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Hi folks,

On my FAST and RiscPC I have LanMan98 2.06, the last WarmSilence version.
It works perfectly with all my Windows machines.

In the spirit of keeping up with developments, I downloaded 2.08 the
RISC OS Developments Open Source release version.
The installation notes don't say if I can just copy this over my old
version to save all that setting up again.
I looked in Boot.Choices and no LanMan so I presume all its parameters
are stored within the programme.
Any help and advice gratefully received.
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On 17 Jun, Chris Newman <newslists@npost.uk> wrote:

I looked in Boot.Choices and no LanMan so I presume all its parameters
are stored within the programme.
Any help and advice gratefully received.

The settings are stored within the !LanMan98.Discs folder.

I would suggest backing that up before installing the later version just
in case.
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In article <fd9e992e5c.BrianNews@brianhowlett.me.uk>,
Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:

On 17 Jun, Chris Newman <newslists@npost.uk> wrote:

I looked in Boot.Choices and no LanMan so I presume all its
parameters are stored within the programme. Any help and advice
gratefully received.

The settings are stored within the !LanMan98.Discs folder.

I would suggest backing that up before installing the later version
just in case.

I think that may depend on how LM98 is installed - standalone or
within Omni. My !LanMan98.Discs directory is empty, but mine is
installed for use within Omni. All my mounts are stored within the
normal Choices:Omni.Mounts file. I will try and dig deeper tomorrow.
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On 17 Jun, Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:

I think that may depend on how LM98 is installed - standalone or
within Omni. My !LanMan98.Discs directory is empty, but mine is
installed for use within Omni. All my mounts are stored within the
normal Choices:Omni.Mounts file. I will try and dig deeper tomorrow.

I'm using it stand-alone.
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In message <60b4a22e5c.BrianNews@brianhowlett.me.uk>
Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:

On 17 Jun, Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:

I think that may depend on how LM98 is installed - standalone or
within Omni. My !LanMan98.Discs directory is empty, but mine is
installed for use within Omni. All my mounts are stored within the
normal Choices:Omni.Mounts file. I will try and dig deeper tomorrow.

I'm using it stand-alone.

Indeed I do as well.

From the Readme file with LanMan 2.08, it says the following:

Installation for use as a standalone application ================================================
LanMan98 2.07 onwards is supplied ready-to-use as a standalone RISC OS application, and does not need to be modified in any way before use.
Simply copy !LanMan98 to your main drive - perhaps in the Network(ing)
folder, or Apps. Whenever you wish to use !LanMan98, just double-click
the application, or better still place the application in your !Boot,
inside the Choices.Boot.Tasks directory, so that it will be invoked automatically when you switch on your computer.
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In article <507bd22e5c.chris@mytardis>,
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:

In message <60b4a22e5c.BrianNews@brianhowlett.me.uk>
Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:

On 17 Jun, Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:

I think that may depend on how LM98 is installed - standalone or
within Omni. My !LanMan98.Discs directory is empty, but mine is
installed for use within Omni. All my mounts are stored within the
normal Choices:Omni.Mounts file. I will try and dig deeper tomorrow.

I'm using it stand-alone.

Indeed I do as well.

From the Readme file with LanMan 2.08, it says the following:

Installation for use as a standalone application ================================================
LanMan98 2.07 onwards is supplied ready-to-use as a standalone RISC OS application, and does not need to be modified in any way before use.
Simply copy !LanMan98 to your main drive - perhaps in the Network(ing) folder, or Apps. Whenever you wish to use !LanMan98, just double-click
the application, or better still place the application in your !Boot,
inside the Choices.Boot.Tasks directory, so that it will be invoked automatically when you switch on your computer.

Yes. I've read all that.

I use LanMan stand alone. It is loaded using the Run list in
Configuration.
If I drop the new LanMan over the old will it update nicely or will I
lose Local Name, Server name, Share etc that I set up when first using it?
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Chris
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In message <5c2edd2058newslists@npost.uk>
Chris Newman <newslists@npost.uk> wrote:

In article <507bd22e5c.chris@mytardis>,
Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:

In message <60b4a22e5c.BrianNews@brianhowlett.me.uk>
Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> wrote:

On 17 Jun, Martin <News03@avisoft.f9.co.uk> wrote:

I think that may depend on how LM98 is installed - standalone or
within Omni. My !LanMan98.Discs directory is empty, but mine is
installed for use within Omni. All my mounts are stored within the
normal Choices:Omni.Mounts file. I will try and dig deeper tomorrow.

I'm using it stand-alone.

Indeed I do as well.

From the Readme file with LanMan 2.08, it says the following:

Installation for use as a standalone application
================================================
LanMan98 2.07 onwards is supplied ready-to-use as a standalone RISC OS
application, and does not need to be modified in any way before use.
Simply copy !LanMan98 to your main drive - perhaps in the Network(ing)
folder, or Apps. Whenever you wish to use !LanMan98, just double-click
the application, or better still place the application in your !Boot,
inside the Choices.Boot.Tasks directory, so that it will be invoked
automatically when you switch on your computer.

Yes. I've read all that.

I use LanMan stand alone. It is loaded using the Run list in
Configuration.
If I drop the new LanMan over the old will it update nicely or will I
lose Local Name, Server name, Share etc that I set up when first using it?

Well I would just follow the golden rules. Make a backup of your current version somewhere safe (I assume you do regular backups of your programs anyway).

The standalone version has a 'Discs' folder within it with all your drive connections.

Once backed up just drop the new version on the old and then check you
still have your discs folder contents within the updated LanMan98.

Remember to reboot before using the new version to make sure everything
starts cleanly.
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In article <5c2edd2058newslists@npost.uk>,
Chris Newman <newslists@npost.uk> wrote:

I use LanMan stand alone. It is loaded using the Run list in
Configuration.
If I drop the new LanMan over the old will it update nicely or will I
lose Local Name, Server name, Share etc that I set up when first using it?

I use it stand alone as well. On updating I save the working version
where it can't be seen (for reversion) and install the new version as
supplied to get around any problems with changed files. If you then copy
the contents of the Discs directory from the old version to the new
version it should just work as before.

Richard Darby
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