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Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers 3-13
Using startup.ncf and autoexec.ncf
The startup.ncf and autoexec.ncf files contain a set of
commands that are executed at server start-up. The
startup.ncf file contains commands to load the disk driv-
ers. Once startup.ncf loads disk drivers, control is
passed to the autoexec.ncf file to complete the boot pro-
cess. For additional information on the startup.ncf and
autoexec.ncf files, refer to your NetWare documentation.
To automatically load the aic7870.dsk at server start-up,
the startup.ncf must contain a load command line that
specifies the location of the driver on the hard-disk drive,
any available options (see “Using the load Command
Line Options” found earlier in this section), and the slot
number (see “Calculating the Slot Number” found earlier
in this section).
NOTE: To load the driver from your hard-disk drive, the
aic7870.dsk driver and aspitran.dsk module must be
copied from your NetWare 4.11 driver diskette to a
directory on your hard-disk drive (usually, the server's
start-up directory—for example, c:\nwserver).
The syntax to load the aic7870.dsk driver is:
load [pathname] aic7870.dsk [options] slot=x
For example, the command line to load the driver from
the c:\nwserver directory, with the verbose
=
option on,
and a slot number of 16 follows:
load c:\nwserver\aic7870.dsk verbose=y
slot=16
NOTE: For each Adaptec 78xx host adapter installed, a
separate load command line must be included in the
startup.ncf file. The slot number (slot=) identifies the
specific adapter.
To modify the startup.ncf file, follow these steps:
1. Type
install
at the NetWare prompt, and press
<Enter>.
2. Select the appropriate menu choice that allows
you to edit the startup.ncf file.
3. Make the necessary changes. When you are fin-
ished, press <F10>.
Using SCSI Devices
The following sections provide procedures and tips on
the following topics:
•
Booting from a SCSI device
•
Formatting media
•
Using removable media
•
Using NetWare-tested and -approved drives
•
Using the NetWare tape backup utility
•
Using a CD-ROM drive with NetWare
•
Optimizing performance
Booting From a SCSI Device
Follow these steps to set your system to boot from a SCSI
device:
1. For an Adaptec 78xx host adapter, use the
SCSISelect utility to configure your preferred
boot device by setting the Boot Target ID option.
2. Use the MS-DOS fdisk utility to create a small
MS-DOS partition. (Follow Novell’s recommen-
dation for size.)
MS-DOS must be loaded on sector 0 (zero) of the
boot drive.
3. Format the drive using the MS-DOS format com-
mand (for example,
format c: /s
). Boot the
system from this drive.
4. Copy the files shown in Table 3-3 to the root
directory.
Table 3-3. Files Necessary to Boot From a
SCSI Device
Diskette Directory Files
NetWare System-
1 diskette Root server.exe
install.nlm
NetWare 4.11
driver diskette
(created from CD) \scsi readme.txt
aic7870.dsk
aspitran.dsk
aic7870.ddi