* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * N E W D E A L P U B L I S H I N S T A L L A T I O N H E L P * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * You must have DOS version 3.0 or newer, or OS/2 version 2.0 or newer, or Windows 95. I N S T A L L A T I O N T I P S & T R I C K S Contents: 1. Back up your files and check your hard drive 2. Disk space 3. Conventional memory 4. Files and buffers 5. DOS path 6. Share 7. Novell network 8. Disk drives 9. Incomplete installation 10. OS/2 11. Microsoft Windows 12. Video drivers 13. After installation 1) BACK UP YOUR FILES AND CHECK YOUR HARD DRIVE It's always a good idea to back up any important files on your system. Now would be an excellent time to remove any files that you no longer use. Also, you should run a diagnostic program such as CHKDSK or SCANDISK to make sure your hard drive is in good working order. To run CHKDSK on your C: drive, enter the following command at a DOS prompt: CHKDSK C: To run SCANDISK on your C: drive, enter the following command at a DOS prompt: SCANDISK C: For more information about these utilities, consult your DOS manual. 2) DISK SPACE The installation will not proceed normally if you do not have enough free disk space on your hard drive. You will need at least 10 Megabytes of free disk space. If the installation fails, check to see how much space you have left on your hard drive by entering the following command at a DOS prompt: DIR At the end of the list of files you will see the number of bytes free on the hard drive. If you have fewer than 2,000,000 bytes free, you may have run out of space. You will need to delete some files and run the installation procedure again. 3) CONVENTIONAL MEMORY If you get the error "Not enough memory to install" or if the installation procedure fails before it can copy any files to your hard drive, you may not have enough free conventional memory to run the installer. The installer requires approxmately 520K of free conventional memory. Try removing any unnecessary TSRs and device drivers from your config.sys and autoexec.bat files, or boot your computer from a system diskette to free more conventional memory. 4) FILES AND BUFFERS The install program will check your CONFIG.SYS for the proper number of FILES and BUFFERS. These both should be set to 30 (DR DOS requires FILES=120). If the installation modifies your CONFIG.SYS, you will need to reboot your computer for the changes to take effect. 5) DOS PATH The install program will check your AUTOEXEC.BAT to determine if the NEWDEAL directory needs to be placed in the path. If the installation modifies your AUTOEXEC.BAT, you will need to reboot your computer for the changes to take affect. 6) SHARE If you get a SHARE.EXE Table Overflow Error, try adding /f:4096 to the line you use to invoke SHARE in your CONFIG.SYS file or AUTOEXEC.BAT file. (C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /f:4096). 7) NOVELL NETWORK If you are connected to a NOVELL network, you may need to create a SHELL.CFG file in the root directory of drive C:. To create the file, enter the following at the DOS prompt: echo file handles = 100 > shell.cfg (then hit the enter key) "file handles = 100" will be the only line in the file. 8) DISK DRIVES With some computers, you may need to put disks in ALL available drives in order to proceed. It has been reported that when installing to a Bernoulli drive, the drive must be "locked" (the door shut and a cartridge placed in the drive) BEFORE you begin the installation. If you have a Bernoulli drive, it should be "locked" even if you are not attempting to install to it. If you have difficulty reading any of your drives or if any phantom drives show up that do not exist, try editing the GEOS.INI file to tell the software the exact drive specifications. For example in the [system] section of the GEOS.INI file you could add the line drive b = 0 This tells the software to ignore drive b. Using the format drive = you can use any of the following drive specifications 0 => Ignore the drive 360 => 360K Low Density 5.25" floppy disk 720 => 720K Low Density 3.5" floppy disk 1200 => 1.2M High Density 5.25" floppy disk 1440 => 1.44M High Density 3.5" floppy disk 2880 => 2.88M 3.5" floppy disk 65535 => Hard drive If trouble reading, copying, or formatting floppies persists, try putting the line waitpost = false in the [system] section of the GEOS.INI file. 9) INCOMPLETE INSTALLATION If you do not complete the installation, a residual directory may exist. The DIRECTORY name will be ISFYQVO.TWJ and may contain a FILE called SWAPFILE.HDR. To delete the FILE, enter the following at the DOS prompt: del isfyqvo.twj\*.* (press the enter key) You will then see the following: All files in directory will be deleted! Are you sure (Y/N)? Press the "y" key and then the Enter key. To delete the DIRECTORY, enter the following at the DOS prompt: rd isfyqvo.twj 10) OS/2 You can install under OS/2 in a regular DOS full screen window. The DOS_STARTUP_DRIVE setting on the session page should be blank. Increase the number of DOS_FILES available to that DOS box to at least 80. Make sure that the HW_TIMER setting is on. All other values can be left as the defaults. If you are installing from an OS/2 DOS session you may receive an error message indicating that you don't have enough room on your hard drive. NOTE: The install program will allow you to continue if you are sure that there is enough space. You might get a "SYS Error 0005. Access Denied" error while installing under OS/2, because OS/2 thinks there is an extended attribute set for all of the files on the installation disks. To change this extended attribute: 1. Use the DISKCOPY command to copy each installation disk to a diskette that is not write protected. 2. Run CHKDSK /f on each diskette. OS/2 will correct what it thinks is an extended attribute error on every file. 3. Then install from the copies. 11) MICROSOFT WINDOWS You can install New Deal Publish from Microsoft Windows. From the Windows Program Manager or Start menu, select Run and run INSTALL.EXE on the installation diskette. New Deal Publish will run as a full screen DOS application from Windows. We provide a PIF file, ICO (icon) file, and a GRP (group) file in the installation directory. You may wish to modify the PIF file with the Windows PIF Editor for optimum performance on your system. You will need to modify the path in the PIF file if you install the software into a directory other than C:\NEWDEAL. If you wish to run the software from Windows for Workgroups or Windows 3.11, you must disable 32-bit file access in the Windows' Control Panel, Enhanced, Virtual memory, Change... 12) VIDEO DRIVERS If you completed the install and you cannot see anything on your screen when you try to start the software, the install program may have chosen the wrong video driver. The first step in solving this problem is to know what type of video adapter you have. If you do not know, you should contact your hardware vendor to find out. Then follow these steps A. Run install from the first disk again by typing a:install B. Choose the Installation Tools Option C. Install one of the following files based on your display adapter loadervg.exe VGA loadereg.exe EGA loadercg.exe CGA loadermc.exe MCGA loaderhg.exe Hercules D. Rename the file you install to loader.exe by typing CD\NEWDEAL REN LOADERHG.EXE LOADER.EXE In this example we installed loaderhg.exe into the NEWDEAL directory. If you have a different display device or you installed the software in a different directory, substitute the appropriate display device and directory in the commands above. E. Edit the GEOS.INI file to add the appropriate video driver entries immediately below the line [screen 0] device = VGA: 640x480 16-Color driver = Standard VGA Driver device = EGA: 640x350 16-Color driver = EGA Driver device = CGA Compatible: 640x200 Mono driver = CGA Driver device = IBM MCGA: 640x480 Mono driver = MCGA Driver device = Hercules HGC Compatible: 720x348 Mono driver = Hercules Monochrome Driver A few systems have to be switched to graphics mode from the keyboard before they will run the software. If you start New Deal Publish and get a blank screen, try typing either of these commands at the DOS prompt before you start New Deal Publish. MODE CO80 (that's c o 8 zero - changes to 80-column mode) or MODE MONO (changes to monochrome mode on some systems) 13) AFTER INSTALLATION After completing the installation, the software will take you through the process of selecting your video, mouse, and printer.