SCO Merge 5.1 for OpenServer

This optional service provides users the capability of running Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows 98 sessions on SCO OpenServerTM. This version of SCO Merge is also available for UnixWare® 7. These release notes provide important information about SCO Merge and pointers on where to find further information.

SCO Merge Features

SCO Merge 5.1 has the following features:

New SCO Merge Features

SCO Merge 5.1 is an updated version of SCO Merge 5.0. This new version includes some new features and improvements as well as some bug fixes. New major features since 5.0:

Installation Requirements

SCO Merge itself is shared by all users, but each user must install a separate copy of Windows and Windows applications.

Supported versions of Windows:

SCO Merge does not support the following: For Windows 95 you must also supply a matching Windows 95 boot floppy (also known as a Windows Startup Disk). If you have a bootable Windows 98 CDROM, you do not need a boot floppy. If you do not have a bootable Windows 98 CD, you must supply a Windows 98 boot floppy. Note: SCO Merge only supports the "Windows 95 to Windows 98 Upgrade" CD for fresh installation of Windows. Plus in order to install Windows from this you must have a qualifying Windows 95 installation CD to prove that you are allowed to use the upgrade. You must supply a Windows 95 or Windows 98 boot floppy because this CD is not bootable.

Windows language versions that can be installed:

             95       95     98      98
             Classic  OSR2   OE      SE
 --------    ---      ---    ---     ---
 Basque      Yes       -      -       -
 Brazilian   Yes      Yes    Yes      -
 Czech        -       Yes    Yes     Yes
 Danish      Yes      Yes    Yes     Yes
 Dutch       Yes      Yes    Yes     Yes
 English     Yes      Yes    Yes     Yes
 Finnish     Yes      Yes    Yes     Yes
 French      Yes      Yes    Yes     Yes
 German      Yes      Yes    Yes     Yes
 Greek        -       Yes    Yes     Yes
 Hungarian    -       Yes     -      Yes
 Italian      -       Yes    Yes     Yes
 Norwegian   Yes      Yes    Yes     Yes
 Panama       -       Yes     -       -
 Polish       -       Yes     -      Yes
 Portugese   Yes      Yes     -       -
 Russian      -       Yes     -      Yes
 Slovak       -       Yes    Yes     Yes
 Sloveni      -        -     Yes     Yes
 Spanish     Yes      Yes    Yes     Yes
 Swedish     Yes      Yes    Yes     Yes
 Turkish     Yes      Yes     -       -
 

Filesystem Space Requirements:

(The above requirements for $HOME are based on the "C:" drive location being mapped by default to $HOME/win. You can change where this is mapped using the SCO Merge "winsetup" configuration utility, or you can use symbolic links to cause $HOME/win to be located elsewhere.)

Installing SCO Merge

To install SCO Merge, use the Software Manager. See Chapter 4, "Installing and managing software components" in the SCO OpenServer Handbook for details.

If you are upgrading from an earlier version of SCO Merge, we recommend that you remove the old version of SCO Merge first and then install the new SCO Merge. (When you remove the previous version of SCO Merge, your Windows installations, applications and configuration settings are not removed.) It is important that there must not be anyone using Merge while Merge is being removed or upgraded.

It is possible to upgrade existing Merge sessions from the standard Winsock 1.1 style of networking to the new VNET style of networking. VNET supports full Microsoft Networking Services over TCP/IP. See the SCO Merge User's Guide for details on how to do this.

Licenses

SCO Merge 5 requires a license to be installed before it can be used. You use the SCO License Manager to install or remove the SCO Merge licenses. If you do not have an SCO Merge license, you may use the following SCO Merge evaluation license free for 60 days:
     License Number: EVLMERGE5
     License Code:   tdrthlid
     License Data:   d60;k0;q0;mmbr90w 

After Installing

Once you have installed SCO Merge, refer to the on-line SCO Merge User's Guide, which will guide you through the following steps:

SCO Merge Documentation

A variety of on-line documentation is provided as part of the SCO Merge product:

These release notes are available via the SCO Merge User's Guide when SCO Merge is installed, and they are also available on the installation CD in directory info/merge regardless of whether SCO Merge is installed. The SCO Merge User's Guide is available through SCOHelp after SCO Merge is installed.

Known Product Limitations

Known Problems and Troubleshooting