Patch6b 17th March 2000 Changes in this Patch: This version (Patch 6b) corrects some problems with the previous issues of Patch 6 as follows: a. Sprinters fitted with Topcat Client version 0.41 failed to boot with the error: "File: 'rsion>' not found". This version fixes that problem. The following is new to Patch6b: 1. Machines which have their configuration "Locked" against changes may suffer problems with saving files or printing. This has been seen with !Draw for example, which fails with the "Data abort on Transfer" error. A fix for this issue has been incorporated. 2. Bootp does not capture the local domain setting from DHCP Manager. This can now be set by putting the appropriate setting in the file: Armboot.TCConfig.Local.Settings. If no value is given the local domain will default to "local.domain". 3. Minor correction for machines fitted with i-cubed EtherLan100 and EtherLan200 cards. (No functional changes). 4. Incorporates Patches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 6a - so applying Patch6b will automatically include the changes in these patches - see below for details. Patch6a 18th February 2000 Changes in this Patch: This version (Patch 6a) corrects some problems with the first issue of Patch 6 as follows: a. Corrects problem of missing file: MCHConfig.Idxxxxxxx.Boot.Tasks.!Boot at boot-up of some machines after applying the original Patch6. b. Machines fitted with Oak Ethernet cards had Acorn Access enabled in the original Patch6. c. When running the original TCPat.Bat file, some error messages were generated. Whilst these could safely be ignored, they confused people. This version suppresses such error messages. d. The command to run the boot sequence is stored temporarily in Function Key F1, and has not been cleared. If F1 is pressed at a * prompt, it will cause the machine to try and re-boot. This has been corrected in this patch. 1. Prevent the Omni disc icons appearing when a RAM disc is configured (after this patch is applied, an error message may be generated when a RAM disc is configured from Tasks - this can safely be ignored). 2. Simple Load Balancing for sites with Multiple Terminal Servers - see the Readme/txt file in Armboot.Apps.!IcaClient provided with this patch on how to configure the system to take advantage of this. 3. Changes to hide the default password from view and make the system more secure. 4. A new examples script file for creating Address Reservations using DHCPCMD.EXE. This version allows the Client Name to be set which survives. (Normally, the client name is lost once the client has booted - using this technique will allow the DHCP Manager to display the client name - useful for documenting the system.) 5. Fix to problem of CacheFS not being reset to zero size for RiscOS 3.50 machines and later. 6. Facility to allow local Customisation Settings which will not be overwritten by any future patches - see the Readme file for more details. 7. Support for Oak Classnet Cards. History ------- Patch5 4th November 1999 Changes in this Patch: 1. Allows machines having the FSLock module active to boot from Topcat and protect the local hard drive and CMOS settings from unauthorised changes. See the file: "FSLock.ReadMe" for instructions. 2. Provides the changes necessary to allow the Ant Suite (single-user version) to run with Topcat. It is assumed you have a site licence and wish to make it available via Topcat. See the "Ant.ReadMe" file for more information. 3. !NCFresco and !NCWrite disabled to prevent them claiming certain file types eg those used by !Easiwriter. 4. Incorporates Patches 1, 2, 3 and 4 - so applying Patch5 will automatically include the changes in these patches - see below for details. Patch4 13th September 1999 Changes in this Patch: 1. Machines having the HCCS I/O Podule fitted can cause the machine to freeze whilst booting Topcat. Applying this patch will overcome this problem. 2. Incorporates Patches 1, 2 and 3 - so applying Patch4 will automatically include the changes in these patches - see below for details. Patch3 27th July 1999 Changes in this Patch: 1. For RISC OS 3.70 machines, fix the problem which prevents !Edit, !Draw and !Paint from working. 2. If the DHCP Options 003 Router and 006 DNS Servers are omitted, the network setup failed in all RISC OS client machines. This led to the TCP/IP stack, AUN or Access not being activated correctly. This patch sets the default route and the DNS entry to the IP address of the Topcat Boot server if these options are omitted, allowing the TCP/IP, AUN and Access to work correctly even if these options are not provided. 3. Incorporates Patches 1 and 2 so applying Patch3 will automatically include the changes in these patches - see below for details. Patch2 20th July 1999 Changes in this Patch: 1. Allow AUN to be applied for all client types on a global basis. (some configuration entries have to be un-commented to implement - see the Readme file). 2. Allow Access to be enabled on a global basis for all client types (some configuration entries have to be un-commented to implement - see the Readme file). 3. Incorporates Patch1, so applying Patch 2 will automatically include the changes in Patch1. See below for details. Patch1 14th July 1999 Changes in this Patch: 1. Enable TCP/IP configuration for machines fitted with i-cubed or Acorn ethernet cards. 2. For RISC OS 3.1x machines, remove the !InetSetup icon from Apps. 3. For RISC OS 3.1x machines, !Configure in Apps is disabled, preventing casual users running !Configure. The Topcat administrator can configure RISC OS 3.1x machines by double-clicking on !Boot in a similar fashion to the other variants of RISC OS. This will start !Configure and !InetSetup on RISC OS 3.1x machines. 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