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1.      Paul Jarvinen  Artwork    Oliver Rick  Boot Options Menu    Alexander Taylor  MiniLVM    Robert Thomas  Windows Network   roknrob flash net   Gerrit Schoenmaker  Windows Network  co existing with other OS   Sjoerd Visser  Windows Network     eComStation includes a number of software packages from a number of  individuals  and companies  We are very grateful of their contributions   Check http    www ecomstation com  for a complete list of  contributors     Abbotsbury Software has been so kind to license their     Hauppage drivers so these could be included with   n  eComStation  These drivers allow the use of Hauppage Ag agTsaus  TV boards to function under eComStation  CRORE CE COMPANIES  For any commercial request regarding these drivers   please contact     Abbotsbury Software Ltd        West Yard Barn tel    44   0 1305 871543   West Street fax    44   0 1305 871688  Abbotsbury web  http   www abbotsbury com  Dorset DT3 4JT email  os2tv abbotsbury com    United Kingdom    MainConcept GmbH has been so so kind to license their Main  OS 2 AVI codecs for inclusion with eComStation  y    For more info on MainConcept  please have a look on the  following webaddress  http   www mainconcept  de    Scitech Software  Inc  has kindly allowed us to redistribute  their binary OS 2 installer of OpenWatcom C C   FOTRAN        Please visit Scitech at  http    www scitechsoft com     Appendix B  Trademarks   33    Appendix C  LVM    The role of LVM  Logical Volume Manager  is to pres
2.      Please consult the manual Ypendix D  about details on the    On this screen the keys for usage of the menu and the version of the  menu including language   xx  of the package are displayed   Additionally a note about this appendix for further reference is shown at  the bottom of the page  In the large box you can see the help for the       Appendix D  Boot Options Menu   37    keys to navigate through the screens _ or pages and how to adjust the  options to the configuration of your computer        You can rotate through the pages by hitting the  Page Up  and  Page  Down  keys  where  Page Down  will move you to the next page  positioning the cursor at the first option  and  Page Up  will return you to  the previous page setting the cursor at the last option of the respective    page     The next option is selectable by hitting the  Tab  key  while hitting the   Tab  key together with  Shift  moves back to the previous option  When  the next or previous option is located on the next previous page  that  page is displayed automatically without hitting the  Page Up  or  Page  Down  key  The current active option is highlighted by a blinking  character     There are different ways to change an option  Options that can be  activated are shown by an empty character when deactivated or by a  checkmark when activated  shown with a     character in this ASCII file    You can toggle between these two states by hitting the  Space  bar     Options with a vertical double arrow offe
3.     If you do not already have a suitable volume ready to install  eComStation  you will need to create one     Creating a volume is very straightforward using MiniLVM  If you need  advanced features you may want to use one of the other LVM tools as  mentioned in the beginning of this appendix     Tip  An excellent step by step guide for using text mode LVM is  available in the online help during installation  please consult it if you       34   eComStation 1 1 Manual    need to perform harddisk or partition management  You can also view  this document directly from the root of CD 1  lvmhelp inf    1S          mi o o  MiniLVM re E   5  The MiniLVM interface is eee ee  self explanatory and features aes    an online help system  z    x    a ee vrs a  haee tae ee       wT       MiniLVM will guide you Lone be aaant  through the necesarry steps aint   to prepare your harddisk for oo k   installation     wi ow  tee          General Considerations   Make sure you have your harddisk layout the way you want it  before  you install eComStation  The use of partitioning tools  like  PartitionMagic of PowerQuest  FIPS  or others should be prevented if at  all possible after you have installed eComStation     If you have more than one operating system installed  you are  required to use the IBM bootmanager  install via  Mini LVM  to  switch between those systems  IBM bootmanager is LVM aware  most  other bootmanagers are not     Multiple operating systems on your computer  You can use mult
4.     The eComStation boot options menu screens allow you to configure  the hardware support in order to successfully boot from CD ROM or  floppy diskettes  Most computers with standard hardware will not  require any changes in the screens and will boot normally  If you need  support for SCSI or USB hardware  a selection of the appropriate  drivers for the used host bus adapters resp  host controllers is required   If you have trouble getting the CD ROM or floppy diskettes to boot  then  you can use the options on the various screens to either configure  eComStation so that it will be able to boot or to help you or support  personnel to find out what the cause for the failure is     The options are limited to configuration settings required to boot and  install eComStation onto hard disk drives  The selections are passed to  the installation program where you can refine the selections and add  support for additional hardware     Keys help screen    eComStation BOOT OPTIONS  Keys help  age Down   Miscellaneous   gt     Change to next page   Change to previous page     Next option   Previous option     Check uncheck option setting  _1      Scroll to next option setting  1t   Scroll to previous option setting  1t   Jump to option settings  1 t  Key of first letter or number  Edit option setting  ff1  key  Left  Right   a ce  Insert  Delete   Continue boot      and display drivers loaded      and pause at non base drivers     Reset to default configuration values  Rid v1 1 07  en  
5.    Serenity Systems  Inc  installed selected features  or backout updates  that have been applied  It is also capable of applying and removing  updates from IBM and Serenity Systems that are not applied using the  IBM service process  If you have the eCS Pro  SMP  version  the  eComStation Maintenance Tool also supports the addition and removal  of SMP support     You can install the maintenance tool by invoking the eCSGuides from  CD 2  install cmd  and selecting the eComStation Software menu     eComStation 1 1 Application Pack    When you purchased the eComStation 1 1 Application Pack you will  also find CD 3 in your eComStation package     This CD ROM contains the following software features       Lotus SmartSuite 1 7 1  full office suite      HobLink X11  enables you to run X11 applications on the  eComStation desktop      Sti scanner drivers and Applause Image utility    You will require a separate registration key to be able to install these  applications  You should have received the key from your vendor  but  can also request it by registering on the website   http   www ecomstation com     You can install the applications by starting install cmd from the root of  CD 3     16   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Chapter 4  Getting Connected    Internet    The Internet is a huge network of computers  itself incorporating many  thousands of individual subnetworks known as intranets  LAN s   The  Internet is the largest network of computers in the world and it s  importance as a
6.   This  registration code has been  emailed to the email address  you entered at the time of  purchase           You can request the  registration key to be sent to you again by logging on to the  http   www ecomstation com  website  and selecting the  appropriate option from the Customer Menu    By saving the email text to either harddrive or floppy disk you can easily  import the key into the registration screen  Alternatively you can type  the key in manually  although this is not advised     Locale and timezone settings   After succesful registration you will be prompted with a screen to verify  your locale and timezone settings  You can also change your codepage  settings in this screen     Hardware and peripherals  configuration   eComStation 1 1 will try to  detect installed hardware in  your system and preconfigure  the settings in the hardware iangan eens  page accordingly  You can still eee TET    alter or update the selections  that thie installer has made                    8   eComStation 1 1 Manual    The following hardware subsections can be configured     Display Driver   Select between Scitech Display Doctor  with an extensive list of  supported hardware accelerated 2D video card drivers  or Generic  Support  Generic Support should only be selected if you know that your  graphics card is having problems with the Scitech drivers  in most cases  you can leave this setting to the default of Scitech     Storage   Enables you to choose which IDE driver your system
7.  Links    eComStation Developer Portal  http    dev ecomstation com   OpenWatcom  http    www openwatcom org    EDM 2 programmers magazine  http    www edm2 com    Netlabs  http    www netlabs org    Hobbes ftp archive  http    hobbes nmsu edu    Virtual Pascal  http    www vpascal com    Free Pascal  http   www  freepascal org    Liberty BASIC  http    world std com  carlg basic html   IBM Developers  Toolbox  http    www developer ibm com devcon     26   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Appendix A  License Agreement    eComStation End User License Agreement    READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT  CAREFULLY BEFORE INSTALLING AND USING THIS COMPUTER  SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING USER DOCUMENTATION  THE   PROGRAM    THE PROGRAM IS COPYRIGHTED AND LICENSED  NOT  SOLD   BY INSTALLING THE PACKAGE CONTAINING THE PROGRAM   YOU ARE ACCEPTING AND AGREEING TO THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE  AGREEMENT  IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS  OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT  YOU SHOULD PROMPTLY RETURN THE  PACKAGE TO THE PLACE OF PURPUASE TO ARRANGE FOR A REFUND OF  YOUR PURCHASE  THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT REPRESENTS THE ENTIRE  AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE PROGRAM BETWEEN YOU AND  SERENITY SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL  AND IT SUPERSEDES ANY PRIOR  PROPOSAL  REPRESENTATION  OR UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE  PARTIES     NOTE  IF YOU ARE USING A PREVIEW COPY OF THIS SOFTWARE  YOU  ARE REQUIRED TO INSTALL THE GENERALLY RELEASED PRODUCT  AT  THAT TIME  NO FURTHER USE OF THE PREVIEW SOFTWARE IS  A
8.  Software into your computer  you may retain the Program Media  for backup purposes  In addition  you may make one copy of the Software on a  second set of media for the purpose of backup in the event the Program media is  damaged or destroyed  You may make one copy of the User s Manual for backup  purposes  Any such copies of the Software or the User s Manual shall include  Licensor s copyright and other proprietary notices  Except as authorized under this  paragraph  no copies of the Program or any portions thereof may be made by you or  any person under your authority or control     Licensor s Rights    You acknowledge and agree that the Software and the User s Manual are proprietary  products of Licensor protected under U S  copyright law and other countries as  appropriate  You further acknowledge and agree that all rights  title  and interest in  and to the Program  including associated intellectual property rights  are and shall  remain with Licensor  This License Agreement does not convey to you an interest in  or to the Program  but only a limited right of use revocable in accordance with the  terms of this License Agreement     License Fees    The license fees paid by you are paid in consideration of the licenses granted under  this License Agreement  Payments must be made to Serenity Systems International   or designated distributors and resellers from whom you acquired eComStation  You  agree to notify Serenity Systems  or its distributors or resellers  and pay an
9.  amount  of memory is 64 MB but your  system will operate  considerably better when  more than 64 MB memory is  installed  In short  install as  much memory as you can in  your system  4 GB is the  maximum supported amount                       2   eComStation 1 1 Manual       Minimum    Recommended       Video    PCI VGA video card with  at least 512 kB memory     AGP video board supported  by Scitech Display Doctor   See www ecomstation com  for a full list of supported  adapters        Drivespace   500 MB    When selecting more options  in the installer  more  drivespace is required  A  practical working size is 1  GB              drive          Mouse Any PS 2  serial or USB   A PS 2 mouse is  mouse recommended for best  performance   CD drive IDE or SCSI CD ROM an IDE or SCSI CD rom or    DVD player with boot  capability supported in the  BIOS to ease the installation  process        Getting started  Your eComStation 1 1 Entry package consists of two CD s     CD 1  CD 2    contains the eComStation 1 1 base product and installer   contains a host of applications and drivers to enhance your    eComStation experience     Additionally  you can order the eComStation 1 1 Application Pack   which will be referred to as CD 3     CD 3    contains commercial applications     Prepare your system  If you are planning to install eComStation 1 1 on your system and you  want to upgrade your existing OS 2 Warp 4  OS 2 MCP1  OS 2 MCP2   eComStation Preview or eComStation 1 0 installation 
10.  any problem  please refer to   Appendix E  Troubleshooting     After a number of reboots your system should be ready and present you  with a desktop similar to the screenshot on the next page  You will find  a system eCSGuide which will help you to configure your system     screen resolution and refresh rate   change your network userid  if networking is selected   configure the DHCP timeout value  if necesarry   change the look and feel of the eComStation desktop  configure the clock of your system   allow you to install a local printer     You can always restart this system eCSGuide by selecting  Local System   gt  Install Remove   gt  eComStation Setup  from your desktop         Chapter 2  Installing eComStation   11    The desktop of eComStation 1 1 right after installation     6 LSD EENEN  aataftation Cemmpleta Scores  UMEAGHENETIDT DHF Uses eee VERRAN  Pr      Welalletion Complete    Instaflation Complete  eComSlaton Inayos ja aon oomabetel      S  Mei ol the m  tine sere  uwina be ko Sees Options tets  s7  amp  ATA AT  f    LI pou wah Conte clk C  the    Pr mutatect late aboru   a  CComstation When youre tinaha  cok c a     Tananan on    Thia ia the elemStatien Desktop     The Deaktep is epened auitamaticaig whan the sistem  staria ep and covers Ge entve screen It ia the heat    si the Workplace Shell  which is p  w imterface to  work with eComitation aad the files am your computar    it aloe sows you in view ether computers and chara  goer rescerces i   jeu are Conme
11.  available documentation on the several CD s    Appendix G  Coexisting with other OSes   Contains some tips on setting up eComStation alongside other  Operating Systems        Chapter 1  Welcome   1    Chapter 2  Installing eComStation 1 1    This chapter will describe in some detail the several installation options  you have and guide you step by step through the installation process of  eComStation 1 1     Before you begin    Before you start your installation of eComStation 1 1 make sure you  have the registration key readily available on either floppy  harddisk or  paper  You should have received the registration key by email  if you  did not you can request it via the customer area of   http    www ecomstation com   after login   Also  you might want  to check http    www ecomstation com support  for last minute  information and tips on the install process     Hardware requirements  In order to succesfully install eComStation 1 1 please take in    consideration these minimun and recommended minimum system  requirements        Minimum Recommended       CPU Intel Pentium 133 MHz or   Any modern CPU will do  but  equivalent  including the higher the speed the   Intel Celeron  PIII  P4 more responsive your system  and AMD K6  Athlon and   will be  Intel P4 HT   Duron processors  processors are supported   but eCS will not be able to  detect it as a dual cpu setup  in all cases        Memory 48 MB  absolute  minimum required for    installation from CD     A practical minimum
12.  correct parameters  from your provider  userid  password etc     2  finish installing with Internet Assistant   3  find the script cfgenable from the eCSCoNet package   x   programs ecsconet bin cfgenable cma  to migrate that  connection to use PPTP     Chapter 4  Getting Connected   19    4  call the script as follows  cFgenable pptp  connectionname   where connectionname is the name you entered in the first page of  Internet Assitant     Note  there is extensive documentation available on eCSCoNet and  advanced configuration options  Please see the Online Help icon in  the eCSCoNet folder     LAN   Using your Local Area Network to access the Internet is possible when  the TCP IP protocol is installed and configured as described in Chapter  2  You do not require Internet Assistant for this type of connection    The main thing you need to know is whether your LAN uses DHCP to  assign IP addresses to workstations  or that it uses static IP addresses   Consult your network administrator if in doubt  You can setup your IP  configuration in detail by opening the Internet   gt  TCP IP   gt  TCP IP  Configuration  local  from your desktop     Cable Internet Connections   Direct Internet Access is by far the easiest to use and setup in  eComStation  All that is required is that you install and configure the  TCP IP stack as described in Chapter 2  You can setup your IP  configuration in detail by opening the  nternet   gt  TCP IP   gt  TCP IP  Configuration  local  from your deskto
13.  medium to communicate and interact with other users  has become very clear in recent years     eComStation is a very capable Internet client system for many services  available on the Internet  such as  e mail  webbrowsing  IRC     chatting       ftp  downloading files   telnet  remote console access  and much  much  more  eComStation by default installs Netscape Communicator for  webbrowsing and some other tasks  mail  news  ftp   More clients are  available  either as installed application or as seperate download   for  an overview please have a look at the    Internet    folder on your  eComStation desktop      Before you are able to access the Internet  you will have to configure  how your connection will be made  The list below gives an overview of  the possibilities available in eComStation       Modem  analogue ISDN      Cable     ADSL DSL       LAN   General Information Required   Before you start to configure your Internet Access  make sure you have  the following information at hand       Your ISP dial in telephone number  in case of modem ISDN      The username password required to login to your ISP     Your ISP nameserver IP address  most of the time there are two IP  addresses  Primary DNS and Secondary DNS      Incase of a LAN connection the IP address of the gateway PC     Additionally you may want to configure a Proxy Server  within your  browser     Chapter 4  Getting Connected   17    eCSCoNet   eCSCoNet is an OEM version of a program called ISDNPM and is b
14.  menu on the next screen     If you want to create a prepared diskette to update or copy files to the  memory disk during CD boot  hit  4  in the menu on the next screen     Adding driver support via floppydisk     You can also boot from CD rom and supply additional drivers on floppy  disk  How to do this is documented in Appendix D  Boot Options Menu        Chapter 2  Installing eComStation   5    Installation Program  Once the CD bootprocess has been completed  you should be  presented with the installer     You can select the installer  language  currently only  English   keyboard layout and  font size of the installer screens     Font size can be changed at  any time during install by  pressing the key combination   CTRL    or  CTRL                   Once properly set you can click next to proceed to the License  Agreement screen  After careful reading the license agreement you  should check the Agree box and press next to proceed to the screen  where you can select the type of installation     The following options are available     Easy installation     Advanced installation     Management console    Easy installation   This option should be selected by most users  as it offers certain  options  especially network configurations  preconfigured to ease the  burden on the user  For example  your workstation is automatically  configured for a Dynamic IP network  If yours is a Static IP environment  and your Network Administrator has assigned your workstation a  specific IP
15.  number  then you should use the Advanced Installation     Advanced Installation   Advanced Installation offers you more control over which software  components get installed and allows you to set up the network  configuration    Choose this option if you want or need to      configure your network to use static IP addressing      disable eComStation specific enhancements to the user interface     deselect certain software components        6   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Management console  The management console will exit the installation program and offer you  some options to maintain your harddrive  run applications and start a  command prompt  This can be a convenient way to access your  harddrive in certain situations   Also it will enable you to use the  advanced Logical Volume  Manager text mode interface for  special requirements  Please refer    to Appendix C  LVM for more  information on LVM     eer Commands Doves  Et  i ey          Gin   Mectum fore    Large font    PRenatihe pztaler  phoe 1 ony           Shut down       Installation Volume  Once you have selected either Easy or Advanced install  you will have  to select the installation volume  When the installer does not find any  suitable volume on your harddrive  you will first have to define these  with either MiniLVM or LVM  See  Appendix C  LVM for more    Doa pou howe selected    ciate vikae  use tre New  button bo coniense fa      details  Mow   af  Pressing the New volume button ss        ES    will invoke
16.  on your harddisk     The option to Display online documentation will present you with  instructions  also available in Appendix D  and a list of supported  hardware     If you do not see one of these option screens to boot  please refer to  the installation troubleshooting section in Appendix E             4   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Creating boot diskettes from CD 1    If you are unable to boot from the installation CD  it is possible to create  boot diskettes to start your computer  These diskettes can be used to  run the installation     1  Run makedisk bat ona DOS based machine on which you have  CD ROM access  Or run makedisk cmd on an OS 2 based machine  on which you have CD ROM access  This allows you to create a set  of boot diskettes with several options     To install eComStation from CD ROM you can create installation  diskettes  3 5 inch HD floppy diskettes  2 0 megabytes unformatted   that may be modified to work with non standard hardware  configurations     Note  There are two versions of the boot diskettes plus two versions  of a boot update diskette to supplement the CD ROM     If you want to create a set of installation diskettes that will use the  Boot  Options Menu   hit  1  in the menu presented to you     If you want to create a set of installation diskettes that can be modified  by the user  hit  2  in the menu on the next screen     If you want to create a prepared diskette with a test kernel to update the  memory disk during CD boot  hit  3  in the
17.  please refer to  migrate txt on CD 2 in order to prepare your system for installation     Always make sure you have a tested backup of your working system        Chapter 2  Installing eComStation   3       Start your installation    To start the installation process  the computer needs to boot from the  installation CD  Insert CD  1 and hit the reset button or turn off your  computer and turn it on again  Some computers only scan the CD ROM  for a CD to boot from when they perform a  cold boot   If your system  boots succesfully from CD  1 you will be prompted with an option  menu     Boot from hard disk 4    Boot from eComStation CD ROM    The default option is to  continue to boot from Press    Esc    to cancel automatic  harddisk  hard disk boot in 7 seconds     When you select to boot from the CD another menu appears which  enables you to select between the normal CD boot or the Boot Options  Menu      see Appendix D  Boot  Options Menu for details  Boot with menu for own values    Display online documentation    On most systems with IDE hard drives and CD ROMs  it suffices to  select the first option  Boot with default values     If you have a SCSI connected hard drive or CD ROM  or other specific  requirements  you should select Boot with menu for own values   Please refer to Appendix D for details on this menu option     Features you select in the boot options menu will not only be used  during the boot process but will also be added to the installation  configuration
18.  supply only the files you want to add or to update     If you see some lines showing registers with hexadecimal values  followed by the line  disk read error   at least one file contains an error  most likely because the diskette is defective  Please copy the files to an  error free diskette again and retry     If you boot from installation diskettes you must copy the driver files onto  the diskette labeled  eCS Diskette 2   the one that only contains the  files  ecsdisk3 pf  and  BOOT_UPD TXT       If you have created the diskettes without the menu or the diskettes for  the IBM installation procedure  then you must copy base device driver  files  loaded with a BASEDEV  lt driver gt  statement in the CONFIG SYS  file  onto  IBM NoMenu Diskette 1   and copy the usual device driver  files  loaded with a DEVICE  lt driver gt  statement in the CONFIG SYS  file  onto  IBM NoMenu Diskette 2     Edit the CONFIG SYS file  located on  IBM NoMenu Diskette 1   to add  new drivers or driver parameters     SCSI Support    Many SCSI controllers will work normally with default settings  However   there are some types of SCSI controllers that can create problems   Most notably  these devices tend to either be Adaptec  LSI  or Tekram  controllers  If you have a SCSI controller in your computer and are  having trouble getting the system to boot  find out what kind of controller  you have and select the appropriate driver for your controller  The file  bootmenu txt on CD  1 contains an extensi
19.  the Mini Logical  Volume Manager which will guide  you through the process of  creating an installable volume  It  has extensive online help  which  explains the various menu  options     If the installer does find a suitable  Wt ws 4 volume you will be prompted with a   screen similar to the one shown  above     it he  Tore  roped   a  Orceedng       Warren  OD ute on thee C wi de best     Thick cp Re    Meet    botine te stort terrettnegy    Toowtru  i akahi    At this time you can decide if you  want to format the existing volume or  not  If this is a new harddisk  it is  recommended to perform a format  with errorchecking enabled  this is  also the default selection   Doing so  will ensure that the entire volume is       eGov i ten v   bermidei on ihe tnicewng v  rs  Awe TMG wedcweseed I    You r  nt towns the vohews to rube    rotate    EE Chace  fot encep viide eneting iray be tine comma       Chapter 2  Installing eComStation   7    correctly initialized  however the process can take a long time  up to  several hours on large volumes that are many gigabytes in size     If you are installing onto an existing volume and you choose to not  format it  you will automatically upgrade the existing installation     Note  To properly prepare your existing installation please refer to  migrate  txt on CD 2     Enter Registration Code  After the correct volume has  been selected you will need to  enter your registration code to  be able to continue with the  installation process
20.  to the Printers  folder  When you want to install a Network Printer  you will have to  install it via the template drag and drop method  since the Printer Guide  only supports local printers  The shipping drivers contain support for  over 1000 printer models and are up to date to 2003  Additional drivers  will be available via the website http    www ecomstation com     Multimedia  Base multimedia support is automatically installed at the end of the  base installation of eComStation 1 1     You can install additional features and drivers via the Multimedia Menu  of CD 2   invoke it with install cmd     The following can be installed through the Multimedia Menu     OpenGL 1 1  software 3D engine      ELSA hardware MPEG playback support     Hauppauge TV card support  PCI ISA      Cinema 2  TV viewer application      LBMix  audio mixer     Audiodrivers for the following brands   Advanced Gravis  ISA    Analog Devices  AC97    Cmedia  PCI    Creative Labs Ensonig  PCI ISA   Crystal  PCI ISA AC97    ESS  ISA    Realtek Avance Logic  PCI ISA AC97   Sigmatel  AC97    Yamaha  PCI    USB audio support    Additionally you can reset  remove and reinstall your multimedia  configuration with the menu of CD 2  Please refer to the instructions  given onscreen     14   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Additional software    You can install several applications available on CD 2  A short list     Full function applications     Acrobat Reader 3  view PDF documents     Desktop On Call  control your d
21.  used to make text mode  applications  or with some extensions can also be used to develop PM  applications  see below   If you want to get started on development it is  advisable to install the toolkits  which will give you extensive information  on all aspects of programming for eComStation  If you are not  interested in native application development  but only Java  development  installation of the Java Toolkit would suffice     Open Watcom 1 0 C C   FORTRAN    By kind permission of Scitech Software  Inc     www  scitechsoft com  included in this release of  eComStation is Open Watcom 1 0    Open Watcom C C   FORTRAN is a suite of advanced   easy to use cross platform compilers and development  tools  Supported platforms include DOS  Windows  OS 2 and Netware   Included is an Integrated Development Environment  graphical  debugger  profiler and a class browser    Open Watcom 1 0 is developed as a joint effort between SciTech  Software Inc  Sybase  and the Open Source development community   To learn more about the OpenWatcom project  download new releases  or make a donation to support the effort  please visit  www openwatcom org  You can install the compiler by using the  installer in the developer eCSGuide of CD 2  use install cmd to  invoke the main guide        The developer eCSGuide also enables you to install the IBM Developer  Toolkit 4 52 and contains information by Daniela Engert on writing  device drivers     Other tools available     Besides the included tools  
22.  will be loaded    The value  Extended ATA PI   E IDE  DaniS506  DaniATAPI   is  preselected as the first controller by default  If your SCSI hostadapters  were detected  they will be listed as second resp  third controller           42   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Both ATA PI   E IDE drivers are not compatible to any of the software  RAID setups offered by some so called ATA IDE RAID controllers like  HPT  Promise FastTrack  AMI  However  the chips are supported in  non RAID mode  see BIOS setup of these controllers      If you have one or two SCSI adapters installed in your PC  the boot  process tries to detect and list them as second and third controllers     The file bootmenu txt on CD 1 contains an extensive list of supported  controllers  both IDE and SCSI     To use another driver  not supplied in the bootmenu  you can supply  one on a floppydisk  How to do this  is described at the end of this  appendix  You can supply any adapter device driver supporting  eComStation and OS 2 Warp 3 or higher    When you select  Use other driver from diskette  a red arrow    gt   will  appear to the left of the field where you have to enter the name of the  driver without extension   ADD   for example  AlC7770   Leaving the  menu is prevented until you have entered either the driver name or  have deselected the value to load a driver from diskette  Please refer to  the end of this appendix on how to supply the driver     The field below each of the controller options can be edited to 
23.  will use  as well as  to review the autodetected SCSI host adapter  Most SCSI adapters  should be recognized properly     Standard Devices   Enables you to select the proper mouse driver as well as choosing  between the enhanced serial port driver or the basic IBM driver  The  last option allows you to disable APM support  You can re enable it at a  later time when necesarry   please refer to Appendix E     USB Support   Allows you to specify which USB host controller will be enabled  USB  controllers should be properly autodetected  so in general you should  leave them at the preselected setting  Additionally you can specify any  extra USB devices you want to support by checking the appropriate  checkboxes for CD  floppy disk drive  or modem    Notebook  amp  PCMCIA Support   If you are installing on a laptop computer  you should take special care  to verify this section  There are a lot of preconfigured IBM ThinkPad  models listed  as well as a large number of PCMCIA chipsets with  brands that are known to use these chipsets  The hardware  autodetection in eComStation 1 1 will not detect them  so you should  select the appropriate one manually    The PCMCIA services section allows you to define which PCMCIA  devices should be supported     Kernel Options  Allow you to specify special options for the operating system kernel  It is  not advised to change the preselected default settings        Chapter 2  Installing eComStation   9    Select Components  Advanced Install    Th
24. BACKADDR  XXX XXX XXX XXX   OS2TRACEMASK 0x0   SESSIONS 130                         Network Performance    To enhance the performance of an eComStation workstation in a  Windows NT 2000 XP Network you can change the default settings of  MAXIN and MAXOUT from 1 to 3 in eComStation  either by using MPTS  or directly in  IBMCOM PROTOCOL  INI    Windows Network Browsing    To enable your eComStation client to browse your Windows Network  resources  you need to take into account the fact that eComStation  clients cannot see the resources of Microsoft TCPBEUI Servers in their  File and Print Client Resource Browser  when the Windows servers  have their LAN Manager parameter Imannounce set to off   Unfortunately  this is Microsoft s default  This parameter defines the  response to LAN Manager 2 x browser broadcasts  The default    Chapter 4  Getting Connected   23    response is to ignore these broadcasts  However  the  net view   command can show resources when the resource is specified as  follows   net view   resource   If the command  net view  is  used  nothing will show except your workstation or other OS 2  Servers Workstations on your network  Even putting the servername in  the broadcast list does not change this    The Window s servers and workstations will have to have their default  settings changed as outlined below to enable browsing from OS 2 and  eComStation        Windows for Work Groups   The parameter  1mannounce yes  will have to be added in the   network  sectio
25. CP IP settings  Advanced Install   when TCP IP protocol is selected   allows you to configure your IP address to use either DHCP or a static  IP address    LAN settings  when appropriate  requires you to enter your Workstation  ID and the LAN domain name     Note  Make sure that the domain name is the same as your other  eComStation   Windows machines if you want to share files and  printers between all machines  Windows uses the term  Workgroup  Name  to name the domain        10   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Accept Configuration   When you are satisfied with the configuration options you have made   you can go back and change them by pressing the  previous   button  you should confirm the configuration and press  next  to start  the actual installation     This process can take up to an hour depending on the speed of your  system and CD ROM drive and will reboot the system a couple of times   You can leave the system unattended  as it does not require any more  intervention from you     If for some reason you want to abort the installation you can press the  stop button at any time  This will offer you the option to start the  maintenance console  or abort the installation which will take you to the  first page of the installer  A I your previous selections will be lost    Finishing installation   The installer will now finish the installation by copying files to your   harddrive  This process will take a while and the system will reboot  during the process  If you experience
26. IONS screen to come up  Hit a  page down and TAB down to the  Reserve the following drive letter   field   and change the default value to an unused value  The value of  eComStation  CD ROM located in drive  will get bumped automatically each time you  change the value of the  Reserve the following drive letter    When done  hit  F10  and then Enter to continue     Q  During phase 2  the installer seems to be hung when installing the peer  service    don t see any disk activity  Should   reboot and try again    A  The peer installer does a number of checks  On some machines  this  process can take quite some time  particularly if you are running under Virtual  PC ona slow machine   Keep in mind that the entire installation process can  take up to an hour to complete for some older machines  Don t intervene  unless the installation time has been something rather unreasonable     Q  My machine locked up during installation  or   otherwise interrupted the  install process  How can   restart the installation    A  You can restart the installer at any time in a specific phase of the  installationprocess  This is recommended for advanced users only  please  refer to section Adv_1 of FAQ TXT on CD 2     Q    would like to invoke some commandline commands from the CD  booted eComStation installer    A  You can invoke a command prompt by selecting  Maintenance Console     in the installer     Q  My system hangs or freezes when during startup  before   get the  Presentation Manager  Gr
27. Linux  installation on the same system  Please use the LVM Bootmanager  instead of lilo    To read write HPFS volumes you will need to obtain a module for Linux     Please note that the OpenJFS is not compatible with eComStation  JFS and as such it is not advised to access your JFS volume from  Linux  This may change in the future     FAT32 support   If you have FAT282 partitions on your hard drive you can enable support  under eComStation by using the driver available on CD 2 in the  directory  FAT32SUP   Please read the document ecs1 1inst txt    The filesystem for FAT 32 is unsupported and supplied only for your  convience  You are not required to install part filt flt or replace  os2dasd dmd  If you have rebooted your computer and the driver is  loaded you will get read and write access to a FAT32 volume when that  drive has a drive letter assigned under LVM     Appendix G  Coexisting with other Operating Systems   55    Cover design by  Meneer van Rooijen   Artwork by Paul Jarvinen       2003  Mensys BV  The Netherlands    http   www mensys nl     Printed in the Netherlands  PDF Rev 1 1 0       56   eComStation 1 1 Manual    
28. UTHORIZED     License Grant    Licensor hereby grants to you  and you accept  a nonexclusive license to use the  Program and the computer programs contained therein in machine readable  object  code form only  collectively referred to as the  Software   see Information About  Your Software  later on this document   and the accompanying User Documentation   only as authorized in this License Agreement  A license of eComStation is required  for each computer owned  leased  or otherwise controlled by you and on which you  will operate eComStation  Or in the event of the inoperability of that computer  on a  backup computer selected by you  Neither concurrent use on two or more computers  nor use in a local area network or other network is permitted without separate  authorization and the payment of other license fees     You may transfer all your license rights under this agreement  You must transfer all  media  documentation  and a copy of this agreement  All components of eComStation  must be transferred as a unit and cannot be broken up or transferred separately  Such  a transfer terminates your rights to use the program        Appendix A  License Agreement   27    A program is considered in use when it resides in memory or is otherwise stored in  the machine  A program stored on a network server  solely for the purpose of being  distributed to other machines is not considered to be in use  But your use may not  exceed the total number of users authorized     Upon loading the
29. add  parameters to the drivers  Usually  this is not required in order to boot  correctly  For example you can force the driver to be verbose by typing    V   without double quotes  into the field  The driver will display his  detection results on the screen then     Selecting the generic INT 13h driver will reset the values of all three  controller options to  None   since they are mutually exclusive  Use this  option only as a fallback in case your hostadapter is not supported   However  certain restrictions apply  and the usage of this driver is not  recommended     If you experience problems when the boot process accesses your  CD DVD drive  you may try the extended CD DVD driver to replace the  standard driver  For older hardware  you can try the older standard  driver which does not support DVD drives        Appendix D  Boot Options Menu   43    USB screen    eComStation BOOT OPTIONS  USB   lt   Storage   Page Up Page Down   Keys help   gt     Support  0  USB Universal Host Controllers  UHCI  Intel  VIA   Support  0  USB Open Host Controllers  OHCI  ALi  AMD  OPTi  SiS   Support  0  USB Enhanced Host Controllers  EHCI  Intel  NEC        Support USB mice trackballs       Support USB keyboards        Support USB mass storage devices    O1t floppy disk drives attached   0  CD ROM  R W  drives attached    If the menu detects the presence of USB host controllers  it preselects  up to 4 controllers for each detected type of controller plus support for  USB keyboards and point
30. al installation       Appendix D  Boot Options Menu   39    program can be started or a command line interface for maintenance  tasks or problem determination     Reserving a drive letter offers you a possibility to control the assignment  of the drive letters for your CD DVD drives  The operating system will  assign drive letters to all drives that are partitioned media like hard  disks or certain removable drives first  The letter of the last one of these  media is the first valid letter for a working drive letter reservation  The  CD DVD drives will be assigned the next letters after the reserved one  in the order the drives are detected by your PC     Changing the drive letter to be reserved automatically adjusts the value  of the next option where you can select the drive the eComStation  installation CD ROM has been inserted  If the CD ROM is not located in  the first CD DVD drive  you must change this letter to match the  appropriate drive  Usually  this would be the second drive  so just move  the drive letter one further by pressing either the  Up  arrow key or  hitting the letter key   T  for the example above   The range of the values  is limited by the selected reserved drive letter and the fixed letter of the  memory boot drive   Z         If you do not know about the letters assigned to your drives  leave the  menu after the selection of your storage controllers in the next screen  by hitting  Alt  together with  F1   In the following screen hit  F2  and  run th
31. al volumes it should be sufficient in most cases to  run LVM and assign the original drive letters for the changed partitions   On occasions it may be necessary to create a new logical volume for  that particular partition     Windows NT 2000 XP   As far as we know at the moment there are no specific problems that  have arisen by installing Windows XP alongside eComStation on your  harddisk     If you are going to install Windows 2000 on your computer  please  install Windows 2000 and then apply service pack 3 first  If you already  have Windows 2000 on your system and want to install eComStation   also install service pack 3  If you do not do this  every time Windows  2000 starts up  it will destroy the eCS boot manager  This is a bug in  Windows 2000  If your boot manager is destroyed you can restore it by    Appendix G  Coexisting with other Operating Systems   53    booting eComStation into the maintenance console from CD 1 and run  LVM  where you can reinstall the bootmanager     Windows NT 4 0  Windows 2000 or XP will list HPFS partitions as being  available in  My Computer     If you double click on that drive letter it will  say it can not read that partition and sometimes you will be prompted  with an option to format it  Of course you should not accept this offer   since it will render your HPFS volume useless  For your own safety it is  strongly adviced to use the option to mark the HPFS partitions as not  having a drive letter     Windows 95  98 or Millenium Editi
32. aphical User Interface    A  Ifthe boot process hangs during boot you can disable hardware  detection  Press Alt  F1 before the logo appears and select disable  Hardware detection     Appendix E  Troubleshooting   47    Q  _ The installer reports no recognizable filesystems and no freespace    A  Currently FAT32  NTFS  EXT2 and other filesystems will not be  recognized by the eCS  Please use other disk tools to create space for eCS  bootmanager and boot partition  then let MiniLVM create the eCS partitions  and BootManager during installation  Please see Appendix C  LVM for more  instructions     INSTALLATION   SCSI    Q    have an Adaptec SCSI Adapter and SCSI CD ROM and   couldn t get it  to boot the eCS bootable CD    A  Check the following to settings    1  In the Adaptec BIOS  for the cdrom device set disconnect  NO    2  Also some cdroms will not work properly in sync mode  try turning off  initiate sync negotiation in the BIOS     Q  When booting from the CD I get the following message     eCS in unable to operate your hard disk or diskette  drive  The system is stopped    A  Is your cd rom connected to a SCSI disk controller    eCS supports more SCSI disk controllers than most other OSes  Due to the  large number of drivers there is a high possibility for a conflict between  drivers  If you have a SCSI controller you have to use the boot options menu  and specify which SCSI driver you wish eCS to use  See the file  bootmenu txt on CD 1 for more information     bootmen
33. be displayed when you start the  installer with install cmd from the root of CD 2  A check will be  performed to make sure you are running the installer on eComStation  1 1 and not an older  possibly incompatible  version  Again  please  make sure you did a system restart  after the basic installation  described in Chapter 2  This will make sure your base multimedia  system is properly set up     CD 2 contains additional software applications and drivers for several  hardware devices like ISDN adapters and multimedia devices        Video    If you had selected to install legacy VGA during installation  you may  want to upgrade to a more advanced video driver  which is provided by  the means of  Scitech Display Doctor   SDD   This driver supports  almost every modern video chipset on the market today and offers  excellent performance by enabling the 2D hardware acceleration of  these chipsets    SDD is installed onto your system already  if you selected Scitech  Display Doctor during the eComStation installation from CD 1    To add it later to your system manually  you can run the video cmd  script from the root of CD 2 which will install SDD on your computer     Chapter 3  What s Next    13       Printer    To install a locally connected printer in eComStation  you can use the  Printer Installation Guide  available in the Printers folder within the  eComStation folder on your desktop  Alternatively you can use a Printer  Template from the templates folder and drag and drop it
34. cted in    netwwik     The pictures Mat  jeu see om Ge Desktop aro cofed  icons  Wi   oCenStatien  Gog reptesant ehjects  AR  ebjecta have cortale Gaegs ie commen  while smor  charactoristics varg dependieg en the type of Be  object     3          Besides the eCSGuide  you will also notice a help screen in the  screenshot above  this is the help that will be shown the first time you  boot the system     Tip  You can invoke context sensitive help throughout the system at  any time by pressing the F1 key on your keyboard  for almost every  system object specific help will be displayed     Ready    This concludes the basic installation of eComStation  Please read on in  Chapter 3 about using the eCSGuides to install additional applications   supported hardware and other hints and tips        12   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Chapter 3  What s Next     After finishing the initial  installation  described in       Chapter 2  you are ED 2 natn quite N  advised to insert CD 2 CD 2 installer guide  in your CD ROM player Walami 10 Donant CD A    to install additional  features and software         CD 2 cortaine audo divors  Java 1 31  eCSCoMutwhich you  Can wie fo Cofmactte the konigi Optional sofware tial  sotwere Desitap on Cal BM Bomapach       a  Move fhmuh the nistelaton pinra ty choking the tics or  by chung on Next     Note  Before using  CD 2 for the first time  please reboot your  system  oe  lt  Rew    Van you are friahect cick on Ext        An extensive menu of eCSGuides will 
35. cumentation for the eComStation Maintenance Tool 2 00   it can be  installed by the eComStation Software Menu from CD 2  This tool can be  used to install system updates from www  ecomstation com onto your  computer     Appendix F  Getting Support   51    On the installed system     gt  Lee  feet je ew S tee  LD ee ec       Once your system is installed    WOR  usnenes Tie s  you will find all support fenn 5S Eer o aope  documents conveniently A a   abaeeree  ordered in the help center   and   Faw  folder  You can open this folder  m S  ihanat  from Local System   gt  Help S  Str Be trea   hoe satiated  Center    tins w oe   iJ Petey   Ho le beer ee    f Q st  n onu iaa  b maw    Information on the internet   If the readme s do not help  you can always try to consult the support  forums on the internet  to help you forums have been created at the  following sites     a http   www ecomstation com support   a http   www ecomstation nl        Other websites of interest are     a http   www os2ezine com   a http   www os2voice org     http   www warpdoctor org     Alternatively you could have a look at the OS 2 newsgroups or mailing  lists and the OS 2 and eComStation usergroups     support by email is provided on a best effort basis and there is no  guarantee for timely response      mmsupport ecomstation com for multimedia related issues    ecsconet ecomstation com for eCSCoNet related issues     support ecomstation com for generic support questions    Please submit your bugrep
36. ditor     If you are using a one segment network  that is all machines are within  the same networkrange  you only need to add the highest IP address of  the networkrange you are part of  e g  192 168 0 255  to the  broadcastlist  RFCBCST LST file  and the IP addresses of the Windows  clients to the Nameslist  RFCNAMES   LST         After the RFC files have been modified  the RFCADDR command can  be run from an OS 2 window which will update the system and prevents  the client from having to be restarted     22   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Connecting to a network with WINS available    WINS  Windows Internet Name Service  is a combination of a Domain  Name Server and a NetBios Name Server  eComStation clients can  take full advantage of the NT 2000 WINS NetBios Name Server  Editing  the Broadcastlist and Nameslist files would be no longer necessary  The  only thing you have to do is to manually edit the protocol  ini file  and add the WINS IP addresses  NBNSADDR and NBNSBACKADDR   into the TCPBEUI section  If you are using DHCP you can request these   P addresses and view them from the DHCP monitor program    Also the node type should be set to  H Node  when operating in a  segmented network  leave it to the default B Node for a one segment  network      Change the following section of your protocol ini  you can change  these values also via MPTS   gt  Edit Protocol      TCPBEUI_nif   DriverName tcpbeuiS  Bindings PCNTND_nif  NODETYPE  H Node   NBNSADDR  XXX XXX XXX  XXX   NBNS
37. e    A  Even if you are not connected to another machine  it s highly  recommended that you instruct the eCS installer to install networking support   This will make it easy to enable networking support in the future  In addition   if you need to access the Internet through a modem  you will need networking  support  If you don t have a network card  called the NIC  at this point  you  can specify  IBM NULL MAC Driver  NULLNDIS NIF   when prompted to  select a network adapter     INSTALLATION    Q  The system will not boot from the bootable CD   A1  Verify that your motherboard and or disk controller BIOS support  booting from CD and that you selected the right boot order        46   eComStation 1 1 Manual    A2  Watch the cd rom ready light and the BIOS cd boot messages  Did the  cd rom become ready after the BIOS checked for a CD  If the cd rom is  taking too long to become ready  check if there is setting in the motherboard  or disk controller BIOS to delay or wait longer for the cd rom to become  ready  In some cases a newer BIOS may provide this feature  Sometimes you  can delay the boot process by pressing the Pause key     Q    get an  unable to reserve drive R  error message when booting from  the eCS CD   A  By default  the eCS installer attempts to reserve drive letters R S  and  Z  If these drive letters are in use  you need to reboot from the eCS CD   select  Boot from eComStation CD ROM   then select  Boot with menu for  own values  and then wait for the BOOT OPT
38. e Select Components screen  only available if you have selected  Advanced Install  allows you to determine in detail which system  components will be installed to your harddrive  The Additional Features  section will allow you to install eComStation 1 1 without the specific  enhancements  thus creating a more or less default OS 2 Warp  desktop  To do this  you should deselect the Usability  Enhancements You can disable the Enhanced help viewer and Desktop  productivity tools as well  if you don t wish to have them installed     Configure Network  Network configuration will allow you to select which network protocols  will be installed  if you choose to install network support at all  and to  which adapter these protocols should be    bound    In the Network adapters and  protocols  only available  during Advanced Install  you  can determine in detail what  settings your network card       should have  Most users rs 3   should find the default values    a wT cs  will suffice  z       If no network card was      detected by the  hardware autodetection  the oa  screen will be blank and you 7       tie      should press the  Add      adapter  button first to select your network MER If the list does not  contain a driver for your adapter  you can select other adapter to  point to a directory on harddisk or to a floppydisk which does contain  the drivers for your NIC  If these are found  they will be copied onto the  installationdrive and you can proceed with the configuration    T
39. e program  ecsdrinf  on the command line  It will give you an  overview of the drive letters  labels  and file systems  The drive letter  next to the label  ECS CDRUN  is the one of the drive where the  eComStation installation CD ROM has been inserted     The drive letter of the memory boot drive should only be changed if you  already have a drive logical volume that has the default of  Z  assigned   If you select a drive letter identical to the one of the CD DVD drive that  has the eComStation CD ROM inserted  a warning message is  displayed and leaving the menu is prevented until you select a different  drive letter     If you have quite a low amount of memory in your system  the  installation might need to swap memory onto a writeable drive that  needs to be formatted with one of the following filesystems  FAT 12   FAT16  HPFS  or JFS  To enable swapping check the option by  pressing the  Space  bar  and then select the target drive for the  swapfile  Then the swapfile will be written to the root of the selected       40   eComStation 1 1 Manual    drive  You can delete the file  swapper dat  after the installation has  been completed  If you select a drive letter identical to the one of the  CD DVD drive that has the eComStation CD ROM inserted  a warning  message is displayed and leaving the menu is prevented until you  select a different drive letter     The following two options are useful for problem determination  The first  one pauses the boot process after the sys
40. e remedy for breach by Licensor of any  warranties made under this Agreement    EXCEPT FOR THE WARRANTIES SET FORTH ABOVE  THE PROGRAM   AND THE SOFTWARE CONTAINED THEREIN  ARE LICENSED  AS IS   AND  LICENSOR DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES  WHETHER  EXPRESS OR IMPLIED  INCLUDING  WITHOUT LIMITATION  ANY  IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A  PARTICULAR PURPOSE     Limitation of Liability    Licensor s cumulative liability to you or any other party for any loss or damages  resulting from any claims  demands  or actions arising out of or relating to this  Agreement shall not exceed the license fee paid to Licensor for the use of the  Program  In no event shall Licensor be liable for any indirect  incidental   consequential  special  or exemplary damages or lost profits  even if Licensor has  been advised of the possibility of such damages  THE LIMITATION OR  EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL  DAMAGES  MAY BE CONTROLLED BY LOCAL REGULATION  SO THE  ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU     Trademark     eComStation  eComServer  WiseMachine  WiseManager  WiseServer  and  WiseClient are trademarks of Licensor    No right  license  or interest to such trademark is granted hereunder  and you agree  that no such right  license  or interest shall be asserted by you with respect to such  trademark        Appendix A  License Agreement   29    Governing Law   This License Agreement shall be construed and governed in accordance w
41. eCSCoNet with Internet Assistant   icon in  the eCSCoNet v1 00 folder to start configuring your Internet connection   You will be guided step by step to configure your dialer  eCSCoNet or  IBM Dial In program  and your installed webbrowser as well     Internet Assistant can configure all connections eCSCoNet offers     Analogue Modem   To configure an analogue modem  most default settings can be used   the notable exception is the port speed  Please set this to 57 600 baud   Setting it higher will not have a positive effect  but a lower setting will  seriously slow down your connection     ISDN card   Internet Assistant will detect and configure a properly installed ISDN  card  This requires you to setup your ISDN driver before starting the  Internet Assistant  To install your ISDN card  please use the ISDN  eCSGuide         All included drivers are licensed for distribution with eComStation   There may be drivers suitable for your ISDN adapter  which are not  included on CD  Please contact your hardware vendor if you are  unable to find a correct driver     PPPoE DSL connection   Selecting this option in Internet Assistant will ask you on which network  adapter your DSL modem is connected  Select the proper one and  check the eCSCoNet checkbox in the next screen     PPtP DSL connection  KPN MxStream    Currently connections to DSL modems using PPTP cannot be   configured for eCSCoNet directly  In order to use such DSL modems    1  configure a serial dummy connection with the
42. eComStation 1 1 Entry English Manual    Chapter 1  Welcome    This manual will help you through the installation process of  eComStation 1 1 onto your system  Please refer to it if you have  questions or problems during your install  Especially important are the  sections on LVM and the Boot Options Menu  Make certain you  understand how LVM functions before you make changes to your  harddisk     This manual contains the following sections     Chapter 2  Installation  Describes how to install eComStation 1 1 using either the Easy or  Advanced installation method    Chapter 3  What s Next   Will talk about adding support for several hardware items and will  touch shortly on the installation of additional applications    Chapter 4  Getting Connected  Explains briefly how to get connected to the Internet and your Local  Network  Also contains a tips on networking within a Windows  Environment    Chapter 5  Getting Involved  Describes some ways you can help to support the development and  evolution of eComStation   Appendix A  License Agreement   Appendix B  Trademarks  Contains Trademark notices and Acknowledgements   Appendix C  LVM  Describes in detail the usage of the LVM program   Appendix D  Boot Options Menu  Explains the options available at the Boot Options Menu when you  start from eComStation CD 1   Appendix E  Troubleshooting  Lists some frequently asked questions and answers  Consult this  section if you have problems    Appendix F  Getting Support  Points you to the
43. ent a simple  logical view of underlying physical storage space  ie  harddrive s    LVM manages individual physical disks   or to be more precise  the  individual partitions present on them  LVM hides the numbers  size and  location of physical partitions from users  Instead it presents the  concept of logical volume  A logical volume may correspond to a  physical partition  but that obviously almost defeats the purpose of  LVM  but it doesn t have to  One volume may be composed of several  partitions located on multiple physical disks  Not only that  the volumes  can even be extended  not shrunk   people usually want more space   not less   They can even be extended while the OS is running and the  filesystem is being accessed  Of course  most home and SOHO users  don t have the hardware required for this     LVM can be used in several ways       You can invoke the text mode interface by typing  LVM  in an  command window      There is an graphical version which can be called by typing  LVMGUI   in a command window  This version is a Java application and you  need to have Java installed to be able to run it      Lastly  the installer of eComStation 1 1 provides MiniLVM which is a  GUI to the most important features of LVM  We recommend you use  this tool to setup your harddisk for installation of eComStation 1 1    Creating an installable volume    In order to install eComStation  you need to have at least one empty   visible compatibility volume available on your hard disk 
44. esktop remotely over the internet       PostgreSQL  advanced relational database      Stellar Frontier  arcade game from Stardock      WarpIN installer  essential to install many eCS or OS 2  applications      eCSCoNet  dialer for Internet Access   see Chapter 4      Mobile File System  IBM MFS   synchronize directories between  notebook and desktop computer      Netware Client for eCS  IBM   add support to access a Netware  network       OpenWatcom C C   FORTAN compiler  see Chapter 5     IBM Toolkit 4 52  enables you to develop new applications for  eComStation       Java 1 3 1  runtime and developer toolkit from IBM     FaxWorks  send and receive faxes      IBM Works  simple but functional office suite      VoiceType  control your desktop with your voice      Trial applications      Cool FM  radio tuner with support for most hardware  radioboards      Flash 5  trial version of Macromedia Flash 5 player for  OS 2       Graham Utilities  suite of disk and system utilities      Maul Publisher  desktop publishing application      Norman Virus Control  antivirus software  includes free 3 month  update subscription      PM Downloader  application to download hassle free from the  Internet      RSJ CD writer  will write CD and DVD data discs     Chapter 3  What s Next    15    eComStation Maintenance Tool    The eComStation Maintenance Tool is intended to update an   eCS installation with IBM Convenience Package updates    known as fixpacks   apply customized updates furnished by
45. ing devices  You can modify the number from  zero to four  maximum number of supported controllers not ports  by  rotating through the options with the  Up  and  Down  arrow keys or by  pressing a number key  In order to successfully run attached USB  devices  the USB controllers must have hardware resources assigned   IRQ  please consult the manual of your mainboard s BIOS resp  the  one of your discrete controller board      The following lists the USB host controllers supported  others might  work  but have not been tested      The file bootmenu txt on CD 1 contains a list of supported UHCI   OHCI and EHCI  USB 2 0  controllers     The next three options control USB devices that might be needed for  installation like pointing devices  a keyboard or external storage  devices  The menu will prevent activation  by hitting the  Space  bar  of  these options until at least one USB host controller is selected           44   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Supply additional or updated drivers    The Boot Options Menu offers the possibility to start the installation with  additional or updated drivers  provided on a floppy disk     The driver files must be supplied in the root of a floppy diskette either  labeled BOOT_UPDATE or having a file named BOOT_UPD TXT in  one of the first two floppy diskette drives  letters  A  or  B    The boot  process will copy all files from this diskette to the memory disk and will  overwrite any files of the same name already present there  So you  should
46. ion 1 1 Manual    APPENDIX F  Getting support    If you run into problems with eComStation there are several places to  get support  First of all a lot of documentation is included with the  product  Most of it are text files which you can read with an editor like  tedit exe or e exe  The  inf files can be viewed with view exe and  the  pdf files with acroread exe   On the CD s you can find the following documents        General Documents   CD 1   readme lst   General info on eComStation 1 1   Last minute installation notes and a   quick troubleshooter for CD boot   readme ibm   Documentation from Merlin Convenience Pack from IBM   readme2 txt   Addenda to readme iobm   license txt  The full license as included in Appendix A    bootmenu txt  Information on the use of the bootmenu presented to you when booted  from CD  Contains an extensive list of supported hardware  IDE  SCSI   USB controllers    extended version of Appendix D    ivmhelp  INF  LVM documentation from Serenity Systems   includes tutorial approach for  setting up your system          Next to these documents you can find the helpfiles in  inf format for  eComStation in the following directory   OS2 BOOK       Recovery and System Tools   CD 2   bontrial trial grahutil graham20 inf  Documentation for the Graham Utilities   Filesystem and Recovery tools     Please note that the Graham Utilities can be run directly from CD to  provide maintenance possibilities for your system     bontrial ecs ecsmt  ecsmt200 txt  Do
47. ion of NTFS       30   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Third Party Work    eComStation contains driver s  and application s  belonging to a Third Party   hereinafter referred to as Third Party Work  TPW   TPW is licensed to Serenity  Systems International for distribution with eComStation from the following  companies and or persons  hereinafter referred to as the licensor        3Com Corporation     Abbotsburry Software Ltd      Artem GmbH     AVM GmbH for International Communications Technology    Analog Devices     Creative Technology Ltd      Cirrus Logic Inc       Christian Langanke  Internet Assistant       DAWICONTROL Computersysteme GmbH     Eicon Networks Corporation     Elsa AG     HST High Soft Tech Gesellschaft fur Telekommunikation mbH    Mainconcept     Realtek      Teles AG TCS    In accordance with the agreements with HST  and Eicon  we must inform you that   The HST and Eicon ISDN drivers you receive with eComStation may not be installed  on systems without a valid eComStation license     In accordance with the agreement with Creative Technology Ltd   we must inform  you that   The supplied SB 16 and SB AWE 32 64 may only be used with Creative products     All copyrights  patents  trademarks belong to the respective licensor s  of the TPW   The TPW is provided on an  AS IS  basis  No warranty of any kind is offered  and  no claim of suitability for use on any system should be assumed     None of the drivers that come with eComStation can be redistributed  and may n
48. iple operating systems alongside eComStation   however you need to take into account the following remarks     Note  the  BM MCP installer uses a tool to automatically  tag  all  available partitions with a LVM  fingerprint   A compatibility volume is  simply a partition which has been tagged in this way  The fingerprint is  used by LVM to store extra information specific to volume  management  This tool is called Volume Conversion Utility  VCU  and  is known to cause trouble on some configurations  That is why the  eComSiation installer does not invoke this tool automatically  This  requires that you create the volumes yourself with LVM or MiniLVM     Operating systems which do not  understand  logical volumes will  simply continue to treat compatibility volumes as partitions in the  traditional sense     Appendix C  LVM   35    However  if non LVM aware software which performs partition level disk  management is used  then this  fingerprint  may be inadvertently  erased  Such programs include the  FDISK  utilities from most other  operating systems  and also software such as Partition Magic from  PowerQuest  For this reason  it is strongly recommended that you do  not use such software on your system after installing eComStation     If you must do so  then please read the following information carefully  first     If your system does not contain any special  LVM volumes   JFS  volumes mostly   then the use of such programs will probably not cause  permanent data loss  In al
49. ith the laws  of the applicable jurisdiction     Costs of Litigation    If any action is brought by either party to this License Agreement against the other  party regarding the subject matter hereof  the prevailing party shall be entitled to  recover  in addition to any other relief granted  reasonable attorney fees and expenses  of litigation  as appropriate under applicable jurisdiction     Severability   Should any term of this License Agreement be declared void or unenforceable by any  court of competent jurisdiction  such declaration shall have no effect on the remaining  terms hereof     No Waiver    The failure of either party to enforce any rights granted hereunder or to take action  against the other party in the event of any breach hereunder shall not be deemed a  waiver by that party as to subsequent enforcement of rights or subsequent actions in  the event of future breaches     Information About Your Software   eComStation includes a license to use the following products with eComStation       IBM OS 2 Warp V4  IBM Product Number 31L0480M      Note  eComStation upgrade product users are required to supply their own valid  license for OS 2 V4     IBM OS 2 Warp Convenience Pak  IBM Product Number AS6YS5NA     IBM Desktop on Call for OS 2  IBM Product Number AS6YBNA     IBM SMP feature when purchased as an option  IBM Product Number AS6Y9NA     eWP   an OEM version of XWorkPlace     eCSCoNet   an OEM version of ISDNPM     NTFS for eComStation   a read only OEM vers
50. l probability  however  eComStation will not  be able to boot from the affected disk drive until the LVM  fingerprints   are recreated  To do this  it will be necessary to boot the system off the  eComStation CD ROM or recovery diskettes  run LVM  and manually  convert the partitions back into volumes  Once this is done  your  volumes should be fully restored and functional  with no loss of data     Note  We cannot  however  guarantee that no data will be lost   Partition management is an inherently risky business  Always back up  any and all existing data on the computer  before working with disk  partitions  whether through LVM  FDISK  Partition Magic  or any other  means     The situation alters  however  if the system contains any  LVM  volumes   Unlike compatibility volumes  which are fundamentally normal  partitions   LVM volumes depend on a special data format which other  partition management software  like FDISK or Partition Magic  does not  recognize  In such a case  the volume information could be corrupted  beyond recovery  resulting in the loss of all data stored on the LVM  volume     Therefore  if you believe you will have cause to use third party  partition management software on your system  avoid using LVM   JFS  volumes   As noted  you are discouraged from using such  software at all      Always prepare a tested backup of all data on the system   before working with partitions or volumes           36   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Appendix D  Boot Options Menu
51. n of the system  ini file     Windows 95 98 ME   The parameter  LMAnnounce  is in located in Network settings under  File and Print sharing properties     Windows NT 4 0 Server   In Network settings  Services  Server  select the Make Browser  Broadcasts to LAN Manager 2 x clients at the bottom of the dialog page     Windows NT 2000 XP Workstation   Users will have to manually modify the Lmannounce entry in the  registry  The entry is as follows      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES System CurrentControlSet Ser       vices LanmanServer Parameters          This setting will have to be changed from the default of O to 1  The  regedt32 exe program will have to be used for the above procedure  It   is located in  WINNT SYSTEM32z2  Alternatively you can use Start   gt  Run    gt  Regedit   gt  Edit   gt  Find  Lmannounce   Doubleclick on the highlighted   Lmannounce  and change the DWORD 0 to 1  This would result in      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINES System CurrentControlSet Ser       vices LanmanServer Parameters Lmannounce  1           Note  Windows needs to be restarted before the LM Announce setting  takes effect     24   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Chapter 5  Developing for eComStation    Included with eComStation are the basic tools needed to develop new  programs  On the CD 1 you will find the Toolkits for Java  both the Java  1 1 8 and Java 1 3 1 versions  and the OS 2 Developers Toolkit   version 4 52  is available on CD 2  Also included with the system is the  powerful REXX language  which can be
52. nstall File and Printer Sharing to interoperate with a  Microsoft Network  The eComStation client is very easy to setup to  interoperate with a Microsoft Network if you know the tricks involved   The  File and Print Client Guide  is placed in the Online Information  folder of the Help Center when you installed File and Printer Sharing  It  contains a brief section on interoperability with Microsoft Networks    The three protocols generally needed to interoperate with Microsoft  Networks are TCP IP  NetBios  and NetBios over TCP IP  The NetBios  protocol can only be used on a local ethernet network because it  contains no routing information  The advantage is that the NetBIOS  LAN can never be approached from the internet   A subnet can be  approached from the internet and is most often a NT TCPBEUI or  Novell network     NetBios over TCP IP  TCPBEUI  can see past a router and this protocol  is generally used by newer versions of Windows  Since Microsoft  installs by default TCPBEUI for File and Printer Sharing for so called  Microsoft Networks  the most convenient way for eComStation to  communicate with Windows machines in a network is to use the Netbios  over TCP IP protocol     Chapter 4  Getting Connected   21    In order to properly configure your network with Windows  you should  pay attention to several issues      Connecting to Windows NT  2000 or XP    An eComStation client can take advantage of Microsoft Network in one  of two ways  The eComStation client can logon 
53. on    If you have installed eCS and you are going to install a DOS based  operating system like Windows 95  98 or Windows ME you have to  realize that these systems will install on the very first primary partition of  your harddisk only  So  it might be necessary to resize move your eCS  partition with the aid of a partition manager to allocate free space for the  creation of a primary partition at the beginning of your harddisk   Consider the remarks about changing LVM volumes in the  General  Considerations  section    Always be very careful with this kind of operation which can cause your  eCS system fail to boot  In either case you have to assign a new  bootable LVM volume and run the  sysinstx  command for the particular  eCS partition    During the installation procedure of Windows you will probably receive a  warning about a  bootmanager being disabled    or that you will  no longer  be able to start OS 2   Ignore these warnings  When the installation has  finished you can enable the bootmanager again by booting eCS from  the installation CD 1 and run LVM to set the partition as active  the  bootmanager partition is usually about 4 to 7 MB in size      VFAT partitions require the use of a VFAT driver  these are available on  http   hobbes nmsu edu    another option to access VFAT partitions is by using NetDrive   http   www blueprintsoftwareworks com netdrive              54   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Linux    eComStation can be installed without problems alongside a 
54. or OS 2 and USB  please refer to the excellent website http    www os2world com usb     GENERAL USE   APPLICATIONS    Q  While the IBM Browser is nice    heard that there is a new version 1 3 of  Mozilla that has some real nice features  why aren t you installing that  instead    A  The Mozilla 1 3 package is included with eCS 1 1  You can install it by  starting install cmd from CD 2 and select the Web Browser menu from the  eCSGuide  Please follow the given onscreen instructions     Q  _   installed some IBM BonusPak applications via install cmd of CD 2   where are they gone    A  The BonusPak applications can be found in the Programs   gt   Installed software folder on your desktop    Q1    installed my network for use with Windows  TCPBEUI  but   cannot get  my eCS computer to connect to other machines in the network  What is  wrong    Q2  After   used MPTS EXE  during startup of my machine   now see an  error message which refers to IFS     IBMLAN NETPROG NETWKSTA  200  A  Sometimes  the use of MPTS causes inconsistancies in the  PROTOCOL INI and IBMLAN INI configuration files  You can automatically fix  this problem by running the  Update IBMLAN inifiles  in the Network Internet  guide from CD 2  invoke with install cmd           Please refer to FAQ TXT on CD 2 for more instructions and solutions to  possible problems  Also  at http   www  ecomstation com support   you will be able to find an online version of the FAQ which might be more up  to date        50   eComStat
55. orts to the bugtracker  which you can  access after you have logged in to the main eComStation website   Before submitting a report  please make sure your bug is not yet listed   so to minimize time spent on handling of duplicates           52   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Appendix G  Coexisting with other operating systems    eComStation is quite capable of coexisting with other operating systems  on your computer  This can be convenient in some situations  where  you may want to use certain applications which are not able to run on  eComStation    There are some details you should pay attention to  which are listed  below  If you want to exchange data between operating systems  make  sure you have a volume which is read writeable by these systems  Most  of the time special drivers will be required to make this possible  e g   you will need the OS 2 FAT32 driver to allow eComStation to read and  write FAT32 partitions     General Considerations    Make sure you have your harddisk layout the way you want it  before  you install eComStation  The use of partitioning tools such as  PartitionMagic by PowerQuest  should be prevented if at all possible  after you have installed eComStation    If you still want to change your harddisk layout  please consult Appendix  C  LVM    You always have to keep in mind that changing a partition that already  has a logical volume that was assigned to LVM usually causes LVM not  to recognize that specific partition anymore    To restore your logic
56. ot be  uploaded to FTP servers        Appendix A  License Agreement   31    Appendix B  Trademarks    The following terms  are trademarks of SSI or the TouchVoice Corporation in the  United States  or other countries  or both     Managed Client     eComStatio n     eCS     WiseManager     WiseServer     WiseClient     WiseMachine     WiseTalker     Drag n Drop Deployment    The following terms  are registered trademarks of International Business Machines  Corporation in the United States  or other countries  or both      IBM     LAN Distance     OS 2     WebSphere     WIN OS 2      Micro Channel      ServeRAID    The following terms are trademarks of other companies      Approach  Freelance Graphics  Lotus  Lotus Notes  Lotus Organizer  Lotus  SmartSuite  and WordPro are trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation in  the United States  other countries  or both      Tivoli is a trademark of Tivoli Systems Inc  in the United States  other countries   or both      Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are trademarks of Sun  Microsystems  Inc  in the United States  other countries  or both     Microsoft  Windows  Windows NT  Windows XP and the Windows logo are  trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States  other countries  or both     Other company  product  and service names may be trademarks or service marks of  others        32   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Acknowledgements    Parts of this document are based on the kind contributions of the following  people
57. oth  a dial in client and server program for analogue and digital data  connections     eCSCoNet supports the following interfaces       Analogue modems  up to four serial interfaces  COMx  at a time      ISDN  up to eight CAPI interfaces  both version 1 1 and 2 0        A DSL  one xDSL connection using its implementation of the PPP  over Ethernet network protocol       A DSL one connection using its implementation of the Point to Point  Tunneling Protocol  PPTP      A short list of interesting features       Dial On Demand  eCSCoNet will dial in to the Internet if you request  a document which is not locally available       NAT  Network Address Translation  supports up to 253 PC s on your  LAN to share one internet connection      Supports dial in  dial back and can be used as a remote access  server     Built in firewall with extensive rulesets     Installing eCSCoNet   You can install eCSCoNet after the basic installation of eComStation  has finished by starting the Internet Networking eCSGuide from CD 2   run install cmd      Click the Install button to start the installation  After installation  completes  a folder  Internet Assistant for eComStation  and a folder   eCSCoNet v1 00  will have been created in your Internet folder     a x ECO  e FA R  f re her au  o  eCSCoNet 1210  tify niemer ceo stort Oniine Help  ecStonet V 1 00    Cr PROGAAMS ECSCOPET ECSCOMET  EXE        18   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Configuring your Internet connection    Double Click the  Configure 
58. p     Note  some Cable Internet Service Providers use a serial modem to  connect you to the Internet and use a special login  ohone  number  you can use  If this is the case with your provider  use Internet Dial Up  from Internet   gt  Dial Up Tools or eCSCoNet as described above   instead     Local Networking  eComStation has the ability to communicate in almost any network    setup available  However  there are some caveats which will be  discussed briefly in the following sections     Note  If you do not use your eComStation workstation in a network  setup  you can skip the following section     20   eComStation 1 1 Manual    In the present eComStation architecture  the networking is referred to  as Multi Protocol Transport Services  The support is provided by drivers  called requester s  The requester s are specified in the config  sys file  and loaded at boot  Network communication is provided to and from the  requester s and protocol s using NDIS  Network Driver Interface  Specification   eComStation ships with the following requesters  IBM  LAN  3270 Emulation  Netware  via ThirdParty eCSGuide  and IBM  TCP IP  A very extensive online book  MPTS Configuration Guide  has  been placed in the Online Information folder in the Help Center of your  desktop     When properly configured  eComStation is able to communicate    network with      Windows 95 98 Me   Windows NT 2000 XP   Linux  Samba    Netware   and more    Networking Interoperability  Windows    You will need to i
59. r multiple predefined values  By  hitting the  Up  or  Down  arrow keys you can rotate forward or  backward through the offered values  Alternatively you can hit an  alphanumeric key to directly jump to the first value that begins with the  pressed letter or number if present  Pressing the same alphanumeric  key multiple times will rotate forward through all values that begin with  the pressed key     The fields enclosed in sqare brackets with a block cursor are editable  options that can be modified by typing at the blinking cursor  The values  can be edited with the usual keys like  Backspace    Insert    Delete     Left  or  Right  arrow     When you are finished with the configuration  you can leave the menu  by pressing the  F10  function key  If you want eComStation to display  the drivers and executables loaded during the boot process then hit the   Alt  key together with the  F2  function key to leave the menu   Additionally eComStation will pause at non base device drivers and  executables to ask you whether you want   to load the file or not or stop pausing when you press the  Alt  key  together with  F4   This is useful to look for a possible problem that       38   eComStation 1 1 Manual    might occur during boot  Fundamentally  you should not suppress the  loading of a file  After you pressed a key to exit the menu you are  prompted with a confirmation message  Press  Enter  to save the  changes you have made in the menu and boot   with them  Press  Esc  to retu
60. rn to the menu     If you want to reset the options values to the default  detected  ones   press  F11   At the confirmation box press  Enter  to reset the values or   Esc  to return to the menu     Miscellaneous screen  eComStation BOOT OPTIONS  Miscellaneous   lt   Keys help   Page Up Page Down   Storage   gt   Country   Keyboard layout   Code pages   Start after boot     Reserve the following drive letter   eComStation CD ROM located in drive     Memory boot drive letter         Swap memory to file on drive    must use FAT12716  HPFS  JFS     Pause boot process when error occurs  Display additional driver messages    Eg  Eg        Reserve the hardware resources listed below        This screen offers a mixture of various options    In the first block you can select the locale information for the operating  system  The country option sets the default country region dependent  information  which can be refined in detail after the installation through  the  Locale  object  Since the keyboard layout you use might be  different from the country you are located in  or from the the language  version of the operating system you use  the layout is selectable as  well  With the code page option you can determine the primary  character encoding eComStation uses  and an alternate code page that  you can toggle between after the operating system has been started     The next option selects what program to start after booting from the  installation CD ROM or floppy diskettes  The graphic
61. s the number in decimal   Example   DMA 2      IRQ x  to reserve an interrupt request  where  x  is the number in decimal   Example   IRQ 10      EXC       Appendix D  Boot Options Menu   41       MUL      SHA  to set a resource reserved with the first four parameters as exclusive   multiplexed  or shared  The parameter must follow immediately after  the resource it should affect  The three attributes exclude each other   so only one at a time can be specified for a resource  The default for  all resources is  exclusive     Storage screen    Here you can configure what drivers should be loaded to support the  hostadapters installed in your PC  You can select up to three different    eComStation BOOT OPTIONS  Storage   lt   Miscellaneous     Page Up Page Down     USB   gt     1  Controller   Extended ATACPI D CEJIDE  DaniS506  DaniATAPI   Parameters       a Controller   None  Parameters         Controller   None  Parameters       Name of other driver from diskette without extension         Use generic INT 13h driver instead of adapter device drivers CIBMINT13     Optical drives   Standard CD ROM CD RW DUD Device Manager CIBMCDROM  1      hostadapters whose drivers will be loaded in the order listed on the  screen    If you boot from CD ROM  the driver for the hostadapter that has the  CD DVD drive with the eComStation installation CD ROM attached  must be loaded first    Selecting one driver more than once is allowed in the screen  but not  needed anyway  so only the first one
62. tallation folder and  execute the program  Multimedia Application Install   If that s what the  instruction says   DON T DO THAT    Instead  open a command window  attach to the directory containing the  sound driver files  then issue the command  MINSTALL   You should find your sound driver listed in the screen that follows  From that  point on  you can continue with the installation     Q  What USB network hardware is supported in eComStation    A  eComStation has support for USB Ethernet apapters  which are based  on the Kawasaki KL5KUSB101 chipset  You can install this driver via the  Adapters and Protocols tool  MPTS  you can find in the System  Setup   gt  Network folder     The following USB ethernet network cards have been tested     3COM USB Network Interface     D Link Corp  USB Ethernet Adapter  DSB 650      ADS Technologies Inc  USB Ethernet Adapter  USB 10BT     Q  What are the USB drivers in my config sys    A    BASEDEV USBMSD  ADD    Mass storage driver for ZIP drives  external disk drive and other devices  that confirm to the USB mass storage standard   BASEDEV USBCDROM  ADD     Support for HP USB Cdwriter 8200 and Sony Spredds CDRW   device x  os2 boot  usbkbd  sys    device x  os2 boot usbmouse sys     Support for USB keyboards and mice                     Appendix E  Troubleshooting   49    device x  os2 boot usbcom sys     Support for USB Rockwell based modems     Q  What other USB hardware is supported   A  If you require more information on eComStation 
63. tem detected an error and  asks you to continue the process  That way you can write down the  error message and pass it to the support channel  Furthermore this  option suppresses the automatic reboot of your computer in case it has  been initiated automatically  The second option will activate the verbose  mode of the various drivers loaded during boot  Since there might be a  lot of output displayed  it is recommended to leave the menu by  pressing  Alt  together with  F4  instead of  F10   see section   Information screen       At the bottom of the screen an option to reserve hardware resources of  your PC is offered to avoid the resources being allocated by the wrong  device driver  This should only happen in very rare cases  mostly  related to old ISA hardware or PCMCIA  PC Card  adapters  To enable  resource reservation check the option by pressing the  Space  bar  and  then enter the resources in the field below     Valid parameters       lO x y or  P x y  to reserve I O ports  where  x  is the base port number in  hexadecimal  followed by  y  the length  number of ports  in  hexadecimal  both separated by a comma  Example   l0 340 4      MEM x y  to reserve memory  where  x  is the base memory address in  hexadecimal  with the assumption that the address is nnnn 0   followed by  y  the length  address number  in hexadecimal  both  separated by a comma  Reserveable addresses are C000 0 to  DFFF   Example   MEM CA00 1000      DMA x  to reserve a DMA channel  where  x  i
64. there are several other developer tools  available for eComStation     Chapter 5  Developing for eComStation   25    EMX GCC  EMX GCC  the GNU Compiler Collection  including the EMX runtime  libraries that implement part of the standard UNIX functionality will soon    be commercially released by Innotek  for more information please see   http   www innotek de     Pascal Compilers      Virtual Pascal  a free highly Borland Pascal Delphi compatible  compiler with a Borland Pascal like development environment     EMX GNU Pascal  part of the GNU Compiler Collection mentioned  above      Free Pascal  A free  Turbo Pascal 7 compatible compiler    BASIC Interpreters      QBasic  DOS version is included with eComStation  QBasic is an  BASIC interpreter only  you can t compile to a executable      Liberty Basic  a commercial BASIC for Windows and OS 2  which  can also produce standalone programs    REXX extensions      VX REXX  REXX extensions to develop PM applications with REXX     DrDialog  RAD development tool for REXX which allows you to  develop PM applications  available on the IBM Developers    Toolbox     Next to these there are several commercial development tools like  VisualAge for Java  VisualAge C    Simplicity for Java  VisPro REXX   etc  and there certainly are more free   and shareware products out  there which we did not include in this list  A good place to start looking  for more free   and shareware products is the  pub os2 dev directory  of the Hobbes archive    
65. to the NT domain or  logon locally  However  browsing is severely limited on a Microsoft  Network if the servers have been configured with the default settings   more on this in a later section   Either method will achieve the desired  results of using the resources on a Windows NT 2000 server domain   One precaution  your local eCS logon must exactly match the logon ID  on the NT 2000 domaincontroller  In addition  NT 2000 server allows  lower case in passwords whereas eComStation is case insensitive for  passwords    In a segmented network architecture where the eComStation client is  separated from the NT 2000 server via a router  domain authentication  is impossible with the default configuration of the eCS client  In order for  the eCS client to be authenticated by the NT 2000 domain controller the  IP address will have to be added to the RFCBCST  LST file  This is  because NetBIOS via TCP IP cannot acknowledge the complete TCP IP   inter  network as NetBIOS locally does  It works with distinct  Point to Point communications  So only the NETBIOS SERVERS in  RFCBCST LST are initially notified of the appearance of a new machine  on the network           Other NT 2000 XP resources can be added to the RFCNAMES   LST file   This list can be compared with the host file of the DNS and has its  analogue in Windows in winnt system32 drivers etc lmhosts        These files may be updated by editing the Netbios over TCPIP protocol  in MPTS or editing the files directly with a text e
66. u txt on CD 1 contains a full list of support SCSI adapters   included drivers and driver switches  Please refer to that file for more  information     GENERAL USE   HARDWARE    Q  My computer beeps  and the harddisk is spinning up and down all the  time  what is going on    A  Probably you have a problem with reading from harddisk  If eCS detects  problems with reading from harddisk it tries to recover by resetting the  diskcontroller  A common reason for read problems is a computer that is not  properly grounded  Please check the electric grounding of your PC or  harddrive  See also P1_3 in FAQ TXT on CD 2     Q  Iam having trouble booting past APM SYS  A  Workaround  REM out APM support in your config sys  3 lines      DEVICE    OS2 BOOT APM SYS  48   eComStation 1 1 Manual                EVICE    O0S2 MDOS VAPM  SYS  UN     OS2 APMDAEMN EXE                Bo             Q  When   reboot via Ctrl Alt Del    get a trap screen  At the top of the  screen it says    An exception occured in module SIO2K   Or   An exception occured in module UART    A  Please refer to Post_3 of FAQ TXT on CD 2 for a solution        Q  How ado l install my sound driver after installation    A  You can install audio drivers from CD 2 by starting install cmd from  the root of this CD    In most cases  the sound driver manufacturer would have provided you with  either a zip file or a CD containing the necessary files   and the instruction  typically would tell you to go to the System Setup   gt  Ins
67. ve list of supported  adapters with possible driver switches        Appendix D  Boot Options Menu   45    Appendix E  Troubleshooting    This chapter discusses some common problems you may encounter  during the installation of eComStation  More information and tips can be  found in the FAQ TXT document in the root of eComStation 1 1 CD 2     For a more extensive list of problems and solutions  please see the  support forum at  http    www ecomstation com support  and  the newsserver at  news    news ecomstation com     PRE INSTALLATION    Q  Can   install eCS in a system that s already running Windows XYZ  or  XYZ Linux  or XYZ operating system   A  As long as you have free space for eCS to create a bootable volume   there is no problem  However be forewarned that eCS uses a partition tool  called Logical Volume Manager  LVM  which is quite different from the typical  FDISK program in other operating systems  Be sure to read the file  LVMHELP  INF by issuing the command    VIEW    LVMHELP  INF  from a command window  where   is the drive letter of the CD ROM            Q  Can l install on top of eCS 1 0  Will   be able to continue using the  bonus applications from eComStation 1 0     A  Yes  see the file migrate txt on CD 2 for instructions  To install the  Bonus Applications  insert eComStation 1 1 CD  2 and start install cmd then  select the option  eComStation 1 0 CD  3   last menu option      Q  Dol  have  to install the eCS networking sub system    only have one  machin
68. y  applicable charges if you change the number of users     Term    This License Agreement is effective upon your installation and use of this package  and shall continue until terminated  You may terminate this License Agreement at any  time by returning the Program and all copies thereof  save one copy which may be  kept for your archive  and extracts therefrom to Licensor  Licensor may terminate this  License Agreement upon the breach by you of any term hereof  Upon such  termination by Licensor  you agree to return to Licensor the Program and all copies  and portions thereof        28   eComStation 1 1 Manual    Limited Warranty    Licensor warrants  for your benefit alone  for a period of 90 days from the date of  commencement of this License Agreement  referred to as the  Warranty Period   that  the Program media in which the Software is contained are free from defects in  material and workmanship  Licensor further warrants  for your benefit alone  that  during the Warranty Period the Program shall operate substantially in accordance  with the functional specifications in the User s Manual  Serenity Systems does not  warrant uninterrupted or error free operation of eComStation     If during the Warranty Period  a defect in the Program appears  you may return the  Program to your distributor for either replacement or  if so elected by distributor   refund of amounts paid by you under this License Agreement  You agree that the  foregoing constitutes your sole and exclusiv
    
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