Compaq Armada 110 Deployment Manual page 5

Compaq Guide to PC Deployment
To find out which NETx identifier corresponds to the NIC you wish to use, run SYSINV.EXE at
the command line. This lists devices next to the NETx identifier.
Adding and Deleting Network Controller
Drivers
Drivers may be added or deleted from the MNBU diskette. Currently, there is very little free space on the
diskette, so adding a new driver may require that you remove another.
Removing a driver from the MNBU diskette requires only that you delete the driver (<drivername>.DOS)
from the \NET directory.
Adding a driver requires the following steps:
1. Copy the new driver into the \NET directory.
2. Run SYSINV.EXE /S on a PC equipped with the new network card. SYSINV will display a line
similar to this:
The eight characters in parentheses constitute the PCI ID of the new network card.
3. Edit SYSINV.INI by adding the PCI ID of the new card to the bottom of the file along with a NIC
code and a description. For example:
The choice of NIC code is arbitrary, but due to the rules of MS-DOS batch script, it is recommended that
the new value be one less than the lowest existing code.
4. Run SYSINV.EXE /S again and verify that the new network card is shown as:
5. Edit DETECT.BAT and add a section to handle the new NIC code. Immediately after the line
6. Add the MS-DOS batch script to handle NewNet after the line
PRT/012A/0699
NET0: (21120E11) Unknown type - update INI file
21120E11=6=My New Favorite Network Controller from Compaq
NET0: (21120E11) My New Favorite Network Controller from Compaq
"REM TODO - Add additional errorlevel checks for other NICs here."
add the following line:
if errorlevel==6 goto NewNet
"REM TODO - add new NIC sections here."
:NewNet
echo Detected My New Favorite Network Controller from Compaq
set netcard=<drivername>
set drivername=<drivername>$
set ndis2=<drivername>.dos
cd\net
autoinf us < protoini.tmp > protocol.ini
autoinf us < sysini.tmp > system.ini
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