BANYAN Site-Specific Patch Release Notice
Date
11 December 1996
Patch Name
96077-VINES
Platform
AT/EISA, CNS, MC
Prerequisites
A DOS extended memory manager, such as Emm386, QEMM, or 386Max must
be installed on the client.
The Server must be running VINES version 6.20(0), 6.30(0), or 6.40(0).
Does the Patch REBOOT or RESTART the Server
Neither
Problem(s) Fixed
1. Loads a new version of the VINES redirector into the VINES Files
PCINIT directory. The new redirector, REDIREMS.EXE, uses less low
memory in DOS than previous VINES redirectors. When loaded by the
client REDIREMS checks the workstation for available EMS memory.
If EMS memory exists and is enabled, the redirector automatically
loads a large portion of itself into the available EMS memory
space.
SPR: 1018796
Files Changed
redirems.exe
Patch Component
Newrev
Permanently Restricted
No
Recommendation
Applying this patch installs the EMS redirector on drive Z of the
target server. To install the new redirector on the client, run
NEWREV from the client and select a server to which this patch has
been applied.
To make it easier to identify servers to which the patch has been
applied, edit the VCONFIG.DAT string on patched servers. For example,
change the default string "none" to "new redirector."
If DOS EMS memory on the client is not enabled, or is unavailable,
the EMS redirector functions as the standard VINES redirector,
REDIRALL.EXE.
To enable the EMS redirector after copying it to the client, configure
the client as follows:
- Install a DOS extended memory manager, such as Emm386, QEMM, or
386Max.
- Set the EMS page frame to 64KB.
If the AUTOEXEC.BAT loads VINES components individually, edit this
file to specify this new redirector, REDIREMS.EXE.
Special Considerations
None