Step 4: Installing Your Software; Cms Preparation Requirements; Installing The Ms-Dos System Program; Types Of Cms Diskettes - AT&T Merlin II Feature Module 2 Installation Ans Getting Started Manual

Step 4: Installing Your Software

CMS PREPARATION
REQUIREMENTS
INSTALLING THE MS-DOS
SYSTEM PROGRAM
TYPES OF CMS
DISKETTES
INSTALLING CMS TO
START AUTOMATICALLY
Before you can install the CMS software, you must be sure that CMS will be
working on a hard disk dedicated exclusively to running the CMS program
and storing CMS reports. Non-CMS applications or data files should not be
on the hard disk. If you
(delete) and "dir" (directory) commands to clear the hard disk for CMS see
the document titles listed below.
Also, you must copy the MS-DOS version 3.2 (or later) onto your hard disk
and set the date and time. (The PC 6300 can also use MS-DOS version 3.1).
You should also make a duplicate copy of the CMS diskette(s) so that you can
use the duplicate(s) as your working copy and keep the original(s) in a safe
place. If a working copy is damaged, you can make another from the
original.
Locate the
Guide: AT&T 6300 WGS Processor
User's
WGS. If you are using the PC 6300, locate the
Computer MS-DOS by Microsoft
system diskette from the envelope at the back of the guide.
Now complete the tasks listed below, using the instructions in the guide that
contained the MS-DOS diskette.
Create an MS-DOS partition using the entire hard disk.
1
Format the hard disk drive.
2
Install the MS-DOS program onto the hard disk.
3
Set the date and time.
4
All of the above tasks must be done. The date and time you set at this point
in the procedure is reflected in CMS operation as well as in the CMS reports.
Using the command
NOTE:
format c: /s
for the copy procedure, will automatically format the hard disk and
copy the MS-DOS system onto it.
CMS is provided on two types of diskettes:
Two 5 1/4 inch
floppy diskettes, for use with either the
WGS
One 3 1/2 inch diskette, for use with a comparably equipped 6300 WGS
If you have the PC 6300, use the 5 1/4 inch diskettes in the following
duplication and installation procedures. If you have the 6300 WGS, use either
the 5 1/4 inch diskettes or the 3 1/2 inch diskette, depending on the type you
have.
For CMS program to start automatically each time you turn on the PC, you
must have an AUTOEXEC.BAT file that includes the appropriate commands.
For information on setting up or adding to an AUTOEXEC.BAT file, see the
user's guide that comes with the MS-DOS diskette.
need instructions for using
that came with it. Then remove the MS-DOS
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the MS-DOS "del"
that came with your 6300
User's Guide:
AT&T Personal
PC 6300 or 6300