Troubleshooting For Windows Nt; Installation For Novell Netware; Installation Overview - Dell PowerEdge 4200 Series User Manual

Driver With Windows NT 3.51" found earlier in
this section.
It is not essential to remove the device driver for the
host adapter you are replacing. Windows NT
dynamically detects the absence or presence of host
adapter hardware, and no problems should arise if
you leave the existing device driver installed. You
can remove the device driver later, after you have
successfully rebooted Windows NT. However, if you
leave the driver in, the system alerts you with an
error message about the extra device driver every
time you boot. See "Removing a Host Adapter"
found earlier in this section.
2. After the new device driver is installed, shut
down Windows NT and replace the existing host
adapter.
3. Restart your computer and Windows NT.
Some drive letter assignments may have changed
from the previous configuration.

Troubleshooting for Windows NT

The boot manager for Windows NT contains recovery
logic to allow you to return to the last known good
configuration. If you have changed your host adapter
configuration and Windows NT no longer boots, follow
these steps to recover:
1. Undo any hardware changes you have made to
the computer since it was last operational.
2. Reboot the computer. Watch the display carefully
during start-up. If the following message appears,
press the <Spacebar>, press <L> at the next
screen, and then follow the instructions on the
screen to continue booting with the last known
good configuration:
Press spacebar NOW to invoke the Last
Known Good menu
3. When 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.
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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.
I
nstallation for Novell NetWare
Read this section to find out about NetWare operating
system installation, including:
•
Installing the EZ-SCSI utility
•
Calculating the slot number
•
Installing and/or updating the Dell SCSI driver for
NetWare
•
Using command line options that can be specified
when the driver is loaded
•
Automatic driver loading using startup.ncf and
autoexec.ncf
•
Booting a NetWare server from a SCSI drive, for-
matting media, and using removable media
•
Troubleshooting error messages generated during
initialization

Installation Overview

This section provides the information needed to install
and use the Dell SCSI drivers for Novell NetWare 3.12
and 4.11 SMP. The Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare sup-
port the optional Adaptec AHA-2940 and all Adaptec
78xx series SCSI controllers.
Before you begin installation of the SCSI drivers for Net-
Ware, you must create a diskette of drivers for the version
of NetWare you are using (3.12 or 4.11 SMP) and a dis-
kette that contains the Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility.
Chapter 2, "Using the Dell Server Assistant CD," pro-
vides instructions for creating these diskettes.
The Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare are fully tested and
approved for NetWare. 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 4.11 SMP drivers diskette you create
contains files to be used with NetWare 4.11 SMP. The