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STACKER NOTE STACKER NOTE
Title: Upgrading to DR DOS 6.0 with Stacker Installed.
STAC FAX Index #2302 - 2/20/92
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Background.

STACKER has been found to be compatible with DR DOS 6.0. This note
outlines the procedure for upgrading your system to DR DOS 6.0 when
Stacker is already installed.

This procedure is NOT required if the following conditions are true:

1. Stacker has not yet been installed. Install DRDOS 6.0, then Stacker.

2. The boot drive is NOT being SSWAPped, AND there is enough room on the
uncompressed drive C: (3 MB) for the DR DOS 6.0 files. In this case,
simply boot up with the DRDOS 6.0 STARTUP diskette and run INSTALL.

Installation Procedure.

NOTE: This procedure assumes that:
1. Drive C: is the boot drive.
2. It may or may not be SSWAPped with a Stacker drive
3. There is enough disk space (3MB) on the Stacker drive to install
DR DOS 6.0.

In the following sequence of steps, you will need to know which drive
letter refers to your boot drive and which drive letter refers to your
Stacker drive. Type C:\Stacker\Stacker to display the Stacker
drive map. The drive map will look similar to the following example:

Stacker Disk Mount Utility - Stac Electronics, Carlsbad, CA
Stacker drive map:
Drive C: was drive D: at boot time [ D:\STACVOL.DSK = XX.XMB ]
Drive D: was drive C: at boot time

No available replaceable drive(s).

The boot drive is the drive that "was C:" at boot time. If drive C: was
drive C: at boot time then the drives are not swapping.

1. Remove the read-only attribute from files already on the system.
Please insert your Stacker diskette into drive A: (or drive B:). If you
are using the 5.25" Stacker Diskettes you will need to insert the Utility
Disk (Disk #2). Change to the diskette drive by typing A: (or B:) and
pressing Enter. Then type the following commands :

SATTRIB -R C:\CONFIG.SYS
SATTRIB -R C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
SATTRIB -R C:\COMMAND.COM

(In the next command, substitute the name of your DOS directory if it
is named something other than \DOS.)

SATTRIB -R C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM

In the following four commands, if drive C: is swapping, remember to
use the boot drive letter you found above to replace the drive letter
x:. If drive C: is not swapping, use the drive letter of your Stacker
drive in place of x:.

SATTRIB -R x:\CONFIG.SYS
SATTRIB -R x:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
SATTRIB -R x:\COMMAND.COM

(As before, in the next command, substitute the name of your DOS
directory if it is named something other than \DOS.)

SATTRIB -R x:\DOS\COMMAND.COM

2. Copy the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files to the Stacker drive.
If drive C: is swapping, type the following:

REN C:\CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.STA
REN C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.STA
COPY x:\CONFIG.SYS C:\
( x: is the boot drive swapping with C:)
COPY x:\AUTOEXEC.BAT C:\
( x: is the boot drive swapping with C:)

If drive C: is not swapping, type the following:

REN x:\CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.STA
( x: is the Stacker drive)
REN x:\AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.STA
( x: is the Stacker drive)

COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS x:\
COPY C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT x:\

3. Insert the DR DOS 6.0 STARTUP Disk (Disk #1) in the A: drive. Then
type the following commands:

COPY A:\COMMAND.COM C:\
COPY A:\COMMAND.COM x:\

(In the next set of commands, substitute the name of your DOS directory
if it is named something other than 'DOS'.)

COPY A:\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS
COPY A:\COMMAND.COM x:\DOS

4. Boot the system with the DR DOS 6.0 STARTUP Disk in the A: drive.

5. At the opening screen of the DR DOS 6.0 installation, press the F10
key to abort. Then choose "EXIT TO DR DOS" and press Enter.

6. At the A> prompt, type the following: SYS C:
The system will respond with: "Destination Disk was not formatted under
current Operating System. Writing new boot sector. System files copied."

7. Remove the DR DOS 6.0 STARTUP disk from the A: drive and reboot the
system from the hard disk. This will start the system with DR DOS 6.0
and the Stacker drive(s) will be available. If any application is
automatically loaded during bootup, please exit the application and
return to the DOS prompt.

8. At the C> prompt, place the DR DOS 6.0 STARTUP disk back into the A:
driv.

9. Type the following: A:AUTOEXEC

10. The installation process for DR DOS 6.0 will begin. At the opening
screen, press the Enter key to continue. Choose to install DR DOS on the
C: drive and press Enter. Next, select the option to "Use the information
in the existing file(s)."

11. You will now be asked to specify the drive letter and directory
name to receive the DR DOS 6.0 files. Move the cursor to the suggested
pathname for DR DOS 6.0. If drive C: is swapping, choose drive C:; if
drive C: is not swapping, choose drive x: (remember to substitute the
actual drive letter for 'x:', determined above). Also, change the
\DRDOS subdirectory to the name of your DOS directory. This is
because we want to overwrite the existing DOS version with DR DOS 6.0.
Otherwise, there will be two DOS versions on the system at the same
time.

12. Choose to "Replace all DOS files on the destination drive."

13. At this point, you may choose either to skip the configuration and
go directly to installation, or you may choose to proceed with further
configuration.

14. Follow the instructions displayed on your screen to complete the
installation of DR DOS 6.0. When DR DOS 6.0 is finished, you will be
given a choice to "Exit to DR DOS" or "Reboot Computer." Choose
"Exit to DR DOS."

15. If drive C: is not swapping, type the following:

COPY x:\CONFIG.SYS C:\
COPY x:\AUTOEXEC.BAT C:\

If drive C: is swapping, type the following:

COPY C:\CONFIG.SYS x:\
COPY C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT x:\

16. Remove the last DR DOS 6.0 diskette and reboot the system from the
hard disk.

17. DR DOS 6.0 adds new commands to your existing CONFIG.SYS file. When the
machine is rebooted, DR DOS will ask if you want to execute any commands
from your previous CONFIG.SYS. This will particularly affect the Stacker
lines. Hit 'Y' to each of the questions about loading the Stacker
drivers. When the system has completed booting, use your favorite text
editor (or the DR DOS EDITOR program) to remove the '?' from in front of
the Stacker lines. You will also need to examine any other lines which
have been so marked. These changes need to be made to the CONFIG.SYS file
on the uncompressed drive. After making these changes, copy the
CONFIG.SYS file to the Stacker drive.

Also during bootup, you may see a "Bad or missing file..." message as
DR DOS attempts to find a DOS program or driver not copied to the
uncompressed drive during the installation process. Simply copy the
missing program file(s) from your DOS directory on the Stacker drive
to the directory on the uncompressed drive where DR DOS is looking.

For example, if you were previously loading the DOS file 'ANSI.SYS'
from the 'DOS' directory on the uncompressed drive, type the following
to update 'ANSI.SYS' to the DR DOS 6.0 version (as before, substitute
the name of your DOS directory if it is named something other than
\DOS:

COPY C:\DOS\ANSI.SYS x:\DOS (drive C: is SSWAPping)
or
COPY x:\DOS\ANSI.SYS C:\DOS (drive C: is not SSWAPping)

There may be other programs from the previous version of DOS on the
uncompressed drive which will need to be replaced with the equivalent
DR DOS programs. You will need to search both the root directory and the
DOS directory for these programs.

18. Finally, some files from your previous DOS version may still be located
in your DOS directory. These files have no corresponding replacement in
DR DOS 6.0. Please examine them and consult your User's Guide to see if
they can be deleted. Be careful not to delete anything which may be
required for normal operation of your system. Type the following to
display a list of these files (substitute the name of your DOS directory
if it is named something other than \DOS):

DIR C:\DOS /A | FIND /V "8-23-91" | MORE (drive C: SSWAPping)
or
DIR x:\DOS /A | FIND /V "8-23-91" | MORE (drive C: not SSWAPping)

If you would like to send this listing to the printer, simply add the
characters > PRN to the end of the above lines.

WARNING !! - DO NOT delete the files TASKMAX.INI, VIEWMAX.INI, or
DRDOS.INI. These files are critical to the correct operation of DR DOS
6.0. They will be included in the above listing because these files are
customized during installation and, therefore, the dates of these files
will be the date of your installation of DR DOS 6.0.

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