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Title: OS/2 Version 2.0 Remote Installation and Maintenance
Part number GG24-3780-00

Contents:

Abstract
Special Notices
Preface
Related Publications
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. Redirected Input/Output and Response Files
Chapter 3. Installation Guidelines
Chapter 4. Remote Installation Utilities
Chapter 5. IBM LAN Client/Server Solution
Chapter 6. TCP/IP Client/Server Solution
Chapter 7. Novell Netware Client/Server Solution
Chapter 8. Alternative Methods to Install OS/2 V2.0 Remotely
Chapter 9. OS/2 V2.0 System Maintenance
Appendix A. Response File Keyword Reference, Samples And Details
Appendix B. Installation Log
Appendix C. Partitioning of Physical Disks
Appendix D. Description of FDISK functions
Appendix E. FDISK Command Reference
Appendix F. Automating Fixed Disk Partitioning
Appendix G. Printer Response File Keyword Definition and Sample
Appendix H. Source Code for Remote Printer Installation Program
Appendix I. The Create Environment Variable Program Description
Appendix J. Sample Installation Code Diskette
Glossary
Index

A diskette with programs, C source code, sample scripts and REXX
programs is included. Additional installation utilities come on the
original GA disks but are not necessarily installed in a standard
install and need to be unpacked.

As an OS/2 OEM, the coolest thing for me about this is that, with a
network adapter that plugs into a parallel port, one can just take two
floppies and a virgin machine and squirt the entire OS in through the
parallel port with virtually no labor (just one floppy change).

The book concentrates on network software available from IBM (such as
TCP/IP 1.2).  FTP and other network providers should get a copy of this
so that they can provide their customers with similar information.

One of the most interesting suggestions in the book is to create a small
4Mb partition to put a minimal seed OS/2 on that can be used to boot
from for maintenance purposes (such as when upgrading an installation or
backing up otherwise locked system files).

Meanwhile, can an IBM'er tell me how to clear adequate space to put an
additional 425k of network stuff (apparently the minimum required to get
FTP TCP/IP 1.2 to mount a network directory) on the two install disks? 
It appears that even after deleting the obvious unnecessary files (PS/2
drivers for non-PS/2 installation and vice-versa) there's only about
325k left.  From inspection of the installation CONFIG.SYS, there appear
to be several drivers which do not appear on the disks, and I must
conclude that they are somehow loaded into a RAM disk by the OS loader
process from some compressed source (perhaps all of the .BIO files?).
Perhaps I can create my own disk image with the unnecessary drivers
replaced by the ones that I need?