE=MSSER$

Unpack and copy the mouse driver located on diskette 2.

Unpack A:\MSPS201.SY@ C:\OS2 and

Unpack A:\MOUSE.SY@ C:\OS2 for a mouse connected to the mouse port

Unpack A:\MSSER01.SY@ C:\OS2 and

Unpack A:\MOUSE.SY@ C:\OS2 for a mouse connected to a serial port

Keyboard

What do I do when the characters displayed on-screen are not the same as the markings on the keycaps?

The keyboard specified during the installation procedure is not the same as the one actually connected to the terminal. Check that the keyboard command lines in the

CONFIG.SYS file are the right ones for the keyboard used.

Compatibility box

What should I do if the compatibility box is missing?

• Check that the COMMAND.COM file is present in the root directory,

• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

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7.6

TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Installed with TE/MS-DOS 4.01

What should I do if the TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 or TE/MS-DOS 4.01 Operating System does not work?

Start your system from the Installation diskette and wait for the DOS prompt to appear.

• Insert the Installation 2 diskette and run CHKDSK on drive C:

If the system indicates lost clusters on the disk, back-up your data and reinstall the

Operating System.

• Check the file directory layout on the hard disk:

COMMAND.COM

SPOOL

STARTUP.CMD

DOS

OS2

UTIL507

MOUSE

TEMOUSE.EXE

BASEDD01.SYS

DISK.TSD

STDDISK.VSD

ESDI-506.BID

ABIOS.BID

IORUN.SYS

IOS1X.SYS

IOCFG01.SYS

FLOPPY01.SYS

AUTOEXEC.BAT

CONFIG.SYS

SISTRT.AQW

FATCACHE.VSD

<-- Directory present when FTX507 Utilities are installed

<-- Directory present when the pointing device

is installed under DOS

FT.VSD

• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (under DOS):

Refer to Sub-section 7.2.

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• Check the contents of the CONFIG.SYS file (under DOS):

Refer to Sub-section 7.2.

• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (under OS/2):

PATH C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM

APPEND C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM

SET COMSPEC=C:\OS2\COMMAND.COM

CALL HELP ON

COPY C:\OS2\COMMAND.COM C:\ >NUL

• Check the contents of the CONFIG.SYS file (under OS/2):

Refer to Sub-section 7.5.

Pointing device

What should I do if the mouse or pointing device does not work?

Under OS/2 --> Refer to Sub-section 7.5,

Under DOS --> Refer to Sub-section 7.2.

Keyboard

What do I do when the characters displayed on-screen are not the same as the markings on the keycaps?

The keyboard specified during the installation procedure is not the same as the one actually connected to the terminal. Check that the keyboard command lines in the

CONFIG.SYS file are the right ones for the keyboard used.

Compatibility box

What should I do if the compatibility box is missing?

• Check that the COMMAND.COM file is present in the root directory,

• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

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7.7

TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Installed with Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0

What should I do if the TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 or Standard TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Operating

Systems do not work?

Start your system from the Installation diskette and wait for the DOS prompt to appear.

• Insert the installation diskette and run CHKDSK on drive C:

If the system indicates lost clusters on the disk, back-up your data and reinstall the

Operating System.

• Check the file directory layout on the hard disk:

DRDOS

MOUSE

TE_TOOLS

COMMAND.COM

CONFIG.SYS

SETUP4.MSG

SETUP2.MSG

SETUP3.MSG

AUTOEXEC.BAT

COMMAND.COM

SPOOL

STARTUP.CMD

OS2

TEMOUSE.EXE

BASEDD01.SYS

DISK.TSD

STDDISK.VSD

ESDI-506.BID

ABIOS.BID

IORUN.SYS

IOS1X.SYS

IOCFG01.SYS

FLOPPY01.SYS

SISTRT.AQW

FATCACHE.VSD

FT.VSD

<-- System file directory

<-- Directory present when a pointing device is installed

<-- FTX 417 Utilities directory

• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (under DOS):

Refer to Sub-section 7.3.

• Check the contents of the CONFIG.SYS (under DOS):

Refer to Sub-section 7.3.

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• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (under OS/2):

PATH C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM

APPEND C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM

SET COMSPEC=C:\OS2\COMMAND.COM

CALL HELP ON

COPY C:\OS2\COMMAND.COM C:\ >NUL

• Check the contents of the CONFIG.SYS file (under OS/2):

Refer to Sub-section 7.5.

Pointing device

What should I do if the mouse or pointing device does not work?

Under OS/2 --> Refer to Sub-section 7.5,

Under DOS --> Refer to Sub-section 7.2.

Keyboard

What do I do when the characters displayed on-screen are not the same as the markings on the keycaps?

The keyboard specified during the installation procedure is not the same as the one actually connected to the terminal. Check that the keyboard command lines in the

CONFIG.SYS file are the right ones for the keyboard used.

Compatibility box

What should I do if the compatibility box is missing?

• Check that the COMMAND.COM file is present in the root directory,

• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file under OS/2.

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7.8

TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 Installed with Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0

What should I do if the TE/MS-OS/2 1.3 or Multilanguage TE/DR-DOS 5.0 Operating

Systems do not work?

Start the system from the installation diskette and return to OS/2 or DOS.

• Check the file directory layout on the hard disk:

DRDOS

FRA

USA

<-- Directory for French DR-DOS

<-- Directory for English DR-DOS

GER

ITA

SPA

MOUSE

TE_TOOLS

<-- Directory for German DR-DOS

<-- Directory for Italian DR-DOS

<-- Directory for Spanish DR-DOS

<-- Directory present when a pointing device is installed

<-- FTX 417 Utilities directory

COMMAND.COM

CONFIG.SYS

SCONFIG.SYS

SETUP4.MSG

SETUP2.MSG

SETUP3.MSG

AUTOEXEC.BAT

SAUTOEXE.BAT

SPOOL

STARTUP.CMD

OS2

TEMOUSE.EXE

BASEDD01.SYS

DISK.TSD

STDDISK.VSD

ESDI-506.BID

ABIOS.BID

IORUN.SYS

IOS1X.SYS

IOCFG01.SYS

FLOPPY01.SYS

SISTRT.AQW

FATCACHE.VSD

FT.VSD

• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (under DOS):

Refer to Sub-section 7.4,

• Check the contents of the CONFIG.SYS file (under DOS):

Refer to Sub-section 7.4.

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• Check the contents of the SAUTOEXE.BAT file (under DOS):

Refer to Sub-section 7.4,

• Check the contents of the SCONFIG.SYS file (under DOS):

Refer to Sub-section 7.4,

• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file (under OS/2):

PATH C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM

APPEND C:\OS2;C:\OS2\SYSTEM

SET COMSPEC=C:\OS2\COMMAND.COM

CALL HELP ON

COPY C:\OS2\COMMAND.COM C:\ >NUL

• Check the contents of the CONFIG.SYS file (under OS/2):

Refer to Sub-section 7.5.

Pointing device

What should I do if the mouse or the pointing device does not work?

Under OS/2 --> Refer to Sub-section 7.5,

Under DOS --> Refer to Sub-section 7.2.

Keyboard

What should I do when the characters displayed on-screen are not the same as the markings on the keycaps?

The keyboard specified during the installation procedure is not the same as the one actually connected to the terminal. Check that the keyboard command lines in the

CONFIG.SYS file are the right ones for the keyboard used.

Compatibility box

What should I do if the compatibility box is missing?

• Check that the COMMAND.COM file is present in the root directory,

• Check the contents of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file under OS/2.

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7.9

Installing PL7-1/2/3 with TE/DR-DOS 5.0

7.9-1 Hardware Installation

Installing the protection key module (for PL7-2 and PL7-3)

The protection key module can be fitted in two different holders:

• A TSX SHC 02 software key module holder in the dedicated slot on the right side of the FTX 417,

• A TSX SCC 01 software key module holder connected to the FTX 417 via the LPT1 parallel port (declared as standard by SETUP).

Connection to a TSX 17 PLC

Connection to a TSX 17 PLC requires a T FTX CB 17 5 cable.

The cable is connected to the FTX 417 via the COM2 serial port (26-pin Sub-D connector) and to the TSX 17 PLC via the programming port.

The connection can also be made using a T FTX CB 7 4 cable connected to a

TSX 17 ACC7 adapter. This configuration, in addition to supporting communication, will also provide a power supply to the FTX 417 for normal operation and battery charging

(fast charging when the terminal is shutdown).

Warning: Before connecting a powered-down terminal to a TSX 27/47 or

TSX/PMX 47 to 107 PLC configuration, always check that the PLC power supply can support the extra power requirements of the terminal (2 to 12 VDC) without adversely affecting PLC operation and causing an overload or triggering the PLC power supply circuit breaker (refer to the appropriate PLC documentation).

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7.9-2 Installing and Running PL7-1 DOS for TSX 17 PLCs

1- Preparing the FTX 417 20 notebook terminal.

• Power-up the FTX 417,

• Press <F2> to call-up SETUP,

• To configure communication with the PLC, make the following selections:

• RS-485/CL

• Selected mode

COM2 (by default)

RS-485 (CL20 is also available)

• Exit SETUP by pressing the <Esc> twice and selecting REBOOT.

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2 - Installing PL7-1

Check that the "FTX 417 DOS Utilites" diskette was installed before continuing.

• If so, a C:\TE_TOOLS sub-directory exists with files stored in it.

• If not, insert the "FTX 417 DOS Utilities" diskette in the disk drive and type a: install and press <Enter> to confirm.

Insert the PL7-1 "Installation" diskette in the disk drive and type a:install and press

<Enter> to confirm.

Once the installation procedure is complete, remove the "Installation" diskette from the drive and type:

BOOT G71 and press <Enter> to confirm.

Once this is done, make the following software changes:

• Modify the C:\BATS\g71.bat file,

The last line of this file must be: g71pa C pl7_1 PL71 G71 bw com2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

The meaning of this line is:

bw (black and white): An option that ensures maximum contrast on the black and white

LCD screen of the FTX 417,

com2 is a parameter that directs communication to serial port COM2,

Other commands, e.g. C:\PL7\DOC17_10.TXT in place of %3) can be added to this command line and will be read each time PL7-1 is run. Ensure that the bw command is always present as the other options can be defined from the first screen displayed once PL7-1 is running.

• Modifying the C:\BOOT\config.g71 file.

With TE/DR-DOS 5.0 already installed on the FTX 417, which is the standard situation, add the following line to the end of the file:

DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\hidos.sys/B=FFFF

The meaning of this line is:

hidos.sys invokes a memory manager that loads the kernel of the TE/DR-DOS operating system into "high memory" (64 Kbytes located above the 1 Mbyte boundary). This releases extra space in the standard 640 Kbyte memory locations.

• Modifying the C:\BOOT\autoexec.g71 file.

Add the following line to the end of the C:\TE_TOOLS\evtmgr.com file.

The meaning of this line is:

evtmgr.com ensures that PL7 DOS programs will run on the FTX 417.

• Install the autoexec.bat and command.com files, type: copy C:\BOOT\autoexec.g71 C:\*.bat

copy C:\BOOT\config.g71 C:\*.sys

Reboot the FTX 417 by pressing the <Ctrl> <Alt> <Del> keys together, for the changes to take effect.

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7.9-3 Installing and Running PL7-2 DOS V3.0 for TSX 17 or

PL7-2 DOS V3.3 for TSX 27/47

1- Preparing the FTX 417 20 notebook terminal.

• Power-up the FTX 417,

• Press <F2> to call-up SETUP,

• For the "Extended memory size/EMS" setting, select at least 1 Mbyte of extended memory (e.g. with 2 Mbytes installed memory, select 1 M/0 Mbytes and for 8 Mbytes, select 5 M/0 Mbytes).

• To configure communication with the PLC, make the following selections:

• RS-485/CL

• Selected mode

COM2 (by default)

CL20 (for TSX 27/47 PLCs)

• Exit SETUP by pressing the <Esc> twice and selecting REBOOT.

2 - Installing PL7-2

Check that the "FTX 417 DOS Utilites" diskette was installed before continuing.

• If so, a C:\TE_TOOLS sub-directory exists with files stored in it.

• If not, insert the "FTX 417 DOS Utilities" diskette in the disk drive and type a: install and press <Enter> to confirm.

Insert the PL7-2 "Installation" diskette in the disk drive and type a:install and press

<Enter> to confirm.

Once the installation procedure is complete, remove the "Installation" diskette from the drive and type:

• BOOT G72_17 for use with a TSX 17 and press <Enter> to confirm,

• BOOT G72 for use with a TSX 27/47 and press <Enter> to confirm.

Once this is done, make the following software changes:

• Modify the C:\BATS\g72_17.bat file for a TSX 17,

Modify the C:\BATS\g72.bat file for a TSX 27/47,

The last line of this file must be:

For a TSX 17: g72pa C pl7_2_17 PL72_17 G72_17 bw com2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

For a TSX 27/47: g72pa C pl7_2 PL72 G71 bw com2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

The meaning of this line is:

bw (black and white): An option that ensures maximum contrast on the black and white

LCD screen of the FTX 417,

com2 is a parameter that directs communication to serial port COM2,

Other commands, e.g. C:\PL7\DOC27_47.TXT or C:\PL7\DOC17_20.TXT in place of

%3) can be added to this command line and will be read each time PL7-1 is run. Ensure that the bw command is always present as the other options can be defined from the first screen displayed once PL7-2 is running.

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• Modifying the C:\BOOT\config.g72 file.

With TE/DR-DOS 5.0 already installed on the FTX 417 20, which is the standard situation, add the following line to the end of the file:

DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\hidos.sys/B=FFFF

The meaning of this line is:

• Modifying the C:\BOOT\autoexec.g72 file.

Add the following line to the end of the C:\TE_TOOLS\evtmgr.com file.

The meaning of this line is:

evtmgr.com ensures that PL7 DOS programs will run on the FTX 417 20.

• Install the autoexec.bat and command.com files, type: copy C:\BOOT\autoexec.g72 C:\*.bat

copy C:\BOOT\config.g72 C:\*.sys

Reboot the FTX 417 20 by pressing the <Ctrl> <Alt> <Del> keys together, for the changes to take effect.

3 - To run the program. type:

G72_17 and press <Enter> for a TSX 17,

G72 and press <Enter> for a TSX 27/47.

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7.9-3 Installing and Running PL7-3 DOS V3.0

1- Preparing the FTX 417 20 notebook terminal.

• Power-up the FTX 417 20,

• Press <F2> to call-up SETUP,

• Check the "Extended memory size/EMS" size, select at least 2 Mbyte of EMS (the

FTX 417 20 must be fitted with at least 4 Mbytes of RAM, i.e. at least 2 Mbytes standard and a 2 Mbyte memory extension).

• Declare the "Extended memory size/EMS" setting as shown in the table below:

RAM size

2 Mbytes

4 Mbytes

6 Mbytes

8 Mbytes

Extended memory size Comments

0 M/1 Mbytes

1 M/2 Mbytes

3 M/2 Mbytes

5 M/2 Mbytes

Not enough memory for PL7-3

Minimum RAM required for PL7-3

Acceptable

• To configure communication with the PLC, make the following selections:

• RS-485/CL

• Selected mode

COM2 (by default)

CL20

• Exit SETUP by pressing the <Esc> twice and selecting REBOOT.

2 - Installing PL7-3 V3.3

Check that the "FTX 417 DOS Utilites" diskette was installed before continuing.

• If so, a C:\TE_TOOLS sub-directory exists with files stored in it.

• If not, insert the "FTX 417 DOS Utilities" diskette in the disk drive and type a: install and press <Enter> to confirm.

Insert the PL7-3 "Installation" diskette in the disk drive and type:

a:install and press <Enter> to confirm.

While the installation procedure is running on the FTX 417 20, give the following answers to the prompts displayed:

• What system are you installing on?

• VDISK setting: Select C:\DRDOS\VDISK.SYS

• What drive to use for swapping?

• For the COUNTRY.SYS setting:

Type 7. Other

Type F and press <Enter>

(if the default configuration was selected).

Select C:\DRDOS\COUNTRY.SYS

Once this is done, and the installation procedure complete, do not type BOOT G73 as prompted on-screen, instead make the following software changes:

• Modify the C:\BATS\g73.bat file,

The last line of this file must be: g73par C F bw com2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

The meaning of this line is:

bw (black and white): An option that ensures maximum contrast on the black and white

LCD screen of the FTX 417 20,

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com2 is a parameter that directs communication to serial port COM2 (set for 20mA current loop operation),

Other commands, e.g. C:\PL7\DOC73.TXT in place of %3) can be added to this command line and will be read each time PL7-3 is run. Ensure that the bw command is always present as the other options can be defined from the first screen displayed once PL7-3 is running.

• Modifying the C:\BOOT\config.g73 file.

With TE/DR-DOS 5.0 already installed on the FTX 417 20, which is the standard situation, add the following line to the end of the file:

DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\hidos.sys/B=FFFF

DEVICE=C:\TE_TOOLS\scatemm.sys

The meaning of this line is:

Use the MEM or CHKDSK commands to check the amount of memory available for

PL7-3.

scatemm.sys is the memory manager that emulates LIM 4.0 standard memory management under TE/DR-DOS. PL7-3 requires LIM 4.0 standard memory to run.

The following line is already present in the config.sys file:

DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\vdisk.sys 1024 512 32/E

vdisk.sys is the virtual disk manager that lets the system use part of the installed memory as a RAM disk (1024 Kbytes in this case) giving vary fast access times. On

FTX 417 20 systems, this device is designated F: (C: is the hard disk, D: the 32 Kbyte static RAM memory (SRAM) and E: the PCMCIA drive).

• Modifying the C:\BOOT\autoexec.g73 file.

Add the following line to the end of the C:\TE_TOOLS\evtmgr.com file.

The meaning of this line is:

evtmgr.com ensures that PL7 DOS programs will run on the FTX 417.

• Install the autoexec.bat and command.com files, type: copy C:\BOOT\autoexec.g73 C:\*.bat

copy C:\BOOT\config.g73 C:\*.sys

Reboot the FTX 417 by pressing the <Ctrl> <Alt> <Del> keys together, for the changes to take effect.

3 - To run the program. type G73 and press <Enter>.

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7.10 Running Telemecanique Programs with TE/MS-OS/2 1.3

What should I do to use the COM1 port (e.g. for connecting an XBT terminal) and the COM2 port (e.g. for connecting a PLC) simultaneously, with X-TEL or

MINI X-TEL?

Check that the following line is present in the CONFIG.SYS file:

DEVICE=C:\OS2\COM01.SYS.

• If this line is not present, add it after the line:

DEVICE=C:\XPROSYS\EXE\DTSXPC01.SYS MAXSPEED=19200 COM=COM2

• If this line is already present make sure that it comes after the above line.

Reboot the system.

What should I do if the COM2 port used in "Telemecanique mode" (e.g. for connecting a PLC) does not work with X-TEL or MINI X-TEL?

• Check the terminal SETUP to ensure that the COM2 port is enabled an that CL20

(current loop) mode is selected.

• Check the CONFIG.SYS file to ensure that the line:

DEVICE=C:\OS2\COM01.SYS is not present.

If this line is present:

• If the COM1 port is not used, delete it,

• If the COM1 port is used, refer to the previous question and answer.

• Check that the selected communication driver is the correct one for the hardware connection used (programming port, Mapway network, Uni-Telway bus).

• Check that the address given for the X-TEL or MINI X-TEL station is correct for the device being used.

• Check that the correct connection cable is fitted.

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7.11 Running Other Programs

What should I do to ensure that the pointing device works with any program that supports it and with ViewMax?

At step 15 in the TE/MS-DOS 5.0 installation procedure (refer to sub-section 2.1-2),

• Choose "Change the combination".

• Validate the default selection for the display device,

• Choose "Bus mouse with MOUSE.SYS driver",

Proceed with the installation procedure as described in the manual.

This operation does not replace the installation procedure required for the selected pointing device. This must still be performed, as described in the manufacturer's documentation.

What should I do if the following message is displayed when attempting to install

Windows 3.1 with TE/DR-DOS 5.0:

"The XMS driver installed in the system is incompatible with Windows. Remove it before installing windows?"

Delete the following line from the config.sys file:

DEVICE=C:\DRDOS\HIDOS.SYS

Reboot the system and attempt Windows installation again.

What should I do to ensure that Corel Draw 2.01L (for Windows 3.0 and 3.1) installs correctly under TE/DR-DOS 5.0?

Edit the SETUP.INF file in Corel Draw and delete the line that backs-up a copy of file

WIN.INI as file WIN.I@I and save the edited file.

Perform this operation from the TE/DR-DOS prompt, then continue to install the program.

What should I do so that Paradox installs correctly under TE/DR-DOS 5.0?

Delete the following line from the config.sys file: