Netware 4.1 Remote Installation Wrapper - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

NetWare 4.1 Remote Installation Wrapper

160 Other Installation Options
You can use NetWare installation to remotely install a product that was not
originally intended for remote installation.
1
Create a wrapper script that copies the associated files to the server before
executing PINSTALL.NLM.
Make sure the system volume is large enough to contain the scratch files,
even in local install cases.
In the example below, the directory layout is as follows on the diskette:
\ (root)
PINSTALL.IPS
PINSTALL.NLM
other files...
The contents of file PINSTALL.IPS appears as follows:
command icmd
getpath dest, 1, 'sys:system\\tmp', ''
copyfile 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, NWSRC, '*.*', '', '', dest, '', '', ''
; Additional copyfile commands might be needed to copy all diskettes
; See filedata.doc for details.
nlmexec 1, 'sys:system\\tmp\\pinstall'
erasefile 0, dest, '', '', ''
PINSTALL.IPS script causes ICMD.NLM to be loaded. A path variable
dest is set, all files are copied to that location, PINSTALL.NLM is
executed, then the files are erased.
2
Load INSTALL.NLM.
3
Click Product Options > Install a Product Not Listed.
4
Press F3.
5
Enter the remote path:
server_name\vol_name:path