Creating The Intranetware 4.11 Driver Diskettes; Installing Scsi Drivers During Intranetware 4.11 Installation; Installing The Dell-Supplied Novell Patches And Support Pack 5; Optimizing Performance - Dell PowerEdge 6350 User Manual

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However, if you leave the driver in, each time you boot the system you may receive an
error message about the extra device driver. See the previous subsection, "Removing
a Host Adapter."
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 configura-
tion 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 configuration that are not being changed.
If you cannot determine the source of the error, contact Dell for assistance. See Chap-
ter 12, "Getting Help," in the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions
on contacting Dell for technical assistance.
This section provides the following information about installing the Dell SCSI drivers
for IntranetWare:
Creating the IntranetWare drivers diskettes
Preparing the hard-disk drive
Installing SCSI drivers during IntranetWare installation

Installing the Dell-supplied Novell patches and Support Pack 5

Installing symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) support
Loading drivers automatically using startup.ncf and autoexec.ncf

Optimizing performance

Troubleshooting error messages generated during initialization
The Dell SCSI drivers for IntranetWare support the optional Adaptec AHA-2940U2W
and all Adaptec 78 xx series SCSI controllers, are fully tested and approved for
IntranetWare, and are available on the Dell Server Assistant CD. You will need to
Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers
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