NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              MAP.EXE for NetWare 3.1x
DOCUMENT ID:        TID021821
DOCUMENT REVISION:  C
DATE:               20DEC94
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         MAP312.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NetWare 3.12

ABSTRACT:

Mapping a search drive in 1st private DOS box in Windows creates a invalid
search drive in 2nd private DOS box. This update also corrects a problem with
remapping over a NetWare drive with MAP.EXE.

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ADDITIONAL CONFIGURATION

Third-Party Product and Version:

MicroSoft Windows v3.x
MicroSoft Windows for Workgroups v3.x


SYMPTOM

Mapping a search drive in a private dos box appears invalid in a second
private dos box.  The characteristics of the invalid search drive in the
second DOS box is always mapped to the root of the volume and does not really
function. 

Attempting to change to the invalid drive reports the message "Invalid drive
specification".   When attempting to add a search drive by using "MAP S16:=
...", the last search drive appears again.

Two occurrences of the same search drive now exist, one is invalid, the other
is not.  Trying to delete the search drive in the 2nd dos box and then exiting
the 2nd dos box, will cause the search drive with the same letter in the 1st
DOS box to be re-mapped as a regular mapped drive, not a search drive.  In
some cases the Z:\PUBLIC directory that was a search drive becomes a regular
drive mapping, thus losing access to NetWare utilities.

SYMPTOM

Customer is trying to remap over a NetWare drive with MAP.EXE 3.75 PTF and
gets the following error:


 H:\>C:

 C:\TEST>map H:=SERVER1\SYS:

 The following command could not be completed:
      "H:=SERVER1\SYS:"
      Attempt to map drive over non-NetWare redirected drive or
           to JOINed orSUBSTed drive.


SOLUTION

Apply updated MAP.EXE contained in MAP312.EXE.  The updated MAP.EXE will not
modify the Master Windows environment, only the local environment. Therefore,
the problem does not get carried over into other private DOS VM (Virtual
Machines).


Self-Extracting File Name:  MAP312.EXE     Revision:  C

Files Included     Size     Date      Time

\
  MAP312.TXT         (This File)
     MAP.EXE      51701   12-16-94    2:10p


Installation Instructions:

NOTE:  Always make a backup of applicable files before applying new fixes.

1)   Flag MAP.EXE contained in the PUBLIC directory normal or sharable,
read/write.

2)   Rename MAP.EXE contained in the PUBLIC directory to MAP.ORG to allow an
original copy.

3)   Copy the MAP.EXE provided with this update into the PUBLIC directory.

4)   Flag the new MAP.EXE sharable, read only.


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