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Conference abbott::teamlinks_windows

Title:TeamLinks for Windows
Notice:Kit and ECO locations: See replies to note 8.o note 8.
Moderator:ORION::chayna.zko.dec.com::tamara::eppesAN
Created:Mon Aug 28 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2238
Total number of notes:9650

1933.0. "Install TL 2.5 without A: drive" by ZUR01::teamc1.zuo.dec.com::RIGI::BURKHALTER () Mon Jan 20 1997 12:26

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1933.1Setup is designed to create net kitsA1WS2::XANADU::PalmerMon Jan 20 1997 13:539
1933.2Network Installation did not solve the problemZUR01::TOLBAWed Jan 22 1997 08:119
1933.3XANADU::PRINCIPIOWed Jan 22 1997 18:3312
1933.4ZUR01::teamc1.zuo.dec.com::RIGI::BURKHALTERFri Jan 24 1997 07:4031
Hi

This is the answer from the customer:

When SETUP.EXE is run from a client (without an A: drive), the 
TeamLinks Mail fuer Windows - Voreinstellungen (setup) window is 
displayed covered by the error window "Systemfehler - Von Laufwerk A 
kann nicht gelesen werden" (system error - cannot read from drive A).

The installation does NOT reach the dialog window to ask whether it 
is an installation of a personal copy.

When the abort button is pressed to exit the installation, the PC 
hangs so badly that it must be rebooted.

The directory c:\~tlinstd.t is left behind, but there is NO 
c:\windows\tlinstal.log.

Some further testing was done and the command 

SUBST A: C:\

added to AUTOEXEC.BAT just before Windows is started.  This causes 
the C: drive to be used as the A: drive and has the side effect that 
the Windows for Workgroups PC is forced into 16 bit file system mode.

This is a viable workaround for manually installing a single PC, but 
we have about 1000 PCs to update over the network.