CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Introduction How Remote Boot Works Benefits of the Remote Boot Service Requirements and Limitations with the Remote Boot Service Setting Up the Remote Boot Service Server tasks Workstation tasks Optional tasks About the PATHWORKS Remote Boot Manager Utility Required privileges How to access the Remote Boot Manager Remote Boot Manager and the LANMAN.INI file Remote Boot Manager and the NETAPI.DLL file 2 Setting Up a Remote Boot Server Starting and Stopping the Remote Boot Service How to start the Remote Boot service How to stop the Remote Boot service Updating the Server What the Update Server command does When to run the Update Server command How to run the Update Server command Copying DOS Files to a Server When to copy DOS files What files to copy How to copy the files Changing the default boot version of DOS Setting Workstation Domains 3 Setting Up a Remote Boot Client Enabling Workstations to Use the Remote Boot Service What remote boot protocols do Setting up workstations with RPL ROM adapters Setting up workstations that use the MOP protocol About Remote Boot Profiles What profiles do Types of profiles About shared profiles About personal profiles About default profiles Managing profiles When to create profiles About Workstation Records What workstation records do Managing workstation records Adding transport support Setting up for TCP/IP 4 Optional Administrative Tasks Making Microsoft Windows Available How to copy Microsoft Windows files to a server How to set up Windows for similar workstations How to set up Windows for dissimilar workstations Disable SMARTDrive Using a Memory Manager Adding Network Adapters When to add a new adapter How to add a new adapter Configuring Retail LAN Manager OS/2 Servers What to change in the PROTOCOL.INI files What to change in the DOSBB.CNF files What to change in the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files How to add EtherWORKS adapter support on OS/2 servers Managing Shared and Private Files How to set up common files How to set up workstation- specific files How to set up profile-specific files A The RPL Directory Tree Tree Structure Tree Location Files Included with PATHWORKS Server Software Files Maintained by the Update Server Command B The Initialization Files: LANMAN.INI and RPLMGR.INI The LANMAN.INI File RPL * keyword RPLDIR keyword MAXTHREADS keyword FORCEDEFAULT- BOOT keyword RPLFILES keyword BINFILES keyword TMPFILES keyword LOGBOOT- REQUESTS keyword The RPLMGR.INI File C The Remote Boot Process Remote Booting Workstations with RPL ROMs Remote Booting Workstations with MOP ROMs or Floppy Remote Boot Diskettes D Remote Boot Service Files The RPL.MAP File Boot block records Profile records Workstation records The File Index Tables (FIT) File The Boot Block Configuration (DOSBB.CNF) File Glossary EXAMPLES D-1 Shared and Personal Profile FIT Mappings FIGURES 1-1 Remote Boot Manager Main Window A-1 RPL Tree C-1 RPL Remote Boot Process C-2 MOP/RPL Remote Boot Process TABLES 1-1 Setting Up the Remote Boot Service on a Server 1-2 Setting Up the Remote Boot Service on a Workstation 4-1 Remote Boot File Sharing B-1 RPLMGR.INI Parameters D-1 Boot Block Record Fields D-2 Profile Record Fields D-3 Workstation Record Fields D-4 FIT File Macros D-5 Boot Block Configuration File Tags