Installation For Novell Netware; Installation Overview - Dell 4100 User Manual

2. Reboot the computer. Watch the display carefully
during bootup. If the following message appears,
press the <
SPACEBAR
on the screen to continue booting with the last
known good configuration:
Press spacebar NOW to invoke the Last
Known Good menu
3. Once your computer is operational again, check
all of the hardware and software configuration
changes you want to make. Look specifically for
conflicts with parts of the existing system configu-
ration that are not being changed.
If you cannot determine the source of the error, contact
Dell for assistance. See Chapter 11, "Getting Help," in
the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for instruc-
tions on contacting Dell for technical assistance.
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nstallation for Novell NetWare
Read this section to find out about the NetWare operating
system installation, including:
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Installing the EZ-SCSI utility
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Calculating the slot number
•
Installing and/or updating the Dell SCSI driver for
NetWare
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Using command line options that can be specified
when the driver is loaded
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Automatic driver loading using startup.ncf and
autoexec.ncf
•
Booting a NetWare server from a SCSI drive, for-
matting media, and using removable media
•
Error messages generated during initialization

Installation Overview

This section provides the information needed to install
and use the Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare 3.12 and 4.x.
The Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare support the optional
Adaptec AHA-2940 and all Adaptec 78xx series SCSI
controllers.
Before you begin installation of the SCSI drivers for
Novell NetWare, you must create a diskette of drivers for
3-10 Dell PowerEdge 4100/180 and 4100/200 Systems User's Guide
> and follow the instructions
the version of NetWare you are using (3.12 or 4.x) and a
diskette that contains the Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility. Chap-
ter 2, "Using the Dell Server Assistant CD," provides
instructions for creating these diskettes.
The Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare are fully NetWare-
tested and approved. The NetWare \scsi subdirectory on
the NetWare 3.12 drivers diskette you create contains
files to be used with NetWare 3.12. The \scsi subdirectory
on the NetWare 4.x drivers diskette you create contains
files to be used with NetWare 4.x. The following files
appear in the \scsi subdirectories on both NetWare driver
diskettes:
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readme.txt — An American Standard Code for
Information Interchange (ASCII) text file describing
Adaptec's drivers for NetWare
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aic7870.dsk — Adaptec's 78xx Family driver for
NetWare
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aspitran.dsk — Adaptec's ASPI
driver for NetWare
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aspicd.dsk — Adaptec's device driver for a
CD-ROM drive
In addition, the \scsi subdirectory on your NetWare 4.x
drivers diskette contains the following files:
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aic7870.ddi — A driver definition information file to
provide setup information to NetWare during installa-
tion; NetWare can then prompt you with parameters to
be configured for the device driver during the installa-
tion process.
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aspicd.ddi — A device driver definition file.
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aspitran.ddi — A device driver definition file.
To begin driver installation, first load the EZ-SCSI utility
as described in the following subsection "Installing
EZ-SCSI," and then calculate the slot number as
described in "Calculating the Slot Number" found later in
this section. Then if you are performing a first-time Net-
Ware installation, see "Installing NetWare and the
Driver" found later in this section. If NetWare is already
installed in your system, see "Using NetWare to Update
or Install the Driver" found later in this section.
NOTE: Your system must have a complete version of
MS-DOS (version 6.2x) installed before you can com-
plete the Novell NetWare installation.
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