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Q172334: SNA 3.0 Windows 95 Client Floppy Installation Step Incorrect

Article: Q172334
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbother kbsetup
Last Modified: 01-APR-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SNA Server, version 3.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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In the SNA Server 3.0 "Getting Started" booklet, Chapter 3, "Installing SNA
Server Client Software," page 31, the steps for creating installation disks for
the Windows 95 Client are as follows:

  To create floppy disks to install Windows 95 client software for SNA Server,
  run

  Clients\Win95\MK95Disk.cmd

This is a documentation error. The correct path name is:

  Clients\Win95\MKDisks.cmd

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem:

- Create the client installation floppy disk by running:

  "Clients\Win95\MKDisks.cmd" (without the quotation marks)

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server version 3.0. This
problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 3.0 U.S. Service Pack.
For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the following word in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbother kbsetup 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbSNAServSearch kbSNAServ300
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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