STACKER NOTE Stac Electronics Technical Note Subject: Stacking the Hardrive on a Floppyless Notebook Computer Tech026- 2/20/92 This procedure is for Stacker 2.0 users with a single partition C: drive and the ability to transfer files from a second "host" computer with floppy drive to the notebook.
Procedure:
1. Create a STACKER directory on the C: drive of the notebook.
2. Transfer the STACKER files from the host computer to the STACKER
directory on the notebook.
3. Edit the Autoexec.bat on the notebook's C drive and add ;C:\STACKER
to the path.
4. Change to the STACKER directory on the C: drive.
5. Type the following: INSTALL /=F
This will personalize the STACKER files. When you get to the point where install wants you to insert a disk, escape out of install and exit.
6. Type the following: INSTALL
7. During install, you want to "Build an empty STACKER drive"
The amount to use for the Stacker drive is 1 MB.
8. Reboot the notebook to mount the empty drive D.
9. Copy the Stacker files from C:\STACKER to D:\
10. Type D:\Install
11. Choose to "STACK an existing drive with its data"
12. Choose drive C:
13. The Install program will reboot your computer after the
drive has been created. Change to C:\STACKER
14. Type : SREMOVE D:
This will remove the temporary D: drive.
15. Edit the Config.sys on drive C: to remove the reference to
the temporary D drive. The line should read as follows:
DEVICE=C:\STACKER\STACKER.COM C:\STACVOL.DSK
16. Reboot. Your hardisk is now "Stacked".