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Network - Mainlan Network And Error 259
DocumentID: 633469
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 3:03:17 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Solutions: This document describes a problem encountered with the Mainlan network operating system when installing WordPerfect, PlanPerfect and DrawPerfect and the simple solution to correct this problem.

Environment
MainLan is a network that is produced by Sage Inc., and is sometimes referred to as Sage. It is a netbios peer-to-peer network that can share the facilities each terminal has available. Only one station on the network may act as a printer server. Customers may want to define the network type as IBM (#4).

Problem
When running PlanPerfect, a user reported getting an "Error 259," and returning to DOS. Testers were able to duplicate this in the Lab, and using this same setup, they tested WordPerfect, DrawPerfect, and Editor. WordPerfect asked for Disk 2 to be mounted, DrawPerfect asked for Disk 1 to be mounted, and Editor reported that the directory was in use and the user could specify another drive.

The testers found that MainLan's installation program does not modify the CONFIG.SYS file to include a LASTDRIVE command. DOS defaults to LASTDRIVE=E, and MainLan will allow you to assign a drive to a letter greater than the drive letter specified by the LASTDRIVE command. When a WPCorp product is executed, it verifies that the drive letter exists by comparing it with the total number of drives. In this case DOS tells the product that there are 5 valid drives (A-E), and that it is currently on drive P: (or any drive greater than E:). WP code knows that this is not possible and exits with an error.

Solution
Edit the CONFIG.SYS file to include the command LASTDRIVE=Z and reboot.

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