Dell PowerEdge 4200 Series User Manual

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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.6. Enter your file server name and internal IPXnumber.You can automate this process by including thesesettings in your autoexec.ncf file.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.nlm program prompts you to enter an interleavevalue from 1 to 9. You may also enter an interleave valueof 0 (zero). When formatting SCSI hard-disk drives orremovable drives on the Adaptec 78xx host adapter SCSIbus, Dell recommends that you use an interleave value of0. 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 supportsremovable-media disk drives, including magneto-opticaldrives. Removable media is treated as a standard SCSIhard-disk drive, 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-disk drives appear.Diskette Directory FilesNetWare System-1disketteRoot server.exeinstall.nlmNetWare 4.11 SMPdriver diskette(created from 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 may bedestroyed.