Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers 3-17Booting From a SCSI DeviceFollow these steps to set your system to boot from a SCSIdevice:1. For an Adaptec 78xx host adapter, use theSCSISelect utility to configure your preferredboot device by setting the BOOT TARGET ID option.2. Use the MS-DOS fdisk utility to create a smallMS-DOS partition. (Follow Novell’s recommen-dation for size.) MS-DOS must be loaded onsector 0 (zero) of the boot drive.3. Format the drive using the MS-DOS format com-mand (for example, format c: /s). Boot thesystem from this drive.4. Copy the files shown in Table 3-4 to the rootdirectory.Table 3-4. Files Necessary to Set UpBooting From a SCSI Device5. Reboot your server and execute the server.exe file.NetWare should boot up at this point.6. Enter your file server name and internal IPXnumber.Formatting MediaNetWare’s install.nlm program lets you optionally for-mat a hard-disk drive for use with NetWare. If you areusing SCSI drives, it allows you to low-level formatseveral SCSI drives simultaneously. The NetWare formatprocedure is not the same as using fdisk or format underMS-DOS.NOTE: When you select a hard-disk drive to format, theInstall program prompts you to enter an interleave valuefrom 1 to 9. You may also enter an interleave value of 0(zero). When formatting SCSI hard-disk drives or remov-able drives on the Adaptec 78xx host adapter SCSI bus,Dell recommends that you use an interleave value of 0.This 0 interleave value instructs the hard-disk drive touse its optimal interleave value. This option was unavail-able in NetWare 3.0.Using Removable MediaThe aic7870.dsk driver module fully supports remov-able-media disk drives, including magneto-optical drives.Removable media is treated as a standard SCSI hard-diskdrive, with some exceptions:• The driver only recognizes and registers media with512 bytes/sector.• NetWare allows you to mount or dismount the mediaand lock or unlock the media.These removable media options are supported by Net-Ware’s monitor.nlm program.Follow these steps to set up the removable media:1. Load monitor.nlm to display the various options.2. Select DISK INFORMATION. All system hard-diskdrives appear.Diskette Directory FilesNetWare System-1disketteRoot server.exeinstall.nlmNetWare 4.x driverdiskette (createdfrom CD)\scsi readme.txtaic7870.dskaspitran.dskaic7870.ddiNetWare 3.12driver diskette(created from CD)\scsi readme.txtaic7870.dskaspitran.dskCAUTION: You should not use NetWare to formata hard-disk drive that contains partitions for otheroperating systems, because that information maybe destroyed.
