Electronic Pocket Reference Manual (EPRM) installation version 27th April 2001 README.

This document contains information on the EPRM installation files and brand files for
IBM OS/2.

This installation requires approximately 36MB of space on your hard disk drive (drive C).

Print this file so that you can refer to it during the installation.

The complete set of OS/2 EPRM installation files includes the following:

EPRMINF.EXE  (Self extracting executable including EPRM.INF, EPRM5.INF, EPRM.ICO, EPRMINST.CMD,
EPRMNEW.DOC, README.TXT)
EPR2A.INF
EPR2B.INF
EPR2C.INF
EPR2D.INF
EPRMA.INF
EPR3A.INF
EPR3B.INF
EPR2E.INF
EPRM1.INF
EPR3G.INF
EPR3C.INF
EPR3D.INF
EPR2F.INF
EPRMC.INF
EPRMD.INF
EPR3E.INF
EPR3F.INF
EPR2G.INF
EPR2H.INF
EPRXA.INF
EPRXB.INF
EPR3H.INF
EPRADF0.INF
EPRADF1.INF

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Downloading the OS/2 installation program
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1. Create a new directory on your hard drive (C:\EPRM).
2. Click the file link to download the file eprminf.exe from the Web page.
3. When prompted, select the drive and directory you created in step 1.

Installing the OS/2 version of EPRM for the first time
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1. Open an OS/2 command prompt.
2. Type cd X:\pathname and press Enter. X:\pathname represents the drive and directory in which you
saved EPRMINF.EXE.
3. Type EPRMINF.EXE and press Enter. This will extract the EPRM files to the drive and directory in
which you saved EPRMINF.EXE.
4. Type EPRMINST.CMD and press Enter.
5. Type Y and press Enter to complete the installation.

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Once EPRM has been installed download the brand INF files for the product brands in which you are
interested.

Downloading brand INF files
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1. Click the file link to download the brand files from the Web page.
2. When prompted, detach all files to the drive and directory in which you saved (C:\EPRM).
3. Click Save.

NOTE: Brand INF files must be downloaded and saved to the drive and directory in which EPRM is installed.

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Updating an existing EPRM installation
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Each new version of EPRM contains the updated brand INF files from the previous releases and new
updated brand INF files for the latest release. If you install each new version of EPRM as it is
released, you only have to download the new update brand INF files (see Downloading brand files), for the brands that interest you.

If you do not know which files to download, download all files.

NOTE: Brand INF files must be downloaded and saved to the drive and directory in which EPRM is
installed.

Identifying new update files
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1. Review the date change in the Last Update field for each download.
2. Review the EPRMNEW.DOC file.

NOTE: For more information on updating EPRM see EPRM Help in the EPRM Program Group.

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Using EPRM
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1. Click the EPRM icon on your desktop.
2. Double-click About this Manual. Read the latest EPRM information.

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Description of EPRM INF files
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 +---> EPRM.INF, EPRMA.INF, EPRMB.INF, EPRMC.INF ... PS/1 PS/2 PC Server/General information
 |
 |   +--> EPRM0.INF ... IBM OBI (Option)
 |   |
 |        EPRM1.INF ... Power PC
     C
 M   O    EPRM2.INF ... Laptop Notebook Portable ThinkPad Docking-Station
 I   N                  EPR2A.INF ...... Vol.-2
 N   T                  EPR2B.INF ...... Vol.-3
 I   E                  EPR2C.INF ...... Vol.-4
 M   N                  EPR2D.INF ...... Vol.-5
 U   T                  EPR2E.INF ...... Vol.-6
 M   S                  EPR2F.INF ...... Vol.-7
                        EPR2G.INF ...... Vol.-8
 |   |                  EPR2H.INF ...... Vol.-9
 |   |    EPRM3.INF ... PC Server
 |   |                  EPR3A.INF ............. Server
 |   |                  EPR3B.INF ............. ServeRAID, Netfinity
 |   |                  EPR3C.INF ............. Server, SSA RAID Cluster
 |   |                  EPR3D.INF ............. Server, 700-M10, ServeRAID HMM
 |   |                  EPR3E.INF ............. Server, Clustering
 |   |                  EPR3F.INF ............. Server
 |   |                  EPR3G.INF ............. Server
 |   |                  EPR3H.INF ............. Server, Storage
 |   |
 |   |    EPRM4.INF ... Networking CU's - 82xx, Network Station - 836x
 |   |
 |   +--> EPRM5.INF ... Display/Monitor
 |
 +---> EPRMX.INF, EPRXA.INF, EPRXB.INF ... HINTs/TIPs/BIOS/Miscellaneous/Abbreviations

EPRM add-on files
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EPRADF0.INF ... MicroChannel ADF-files part-1 - standalone
EPRADF1.INF ...   -- " --      - " -   part-2     - " -


IMPORTANT: If you are interested in Servers, only download the Server brand INF files you require. this will save you time and hard disk space on your system.

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The concept behind EPRM

Think of EPRM as a series of books placed in order on a bookshelf.

      +-+               +-+
      | |               |E|
      |E|               |P|         Bookshelf
      |P| ............. |R|       front - view
      |R|               |M|
      |M|               |X|
      +-+               +-+
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The first book on the bookshelf is EPRM.INF (leftmost) and the last book on the bookshelf (rightmost) is EPRMX.INF. All other EPRMx.INF books are arranged in order between these two books.

      +-++-++-++-++-++-++-+
      | ||E||E||E||E||E||E|
      |E||P||P||P||P||P||P|         Bookshelf
      |P||R||R||R||R||R||R|       front - view
      |R||M||M||M||M||M||M|
      |M||0||1||2||3||4||X|
      +-++-++-++-++-++-++-+


The first book of each brand set contains an index that allows access to the books (including chapters) within that brand set.

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