______________________________________________________________________ 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".