Compaq 127507-008 - Deskpro EP - 64 MB RAM Deployment Manual page 5

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If you wish to identify another network controller instead of the default, change /eNET0 to
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/eNET1. The third controller is NET2 and so on.
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To find out which NETx identifier corresponds to the NIC you wish to use, run SYSINV.EXE at
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the command line. This lists devices next to the NETx identifier.
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Drivers may be added or deleted from the MNBU diskette. Currently, there is very little free space
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on the diskette, so adding a new driver may require that you remove another.
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Removing a driver from the MNBU diskette requires only that you delete the driver
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. . (<drivername>.DOS) from the \NET directory.
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Adding a driver requires the following steps:
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1. Copy the new driver into the \NET directory.
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2. Run SYSINV.EXE /S on a PC equipped with the new network card. SYSINV will display a
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line similar to this:
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NET0: (21120E11) Unknown type - update INI file
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The eight characters in parentheses constitute the PCI ID of the new network card.
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3. Edit SYSINV.INI by adding the PCI ID of the new card to the bottom of the file along with a
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NIC code and a description. For example:
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21120E11=6=My New Favorite Network Controller from Compaq
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The choice of NIC code is arbitrary, but due to the rules of MS-DOS batch script, it is
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recommended that the new value be one less than the lowest existing code.
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4. Run SYSINV.EXE /S again and verify that the new network card is shown as:
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NET0: (21120E11) My New Favorite Network Controller from Compaq
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5. Edit DETECT.BAT and add a section to handle the new NIC code. Immediately after the line
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"REM TODO - Add additional errorlevel checks for other NICs here."
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add the following line:
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if errorlevel==6 goto NewNet
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6. Add the MS-DOS batch script to handle NewNet after the line
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. . "REM TODO - add new NIC sections here."
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:NewNet
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echo Detected My New Favorite Network Controller from Compaq
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set netcard=<drivername>
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set drivername=<drivername>$
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set ndis2=<drivername>.dos
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cd\net
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autoinf us < protoini.tmp > protocol.ini
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autoinf us < sysini.tmp > system.ini
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The choice of "NewNet" is arbitrary.
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