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Appendix F - Packet Driver Installation

The AMD Packet Driver for the PCnet family of adapters is based on the packet driver from Clarkson University. The Driver Diskette contains the source and executable code for the DOS version of the Packet Driver. The Driver Diskette includes a number of other utilities which run above the Packet Driver. The source code for these utilities is also included. The Driver Diskette contains a number of documentation files. Read all of the information available. The most important file to read is "install.txt".

The files on the BC Series 10 Base-T Driver Diskette are compressed in the form of self extracting ZIP files. Before installation of any drivers, the appropriate ZIP file must be decompressed. To decompress the Pocket Driver, insert the driver diskette into the system, change to that drive and type:

  • pktdrvr -d
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    The decompressed drivers will be placed on the same diskette. After the files are decompressed, the diskette is ready for installation.

    Copy the AMD Packet Driver (PCNTPK.COM) into a directory. The packet driver can be loaded from the DOS prompt or from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. The command line format for Packet Driver is:

  • PCNTPK [-n] [-d] [-w] <INT = packet_int_no> [ IRQ=int-no]

    [IOADDR = io-addr] [DMA = dma-no]

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    [-n]

    The -n option converts Ethernet type 8137 and Novell PSO-like packets. This is required if a standard boot ROM from AMD is used to boot from an image file, and the driver in the image file was created using the Packet Driver and IPX included in the Packet Driver package.

    [-d]

    The -d option delays initialization. The -d option will keep the initialization code after loading. This is required for the PROM boot available on ISA processors to function properly.

    [-w]

    The -w switch is used for Windows. Install the Packet Driver before running MS-Windows. This switch does not prevent Windows from swapping the network application out of memory. It simply detects when the network application is swapped out and drops any packet the application receives.

    < packet_int_no >

    This is the software interrupt used to communicate with the packet driver. The range of this parameter is between Ox6O and Ox8O. See Appendix A of "install.doc" file for more details.

    [int-no]

    This is the hardware interrupt number. For the BC 4035 this can be 3 or 5. The default value is IRQ 5.

    [io-addr]

    This is the I/0 Base Address. For the BC 4035, this parameter is fixed at 300H.

    [dma_no]

    This is the DMA Channel number. For the BC 4035, this parameter is fixed at 5.

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