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QL 1000
Series
Chapter 5 - Installation Program
The QL Series Installation program installs all the necessary files for the QL Series boards to do a diskless boot in a NetWare file server. We highly recommend selecting the default options for the initial installation.
The default installation:
* Creates subdirectories and copies files to your file
server:
Cubix QL Series Files and Utilities
Microsoft DOS 3.3 diskettes (Optional)
* Creates the necessary Diskless Workstation Boot Image
files
to boot the QL Series processors.
* Sets up a default batch file for each QL processor to
load
the necessary NetWare files.
Before starting the Installation program,
1. Add the QL Series LAN Drivers to your NetWare operating system and create a new NetWare boot file (NET$OS.EXE, BRIDGE.EXE, ROUTER.EXE, etc) as necessary.
2. Have all the required Cubix and NetWare diskettes ready. Use working copies of your diskettes. Do not use your original diskettes.
3. Format one 360K or 720K DOS system disk with DOS (version 4.01 or below) using the /s option to use as the Cubix "QL Series Workstation Boot Diskette".
4. If you have other QL Series boards installed, and you want to preserve their files, rename or back up the files.
1. From a workstation, nondedicated fileserver, or nondedicated bridge, log on to the network as SUPERVISOR. (This node must have a floppy disk drive.) If the network has more than one server, connect and log on to the server on which you want the Cubix files installed.
2. At the DOS prompt, insert the Cubix "QL 1000 Series Installation Diskette" in drive A.
3. Type:
A: [enter]
QL 1000 [enter]
The QL Installation program begins.
Follow the screen prompts, pressing [F1] for help when needed. Watch for additional help information at the bottom of the installation screens.
Installation Requirments Screen (Figure 5-2)
This screen displays the requirements for the QL Series Installation and lists the required diskettes. Press [PG DN] for additional information.
Drive Selection Screen (Figure 5-3)
This screen selects the drive designations for the diskette drive and network hard drive to use for the installation. Enter the correct drive letters for each selection.
Press [F1] For more information.
Press [F2] To continue.
Server Verification Screen (Figure 5-4)
Select YES If you want the "QL 1000 Series
Installation Diskette"
to be copied to the server shown.
Select NO If you want to exit the program to log on
to the
proper server and restart the installation
program.
Press [F1] For more information.
The installation program copies all the necessary files to the server shown here. If you are installing the QL Series boards in an external bridge (or COMBRIDGE" System), you must manually copy the \LOGIN\QL*.* (or \LOGIN\QF*.*) files from the above server to the \LOGIN subdirectory on each of the other existing servers.
Install a New System Screen (Figure 5-5)
This is the default installation for the QL Series. Select this option if you are performing an initial installation.
Install Selected Files
Use this option to install additional QL product lines on a previous installation. The screen will prompt you for the required diskette. After installing the files from the diskette, run the next option to create the boot image files.
Create QL Workstation Image File
This option lets you create Workstation Image files for the QL 1000 Series processors. The image files can be created for many different configurations, depending on the options you select in this screen.
This option is also used when modifying the QL Workstation image file. See the "Modifying Image Files" Chapter in the "Technical Reference Guide" for more information.
Exit Exits the QL Series Installation program.
Press [F1] For more information.
Workstation Files Installation Screen (Figure 5-6)
This screen will prompt you for the "QL 1000 Series Installation Diskette". Insert the diskette and press [enter] to continue.
Each diskette has the LAN driver files and utilities unique to its product line. Only the utility programs and files will be copied to the file server.
Press [F1] For more information at any screen.
MSDOS Version Screen (Figure 5-7)
Select YES If you want to use the optional
Cubix-supplied DOS
for the QL Series workstations. The
DOS diskettes will be copied to the
subdirectory
\PUBLIC\CUBIX\MS-DOS\V3.30. A
SHELL.CFG file, created
on the "QL Series Workstation Boot
Diskette", will force QL Series
workstations to use that subdirectory
for DOS files.
Select NO If you want to use the DOS already
installed on the
file server. The QL Series
workstations will look for these DOS
files in the subdirectory
\PUBLIC\IBM_PC\MSDOS\Vx.xx. (where
x.xx is the
DOS version 4.01 or below).
Press [F1] For more information.
Diskette Verification Screen (Figure 5-8)
Select YES Select YES to confirm that you have
inserted your
QL 1000 Series Boot Diskette into the
diskette drive.
Select NO Select NO to abort the workstation
configuration
process.
QLVision consists of three files:
QLVISION.EXE
QLVISION.HLP
QLVISION.CWA
To install QLVision,
1. Make a backup copy of the QLVision diskette. Store the original diskette in a safe place.
2. Copy the three QLVision files from the backup diskette into an appropriate directory on the network.
We recommend that you install QLVision in a directory that has limited access rights. The availability of some of the functions, such as the ability to reset a QL node, should be restricted. It is the responsibility of the system administrator to install QLVision with access rights appropriate for the application.
The QL Series installation is complete. You now have all the necessary files on the file server for the QL Series workstations.
1. Install all the hardware.
2. Power up the network.
3. Login on the network as SUPERVISOR at any workstation.
4. Run the Cubix utility program, QLVISION. It should show all the QL workstations as PRESENT and ACTIVE within 1 to 3 minutes. See the "QLVISION chapter" for more information on QLVISION.
5. Install your application programs. See the "Loading Application Software" chapter for information on QL Series batch files.
6. Use the Cubix utility program QLCONN or QLVISION to take control of each QL processor to ensure your application software loads properly. See the "QL Series Utilities" chapter for more information on QLCONN.
7. If you need to make any changes to the QL Series image files, such as modifying the CONFIG.SYS file, see the "Modifying Image Files" chapter.
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