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STACKER NOTE STACKER NOTE
Title: Installing Stacker on an IBM PS/1
STAC FAX Index #2007 - 2/20/92
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Background.

Stacker works great on an IBM PS/1. However, there are a few things
you must do before and after installing STACKER on an IBM PS/1. The
following step-by-step procedure will prepare your PS/1 for Stacker:


Procedure.

1. Start IBM DOS from the fourth quadrant screen. Click on "Backup and
Restore Your Fixed Disk" and press Enter. Follow the prompts that
you are given to back-up all of the files on your fixed disk.

NOTE: The number of diskettes will vary depending on the amount of
data on your hard drive.

2. From the fourth quadrant screen, choose "Customize How System Starts."

3. The third line from the bottom of the screen says, "Read Config.sys:"
Click on "From Disk."

4. The next line down says, "Read Autoexec.bat:". Click on "From Disk."

5. The last line says, "Disk to read from:" Click on "C:."

6. Press Enter to save the changes and exit.

7. Restart your system by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del.

NOTE: You may get an "Error in CONFIG.SYS" message when the computer
boots. Ignore it.

8. If you boot into the built-in menu, instead of booting to the DOS
prompt, press Shift+F9 to get to the DOS prompt.

9. You can now install Stacker by inserting the Stacker diskette and
typing: A:INSTALL /B=C and then pressing the Enter key.

NOTE: If you have a black and white system, you must also add a /M
parameter to the above line before pressing the Enter key.
For example: A:INSTALL /B=C /M

CAUTION: Do not choose the default of "Reboot to remove resident
programs". This could cause the computer to boot directly
into the built-in menu instead of completing the Stacker
installation. All other defaults are fine. At the end of the
Stacker installation program, let Stacker reboot to access the
Stacker Drive.

10. If you boot into the built-in menu, instead of booting to the DOS
prompt, press Shift+F9 to get to the DOS prompt.

11. Insert the Stacker diskette in drive A: and enter the following:

A:SEDIT C:\CONFIG.SYS

12. At the end of the CONFIG.SYS file, add the line:

INSTALL=D:\SHELLSTB.COM

13. If you have an "INSTALL=D:\SHELLSTB.COM" line before the STACKER device
lines, disable it by moving the cursor to the beginning of the line and
typing REM followed by a space.

14. Press Ctrl+Z to save the CONFIG.SYS file.

15. Restart you system by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del for the changes to take
effect.

16. As your computer restarts, Stacker's SSWAP utility will inform you that
the CONFIG.SYS file on your system's boot drive needs to be updated.
It will also ask if it is OK to perform the update. Press F9 and then
Enter to allow it to do the update. Your system will restart one last
time and the installation of Stacker will be complete.

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