IBM assumes that everyone that is installing Warp 4 will be doing so on a network that is either running NOVELL or LAN Server. There is no support in the README files for Lantastic. Experimentation has yielded the following process for me.

1. Create the three (3) installation disks by clicking on the System, Setup, Install/Remove icons. Select Lantastic and Artisoft Adapters.

2. On the Second Diskette, Disk 1, (Numbered 0,1,2 in IBM-talk) Copy the Lantastic Lines from the Workstation's CONFIG.SYS file. This assumes that you had Lantastic for OS/2 running under a previous version of OS/2.

   LASTDRIVE=Z
   SET NWDBPATH=D:\LAN\OS2\NW
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\LANMSGDD.OS2 /I:D:\LAN\OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\PROTMAN.OS2 /I:D:\LAN\OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\NE2000.OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\AI-NDIS.OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\AILANBIO.OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\NETBIOS.OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\LANPDD.OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\LANVDD.OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\IFS2NB.OS2
   RUN=D:\LAN\OS2\NETBIND.EXE
   RUN=D:\LAN\OS2\LTDAEMON.EXE
   IFS=D:\LAN\OS2\LANTASTI.IFS
   DEVICE=C:\SRVIFS.SYS
   IFS=C:\SRVIFSC.IFS * /T
   SET ADAPTER_NIF=NE2000.NIF

3. Remove IBM's lines for network installation using a 'rem' at the start of the line. My CONFIG.SYS looks like this:

   rem *** Start of ThinLAPS additions ***
   rem call = netbind.exe
   run = lanmsgex.exe     
   rem device = lanmsgdd.os2
   rem device = protman.os2 /I:A:\
   rem device = netbeui.os2
   rem device = netbios.os2
   rem device = AEXNDIS.OS2
   LASTDRIVE=Z
   SET NWDBPATH=D:\LAN\OS2\NW
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\LANMSGDD.OS2 /I:D:\LAN\OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\PROTMAN.OS2 /I:D:\LAN\OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\AEXNDIS.OS2       
   rem DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\NE2000.OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\AI-NDIS.OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\AILANBIO.OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\NETBIOS.OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\LANPDD.OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\LANVDD.OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\IFS2NB.OS2
   DEVICE=D:\LAN\OS2\VDM2IFS.OS2
   RUN=D:\LAN\OS2\NETBIND.EXE
   RUN=D:\LAN\OS2\LTDAEMON.EXE
   IFS=D:\LAN\OS2\LANTASTI.IFS /I:D:\lan\os2
   rem *** End of ThinLAPS additions ***
   rem CALL=A:\SRVATTCH.EXE z: \\JG5MSKH6\CD-ROM
   rem DEVICE=A:\SRVIFS.SYS
   rem IFS=A:\SRVIFSC.IFS * /T
   rem CALL=A:\SRVATTCH.EXE w: \\JG5MSKH6\STATUS
   rem RUN=Z:\CID\LOCINSTU\SRVREXX.EXE
   libpath=.;\os2\install;\os2\dll;i:\cid\locinstu;
   set os2_shell=cdboot.exe
   set oemprogram=\ibminst\npconfig.exe
   set exitwhendone=1
   set ADAPTER_NIF=AEXNDIS.NIF
   rem set SRVNAME1=JG5MSKH6
   set SAVECONNECT=1

   Note that this is a good time to upgrade older Lantastic files with the newer files (check the dates) from the OS/2 Warp CD-ROM.
4. Do not run the installation program on the 'SERVER' where the CD-ROM is located. This runs SHIELD.EXE which locks the keyboard and mouse and who knows what else (to protect the install process?). It is unnecessary and superfluous because you will use Lantastic instead. Just make sure the SERVER is running and the CD-ROM is in the Drive.
5. Insert the Installation Disks into the Workstation and boot. When you get to the third disk (Disk2) do not run the install program when the blue screen comes up. Select F3 to obtain an OS/2 prompt. You need to set up Lantastic on the Workstation and connect it to the SERVER with the correct drive mappings. I have also found that TEDIT use at this time will not run correctly. You get to the command line of TEDIT and can't exit without a reboot... and all the preparation goes down the drain!
6. Change to the Directory on your hard-drive where your Lantastic Files are installed. Start your Lantastic Network:

      NET START 'WORKSTATIONAME'

   Note: Popup will not function but we don't need it.
7. Logon to your SERVER:

      NET LOGIN "SERVERNAME''

8. You must now create two logical drives that point to the CD-ROM on the SERVER. These must use the correct letters that IBM has coded into their installation program, which are W: and Z:

      NET USE W: \\SERVERNAME\CD-ROM
      NET USE  Z: \\SERVERNAME\CD-ROM

9. Type the words NET SHOW to verify that you have logged on and set up the correct drives. Fix as needed. When this is done, type EXIT to return to the installation program, INSTAL1.EXE.
10. Follow the usual and too often seen steps of the IBM OS/2 Warp installation process according to your needs easy/advanced and so on... Take a lunch break for 30 - 50 minutes.

    When requested to remove the diskette do so and reboot. But when the machine comes up with the SELECTIVE INSTALLATION screen, exit to an OS/2 prompt and again go to your LANTASTIC directory to start your network, log in to your server, and direct the drives W: and Z: to the CD-ROM. (See the above steps)

11. Return to the Desktop and select System, Set-Up, Selective Install, and proceed with the rest of your OS/2 installation process for screens, devices, printers, programs, features and whatever bitmap turns your crank. Take another break!

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