profile as outlined in the Windows NT Server Installation Guide. Follow the
example and add the new six-digit prefix to the VendorName parameter.
You must use the RPLCMD utility to add the new VendorName (the first six digits
of the NIC’s node ID) to the NIC’s profile. The following example demonstrates
how to add the new VendorName to an existing profile and assumes that
VendorName is 002F00. Enter the correct VendorName for your NIC.
c:\winnt\rpl> rplcmd
adapter boot config profile service vendor wksta [quit}: b
add del enum: a
bootname=dosh
vendorname=002f00
bbcfile=bblock\netbeui\feth\dosbb.cnf
bootcomment= abc fastethernet
windowsize=0
Searching for DLC RPL Server, retries=nnnnnn
If you see the PC screen stopping at this message and the retry count is
increasing, it indicates that MBA cannot find an active NT server running the
Remoteboot Service.
Check the following:
Does a proper connection to a file server exist?
Is at least one server running the Remoteboot Service?
Is the NT Server RPL service rejecting PC requests because the RPL
service does not support the NIC you are using? See “
Unknown Client
NIC id
” in this section.
Is there a Remoteboot Manager console for an existing PC entry for the
NIC? If one does not exist, refresh the screen (View Refresh) to see if
the NIC’s RPL broadcast was received.
Is there a Remoteboot Service error in the Event Viewer log?
Are there routers between the server and the PC? Routers between the
server and the PC will cause problems because the RPL protocol is not
routable
NDIS Drivers Require More Memory to Load
After the NDIS driver is loaded, you may see the following message:
The program below needs more memory XX K (NDIS driver name)
The workstation failed to boot
where XX indicates the amount of additional memory (in kilobytes) needed.
In the DOSBB.CNF file, the second parameter of a DRV entry specifies the
amount of additional memory to allocate to the driver. For example, if the
original NDIS DRV entry is:
drv bblock\ndis\feth.dos ~ ~ ~
and the boot block reports that 5 KB of additional memory is needed,
change the entry to:
drv bblock\ndis\feth.dos ~ 5 ~
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