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Conference giadev::decstation

Title:	DECstation PC Conference
Notice:	register note 2, see notes 3 & 4
Moderator:	TARKIN::LININD

Created:	Tue Jan 10 1989
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	7470
Total number of notes:	34994

7376.0. "LX5120 and NW 4.11 load problems." by SNOFS1::16.153.96.192::powellronald (Australia!) Tue Mar 11 1997 01:08

Has any one got any ideas on how to stop NW4.11 from doing an automatic 
load of the O/S? 

The machine is an LX5120 using a SCSI CD-rom and an IDE HDD. When the 
customer tries to load NW 4.11, the load  sequence starts, runs and then 
crashes. The customer believes this is because he cannot load the DIGITAL 
drivers, but he cannot find a way to do the equivelent of NT's 'custom' 
load sequence with NW4.11 .  

 Sorry about the sparsity of error info, but the customer is very hard to 
understand and I am geting the deatils second hand.

 Ron.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
7376.1	More information.	SNOFS1::16.153.96.192::powellronald	Australia!	`Tue Mar 11 1997 17:16`	22
	OK , more details from a phone call from the end customer. 2 x Prioris LX5120 loading Netware 4.11 & SFT 3 Bios 1.05 SCU ?.?? ( customer got them at the same time) Using the on board NIC, EIDE and SCSI controllers. EIDE has a Digital [Connar] 1.6Gb hdd only attached. SCSI has the supplied 4x CD-Rom attached. The problem is that when the NT4.11 install is done from the Novel CD, 4.11 will install its version of the NIC driver (3.xxx I am told). When the install is complete and the system rebooted, NW4.11 will not load any further than the NIC driver (total lockout)IF NW4.11 is loaded on to a SCSI hard disk , all is well. If the DE435 driver from the quicklaunch CD (2.6 the customer says, I think it is 2.40) is substituted manually, then NW4.11 will run from the EIDE hdd ok. It is only when the Novel version of the NIC driver is used and an EIDE hdd is installed that this problem appears. A temporary work around is in place, but the customer would like to know why this is hapeening, any idea's ? Ron.
7376.2	not unusual?	PCBUOA::WHITEC	Parrot_Trooper	`Tue Mar 11 1997 22:59`	7
	We do similar things as Microsoft when it comes to drivers. WHat is available at the time the CD is pressed is what you get. I have not checked the Web site for a tech tip on this, but it may be worth investigating. If the driver on the QuickLaunch CD works, than that's what it's for. chet
7376.3	NW4.11 NIC driver ver may be the problem.	SNOFS1::16.153.96.192::powellronald	Australia!	`Thu Mar 13 1997 16:18`	8
	Chet, the customer is doing the normal thing. The Netware 4.11 disk comes with a driver for the DE435. The rev number is 3.xx, we are shipping 2.41. So the customer tries to load the "latest" version and the system will not boot if an IDE hard disk is installed. By manually deleting NW4.11s network driver and putting the 2.41 from the quicklaunch CD in, they can load NW4.11 with out a crash. They are copy ing the cd to the hard disk ,then manually changing the driver and then installing from the hard disk. Ron.
7376.4		NETRIX::"[email protected]"	Stevo	`Wed Mar 19 1997 23:41`	27
	Ron, Edit Autoexec.bat.... The line that says SERVER, try SERVER -NA This will not load the Autoexec.ncf file and associated NLM's, and lan drivers. You will be able to now load Netware and edit the Autoexec.ncf file and find out which line is definately causing the problem. You can also rem out only the load "lan driver" line and see if the system boots ok. If it is the network driver...... try an interim release version 2.43, which can be found at URL : http://pces02.ako.dec.com//pcbues.html Good luck Steve Kaniowski Region Support Australia [Posted by WWW Notes gateway]