Fault Tolerance on Warp 4 - improving disk security

    Putting together the HPFS386 package, I ran into Fault Tolerance. Hoping to find disk striping, I set it up with just a little tinkering. That is to say: I got it started. With no disks to spare for experimenting, that's where I left it. Both disk duplexing and disk mirroring are supported, but not disk striping. Still, for all you adventurers out there:

    Get the required files from the 1996 LAN Server FixPack. The filenames are: DISKFT.SYS, FT.DLL, FTADMIN.EXE, FTMONIT.EXE, FTREMOTE.EXE, FTSETUP.EXE.

    Installation is straightforward. However: backup before getting into a panic.

    Put the files into C:\IBM386FS.
    Run FTSETUP.EXE, which will modify your CONFIG.SYS. Check the modifications for using the right directories, and reboot.
    Alternatively: add these two lines to your CONFIG.SYS manually, preferably at the top: 

    REM -- start of FT, 1996 version --
DEVICE=C:\IBM386FS\DISKFT.SYS
RUN=C:\IBM386FS\FTMONIT.EXE
REM -- end of FT --

    Reboot and enjoy :-)
    Use FTADMIN.EXE to get things started.

    Remember, I give no guarantees. You're on your own.
    Cheers/2 you all.

    N.B. Like using HPFS386, using FT on Warp 4 is illegal, it being part of LANserver and/or Warp Server. But maybe IBM is somehow pleased with our interest in Warp.

    Let me know your horror or success stories, other comments, suggestions, additions or answers concerning FT and/or alternatives to the same end.

    Michiel de Mooij

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