Create Netware 3.12 Diskettes; Video Drivers; Installing Video Drivers For Windows Nt 3.51 - Dell 4100 User Manual

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PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller for the Novell
NetWare 4.x operating system.
Create Adaptec EZ-SCSI Diskette
This option allows you to create a diskette that contains
the configuration utility for Adaptec SCSI controllers.
The configuration utility works with the optional
Adaptec AHA-2940 and the built-in Adaptec 78xx series
SCSI controllers when used with the Novell NetWare 4.x
operating system.

Create NetWare 3.12 Diskettes

This option allows you to create a driver diskette and an
Adaptec EZ-SCSI configuration utility diskette for use
with the Novell NetWare 3.12 operating system. The fol-
lowing subsections describe the choices available with
this option.
Create Driver Diskette
This option allows you to create a diskette that contains
SCSI and NIC drivers as well as drivers for the optional
PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller for the Novell
NetWare 3.12 operating system.
Create Adaptec EZ-SCSI Diskette
This option allows you to create a diskette that contains
the configuration utility for Adaptec SCSI controllers.
The configuration utility works with the optional
Adaptec AHA-2940 and the built-in Adaptec 78xx
series SCSI controllers when used with the Novell Net-
Ware 3.12 operating system.
V
ideo Drivers
You will need to install the video drivers for the operating
system you install on your PowerEdge 4100 system,
unless you purchased your system with the operating
system already installed by Dell. Use the following pro-
cedure to install the video drivers for Windows NT.
NetWare provides a textual interface and does not require

video drivers.

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Dell PowerEdge 4100/180 and 4100/200 Systems User's Guide
Installing Video Drivers for Win-
dows NT 3.51
See "Create Operating System Support Diskettes" found
earlier in this chapter for instructions on making a dis-
kette of software drivers for Windows NT 3.51. After you
make the diskette of drivers, use the following procedure
to install the video drivers:
1.
Insert the diskette of drivers into the diskette
drive on your system.
2.
Run the Windows NT Display program located in
the Control Panel in the Main group.
3.
Select
CHANGE DISPLAY TYPE
4.
Select
from the display options; then
CHANGE
select
.
OTHER
5.
When prompted for the correct path, type
a:\ATI and press <
If the diskette is not in drive A, change the drive let-
ter designation as appropriate.
After the system reads the diskette, it displays the
GRAPHICS ACCELERATORS
6.
Select the
ATI GRAPHICS ACCELERATORS
then click
.
INSTALL
Confirm your choice when prompted to do so, and
all appropriate files will be copied to the hard-disk
drive.
7.
Restart Windows NT.
The system will start up using the ATI mach64 driv-
ers in 640 x 480 mode and display an application that
allows you to choose a resolution.
The maximum resolutions supported by the built-in
ATI mach 64 video controller with 1 MB of video
memory are 640 x 480 pixels (16.7 million colors)
and 800 x 600 pixels (65,536 colors) (non-
interlaced); and 1024 x 768 pixels (256 colors)
(interlaced).
NOTE: If you select a resolution that is not sup-
ported by the ATI mach64 (264VT) video controller
with 1 MB of memory, the operating system will sub-
stitute 640 x 480 in 256 colors.
.
>.
ENTER
option.
option;
ATI

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