Installing HPFS386 (from Warp Server Advanced) on Warp4

IBM has said that, if you own Warp Server Advanced (WSA) or another product which uses the HPFS386 file system, it's OK with them for you to also install HPFS386 on any other Warp system you have.

First Steps:
To install HPFS386 on a Warp4 (non-LanServer) box, you must have access to a WSA box that has the optional HPFS386 file system installed, for these files.

On the W4 box, create:
    x:\IBM386FS
Copy the contents of the WSA box's x:\IBM386FS dir to the W4 box.
On the W4 box, if you do not have File & Print Services ("Peer Networking") installed, create:
    x:\IBMLAN
On the W4 box, create:
    x:\IBMLAN\NETPROG
Copy these files from WSA box's x:\IBMLAN\NETPROG dir to the W4 box:
    CACHE386.exe
    CACH.msg
    CAC.msg

Edit CONFIG.sys:
    Place a 'REM' in front of IFS=E:\OS2\HPFS.IFS
    Add IFS=x:\IBM386FS\HPFS386.IFS /A:* /AU
    Add x:\IBMLAN\NETPROG; to LIBPATH
    Add x:\IBMLAN\NETPROG; to DPATH
    Add x:\IBMLAN\NETPROG; to HELP
    Add RUN=x:\ibmlan\netprog\cache386.exe

That last line is absolutely required if you have Peer Networking installed.
(Reference: http://duanec.indelible-blue.com/wsonw4/0000c416.htm)

If you do not add this line to your CONFIG.SYS, you will get the following error whenever you start the File and Print server:

                   Net 3091: the CACHE386.exe is not running,
                   The server cannot be started.

You can start CACHE386.EXE manually from a command prompt. However, it is recommended that you edit the CONFIG.SYS and add the above statement.

Edit x:\IBM386FS\HPFS386.ini:
    Edit "lanroot = x:\IBMLAN" to match your install drive.
    Edit "cachesize = 32000" (or whatever the number is) to match your desires.
There are a bunch of other parameters you can reset as well.  Don't, unless you think you know what you're doing.

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Move BOOTSH.exe & HPFS386.ifs to x:\ibm386fs
Move HPFS386.dll to x:\os2\dll
    (this file may not be needed, but this has not been tested)
Move CACHE386.exe to x:\ibmlan\netprog
    If you are running HPFS386 at this time, you may have to boot without loading CACHE386.exe to replace the old copy.  If you are using a process killer (or have "SET SCKILLFEATUREENABLED=ON" in your CONFIG.SYS) you can kill the running CACHE386.exe and then copy over it.

If you will be using Peer and ACLs to control access to resources available to other clients accessing your box running HPFS386, and you think that you may ever want to convert back to HPFS (say, to use disk partioning software to move or change a partition -- Partition Magic v5.0 utterly fails to resize an HPFS386 partition, giving an Error 1027), the you will also need the ACL utilities. Unpack these files, from directories marked in blue (using UNPACK.exe, in Fastkick package, or UNPACK2.exe from OS/2):     FIX\REQ.1\BACKACC.EX_     FIX\REQ.1\RESTACC.EX_     FIX\SRV.10\PREPACL.EX_

Reboot!

and then rename OS2KRNL to OS2KRNLI .

On Disk1 (ie the second diskette), edit CONFIG.sys :
    Add "A:\;" to the beginning of the "PATH=", "LIBPATH=", and "DPATH=" lines.

    Modify the line
      ifs=hpfs.ifs /c:64
    to read
      IFS=HPFS386.IFS /AUTOCHECK:*

    Modify the line
      protshell=sysinst1.exe
    to read
      PROTSHELL=BOOTSH.EXE CMD.EXE

On Disk2 (ie the third diskette):
    Delete these files:
      HPFS.IFS
      MARKETNG.MSG
      FDISK.COM
      TEDIT.HLP
      TEDIT.EXE
      RMVIEW.EXE
This frees up space to add the following files.
    Copy these files from x:\IBM386FS to A:\ :
    Copy these files from x:\IBM386FS to A:\ :
      BOOTSH.EXE
      BSH.MSG
      BSHH.MSG
      HFS.MSG
      HFSH.MSG
      HPFS386.IFS
      IBMLN386.DAT

    Create directory A:\IBM386FS
    Copy x:\IBM386FS\HPFS386.ini (on HDD) to A:\IBM386FS

    Copy x:\IBM386FS\HPFS386.ini to A:\IBM386FS
      Edit A:\IBM386FS\HPFS386.ini and make the cache size reasonable for your system.

Create a Disk3 (ie a fourth diskette) for utilities, and copy these files to it (ideally, from a FP15+ HDD installation):
    TEDIT.HLP
    TEDIT.EXE
    FDISK.COM
    CHKDSK.COM
    CHKDSK32.DLL
    NLS.DLL
    UHPFS.DLL
    VIOCALLS.DLL
    ZIP.EXE
    UNZIP.EXE
    UNZIP32.DLL
    SHPIINST.DLL

Done!  Use Disk3 if you need to run CHKDSK or FORMAT.

Pre-fabricated HPFS386 Boot Diskettes
If you're the lazy sort (as am I), you can grab these pre-made and somewhat updated HPFS386 boot diskettes.

Disk0 (which is the same as a "plain" HPFS boot diskette)
Disk1
Disk2
Disk3 (utilities which were moved from Disk2)