Novell DOS ODI Workstation ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ** ** ** Novell NetWare DOS ODI Workstation Installation ** ** ** ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ------------------------------------------------------------ -- Contents -- ------------------------------------------------------------ I. Special Considerations II. Files Needed for Installation III. Installing the AT-2450/2700 Series DOS ODI driver IV. Installing the DOS ODI driver manually V. Removing an Existing Driver I. Special Considerations ========================== NOTE: YOU CANNOT GENERATE THE MONOLITHIC "IPX.COM" FILE USING "WSGEN" OR "SHGEN" WITH OUR DRIVERS - USE THE IPXODI DRIVERS INSTEAD. Any version of NetWare can support an ODI driver. Configuration of the AT-2450/2700 Series resources is under PCI control. For most applications, no setup other than normal installation of the network software is necessary. To change port settings, manually view the card's configurations, or to run Diagnostics, use Setup.EXE. The setup utility only runs on DOS. If you do not have a DOS boot partition on your Windows NT drive, boot DOS from a floppy disk. II. Files Needed for Installation ================================= \DOSODI\NET.CFG \DOSODI\LSL.COM \DOSODI\IPXODI.COM \DOSODI\NETX.COM \DOSODI\ATNIC.COM DOS ODI client driver \INFO\DOSODI.TXT This file III. Installing the DOS ODI driver using the DOS Requester installation from Novell ========================================================= 1. Ensure the CONFIG.SYS file has the following lines: FILES=12 BUFFERS=15 2. Run the Novell DOS Client installation routine. 3. Select the appropriate options for your system such as altering startup files, Windows support, etc. 4. In the network card driver section, supply the path to the ODI drivers provided on the CardAssistant diskette: A:\Dosodi The AT-2450/2700 Series should appear in the "Insert the Driver Disk" menu. Select the driver and press ENTER. 5. Continue installation. IV. Installing the DOS ODI driver manually ============================================ 1. Copy the contents of the DOS directory of the CardAssistant diskette to a directory you specify, i.e. C:\NET. 2. Check the NET.CFG file to make sure the first frame type listed under the LINK DRIVER section matches the frame type the server is using. If you don't know, go to the file server console and type CONFIG. This will shoW the driver information for the server, including which frame types are available. 3. Modify your AUTOEXEC.BAT (or batch file that loads the Novell drivers) to contain the following lines in this order: LSL ATNIC IPXODI NETX (or VLM) 4. When using NETX.EXE, Check the CONFIG.SYS file in the root directory of drive C: for a LASTDRIVE statement. If there is none, the first network drive will be F:. Otherwise the first network drive will be the next letter after the one specified by LASTDRIVE. Otherwise, make sure that LASTDRIVE is set to Z when using VLMs, and that the NET.CFG specifies the first network driver under the Novell DOS Requester section. Also, if you have a PCI-1 bus in your system, add the line BUSTYPE PCI1 to the NET.CFG file, i.e. LINK DRIVER ATNIC BUSTYPE PCI1 Otherwise the driver may not find the card. If you don't know which bus you have, try loading without the option. If it loads, you don't need it. 5. Reboot your computer by pressing the reset button, or by turning the power switch off and on. Do NOT use ++. Some PCI systems do not reset bus-mastering cards with a warm boot. SAMPLE CONFIGURATION FILES - ODI -------------------------------- CONFIG.SYS ---------- DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS BUFFERS=30,0 FILES=45 DOS=HIGH,UMB LASTDRIVE=Z Note: Set LASTDRIVE=Z only when using VLMs. The Novell DOS workstation installation will automatically set it for you. When using NETX, the first network drive is the next letter after the LASTDRIVE setting in the CONFIG.SYS. AUTOEXEC.BAT ------------ PATH C:\DOS PROMPT $P$G CD \NET LH LSL LH ATNIC LH IPXODI LH NETX F: LOGIN SERVER/USERNAME STARTNET.BAT (DOS Requester - VLMs) ----------------------------------- @ECHO OFF CD \NWCLIENT SET NWLANGUAGE=ENGLISH LH LSL LH ATNIC LH IPXODI VLM CD \ NOTE: VLMs automatically load into high memory. NET.CFG (VLMs) -------------- LINK DRIVER atnic FRAME ETHERNET_802.2 # (Below are examples of setting line speeds for the # AT-2450/2700 Series Adapter) # LineSpeed 10H # LineSpeed 10F # LineSpeed 100H # LineSpeed 100F # LineSpeed Auto NETWARE DOS REQUESTER FIRST NETWORK DRIVE = F NET.CFG (NETX) -------------- LINK DRIVER ATNIC FRAME ETHERNET_802.2 V. Removing an existing driver =============================== To de-install the driver, remove the driver from the STARTNET.BAT or AUTOEXEC.BAT file, or comment it out, and reboot.