By: Walter Metcalf
Date: 11/2/00

Main Installation

1. Setup and Installation - virtually identical to that of Warp 4.

2. Information Window

   Formerly the Registration Information

   1. Reduced to Name, Department, and Company

   2. I found the Department and Company boxes too small to enter the relevant information. Fortunately the information is not required.

3. Networking Installation Screen

   1. Radically redesigned.

      Several of the old, rarely used components, have been removed--in most cases because they are functions of WiseClient--and have been replaced with new or different components.

   2. The four available options are:

      1. File and Print Sharing Services (*)

      2. TCP/IP Services (*)

      3. Netscape Communicator (*)

      4. Tivoli Management Agent

         1. The options marked (*) are selected by default.

   3. Installation of File and Print Sharing and TCP/IP are essentially the same as under Warp 4, with the addition of a few extra choices, such as additional control of messaging.

      1. Note that the versions are different, however. The TCP/IP installed is 4.3, and from what I can tell, the File and Print installed is 2.0, instead 1.0.

   4. Note that Communicator is installed as part of the Networking system. Note that if you deselect it, you risk running into problems later on in the install.

   5. Tivoli is a powerful management system from IBM.¹

   Note that this represents a lot of software! Therefore once you have made your selections, provided the information the computer asks for each, and clicked on Install, it will take awhile. So have a long cup of coffee, or make a phone call! I noticed also that many of the problems that caused the install to go awry under Warp 4 seem to have been taken care of, and I had no problems with this portion of the install.

4. Java 1.3

   Once the networking and other material from the previous screen have been fully installed, you are given the opportunity to install Java 1.3. If you proceed, first you must initialize Netscape, and the Netscape Profile Manager is started to give you this opportunity. Then the Java 1.3 installation program is started. It is practically identical to the Java 1.1.8 installation, except for the additional option of creating a Java plugin.

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—Walter Metcalf

For Further Reading:

Known Issues with eComStation as of November 3, 2000

eComStation (eCS) First Look: Preview Edition
from VOICE Newsletter by Dan Casey

eComStation Updates
from OS/2 e-Zine by Richard R. Klemmer