Description: AppleShare Network: How to Check for ProDOS Files
Header: AppleShare Network: How to Check for ProDOS Files


 This article last reviewed: 22 May 1990

 TOPIC -----------------------------------------------------------

 I have Apple IIGS systems and Apple IIe systems on an AppleShare
 2.0.1 network.  When the Apple IIGS starts up, it shows ProDOS 1.8 and GS/OS,
 yet when the Apple IIe systems start up, they show ProDOS 1.4.

 I have an application (MECC Communikeys) that apparently doesn't work
 correctly
 with ProDOS 1.4.  (One Apple IIe works OK, but the other Apple IIe systems
 lock
 the entire network.)

 Where is ProDOS 1.4 coming from?  I've checked for P* and P16 and even copied
 them from one folder to another.

 DISCUSSION ------------------------------------------------------

 When setting up an AppleShare File Server for an Apple IIe and Apple IIGS
 environment, two copies of P8 are installed.  One copy is installed when the
 server is updated with the Apple II Setup Disk for the AppleShare File Server
 (a Macintosh disk).  This copy is placed in the Server Folder.  Another copy
 is
 installed when GS/OS is loaded from an Apple IIGS using the GS/OS SYSTEM.DISK
 and SYSTEM.TOOLS (Apple IIGS disks).  This copy is at the root level of the
 server.

 It appears that an early version of the Apple II Setup Disk was used on the
 server.  Earlier versions of that disk contained earlier versions of P8.
 Reinstalling the Apple II setup should provide the current version of ProDOS.
 Use the Apple II Setup Disk marked:

 "Version 2.1; For use with Apple IIGS System Software 5.0".

 How did you check for the ProDOS files?  Was the check done from an
 Apple IIGS?  Was the check done from a Macintosh on the network?  Was
 checking done on the server from within the Admin application?  Was the server
 restarted with a floppy disk and then checked for these files?

 If the check was from a Apple IIGS workstation, the Server Folder is not
 visible.  This is where one of the ProDOS files resides, and you would find
 only one of the ProDOS files.

 If you checked from a Macintosh on the network, the result would be the same
 as
 when checking from an Apple IIGS workstation.  There is no Server Folder
 available.

 If checking was done on the server from within the Admin application, you
 will see the Server Folder, but you cannot open that folder and review its
 contents.

 If the server was started up from a floppy disk and then the check was
 done, a second P8 file will be visible in the Server Folder.
 Copyright 1990 Apple Computer, Inc.
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