===================================================================== FirePort Novell Server Driver Readme.txt ===================================================================== 9/15/97 - Version 1.00 Beta 1 Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION: Installation notes for installing the Novell Server driver for Diamond Multimedia's FirePort PCI SCSI Host Adapter. --------------------------------------------------------------------- A. Products Supported 1. Novell NetWare 3.12 and later, including IntranetWare. 2. FirePort 20, FirePort 40, and FirePort 40 Dual. --------------------------------------------------------------------- B. NetWare 3.12 Installation Notes Please note that the FirePort 40 Dual will be recognized as two instances of a Symbios 53c875 based card. You may use the Symbios drivers (two instances) or follow the directions below to install (two instances) of the fireport.ham driver. The FirePort 20 and 40 WILL not be recognized by the Symbios driver. You must follow the directions below to install the fireport.ham driver. Installing the FirePort ham driver and NetWare 3.12. The Diamond supplied driver is an NWPA (HAM) driver. Novell supports use of HAM drivers on NetWare 3.12, but you must install various Novell patches. For your convenience, we have included these files on the FirePort NetWare Installation Diskette. (In the patches.312 subdirectory.) These were the latest versions on Novell's web site at the time of release. You may wish to check with Novell for the latest patches and installation instructions. General instructions for installing NetWare 3.12 with FirePort. (This assumes you have a fresh system and that you will be installing from a CDROM drive attached to the FirePort. Note that Diamond's DOS ASPI are NOT supported under DrDos.) 1. Install DOS 1.1 Physically install your FirePort and connect the hard drive and CDROM drive. (Please review the FirePort Installation Guide for instructions.) 1.2 Boot DOS from drive A: 1.3 Use fdisk to create a small FAT partition for boot purposes. 20 Mbytes is sufficient. 1.4 Run "format /s" to install DOS on the partition. 1.5 Boot DOS from the newly installed drive c: 1.6 Install the DOS ASPI and DOS CDROM driver. This can be done by running the ASPI install program found "\dos\install.exe" found on the FirePort Driver Installation Diskette. You will need to install the CDROM driver, either via the Express Setup option or by explicitly selecting it under the Selectable menu option. 1.7 Reboot the machine to load the CDROM driver. 2. Install NetWare 3.12 The following assumes you have copied the contents of the FirePort NetWare Installation Diskette to c:\fireport. i.e. "xcopy a:\*.* c:\fireport /s". You may substitute the directory of your choice. 2.1 From the CDROM, run Novell's Install utility. This will copy files to your drive c: and load server.exe. (Please review your Novell documentation for instructions.) 2.2 Once you have reached the NetWare prompt... 2.3 "Load c:\fireport\native\start\npapatch" 2.4 "Load c:\fireport\nwpaload" 2.5 "Load c:\fireport\fireport" 2.6 "Load c:\fireport\scsihd" 2.7 "Load install" - Create NetWare Partition - Create SYS volume - Mount SYS - Copy system and public files - Create startup.ncf and edit/add the following lines - "Load c:\fireport\native\start\npapatch" - "Load c:\fireport\nwpaload" - "Load c:\fireport\fireport" - "Load c:\fireport\scsihd" - You may wish to add "slot=xxx" to the FirePort load line. - Create and save autoexec.ncf 2.8 Load c:\fireport\patch312 and follow the instructions. 2.9 Down the server and reboot. 2.10 "Load after311" 2.11 "Load c:\fireport\scsicd" 2.12 "Load c:\fireport\nwpaload" 2.13 "Load cdrom" (Note: you MUST first update the cdrom.nlm on the sys:system directory to 4.11s or NEWER. You will need to link to the system directory from a client to update this file. The 1993 version of cdrom.nlm WILL NOT allow mounting of cd volumes.) 2.14 "cd mount all" (This will mount the cdrom volume) 2.15 Edit autoexec.ncf as desired. --------------------------------------------------------------------- C. IntranetWare (4.11) Please follow the Novell instructions. Please note that the FirePort 40 Dual will be recognized as two instances of a Symbios 53c875 based card. The SYM8XXNW.HAM driver will function properly, but you may wish to edit the startup.ncf file and replace the SYM8XXNW.HAM driver with the FIREPORT.HAM driver. The FirePort 20 and 40 WILL NOT be recognized by the Symbios driver. You MUST load the fireport.ham driver to use these cards under 4.11. --------------------------------------------------------------------- D. Features Added Initial Release. --------------------------------------------------------------------- E. Problems Addressed Initial Release. --------------------------------------------------------------------- F. Known Limitations 1. CDROM.nlm version constraints The version of CDROM.nlm found on some version's of NetWare 3.12 WILL NOT function properly with Diamond's FirePort driver. We have included version 4.11x, dated 5/1/97, of this file on the FirePort NetWare Installation Diskette for your convenience. You will need to copy this new version to your server's system directory in order for the CDROM device to work properly. --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Contacting DIAMOND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS, INC. Product Support E-Mail: fireport@diamondmm.com Sales Information: sales4u@diamondmm.com Developer Relations: developer@diamondmm.com FTP site: ftp@diamondmm.com World Wide Web: www.diamondmm.com General Phone: (408) 325-7000 USA +44-1189-44 44 00 United Kingdom +49-8151-266 0 Germany Technical Support Phone Numbers: (541) 967-2450 USA (541) 967-2450 USA - Supra NetCommander ISDN (408) 325-7120 USA - Fire GL (408) 325-7100 USA - Multimedia Products (408) 325-7130 USA - SCSI adapters +44-1189-44 44 44 United Kingdom +49-8151-266 33O Germany Technical Support FAX: (541) 967-2401 USA +44-1189-44 44 45 United Kingdom +49-8151-266 331 Germany BBS: (408) 383-0551 USA (ISDN PPP) (541) 967-2444 USA (up to 33.6Kbps, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop) +44-1189 -44 44 15 United Kingdom +49-8151-266 333 Germany (up to 14.4Kbps, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop) Mailing Addresses: USA Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. 7101 Supra Drive SW Albany, OR 97321 USA (541) 967-2450, (USA) Germany Moosstrasse 18B D-82319 Starnberg, Germany Phone: +49 8151-266 330 Fax: +49 8151-266 331 Fax call back: +49 8151-266 332 Mailbox: +49 8151-266 333 (Modem, 28,8 kBd) Mailbox: +49 8151-266 334 (ISDN) Office: +49 8151-266 0 web site: www.spea.com United Kingdom Diamond Multimedia Systems, Ltd. 610 Wharfedale Rd. 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