Troubleshooting for Windows NT

The boot manager for Windows NT contains recovery logic to allow you to return to the last known good configuration. If you have changed your host adapter configuration and Windows NT no longer boots, follow these steps to recover:

1.Undo any hardware changes you have made to the computer since it was last operational.

2.Reboot the computer. Watch the display carefully during start-up. If the following message appears, press the <Spacebar> and follow the instructions on the screen to continue booting with the last known good configuration:

Press spacebar NOW to invoke the Last Known Good menu

3.Once your computer is operational again, check all of the hardware and software configuration changes you want to make. Look specifically for conflicts with parts of the existing system configu- ration that are not being changed.

If you cannot determine the source of the error, contact Dell for assistance. See Chapter 8, “Getting Help,” in the Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions on contacting Dell for technical assistance.

Installation for Novell NetWare

Read this section to find out about the NetWare operating system installation, including:

Installing the EZ-SCSI utility

Calculating the slot number

Installing and/or updating the Dell SCSI driver for NetWare

Using command line options that can be specified when the driver is loaded

Automatic driver loading using startup.ncf and autoexec.ncf

Booting a NetWare server from a SCSI drive, for- matting media, and using removable media

Error messages generated during initialization

Installation Overview

This section provides the information needed to install and use the Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare 3.12 and 4.x. The Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare support the optional Adaptec AHA-2940UW and all Adaptec 78xx series SCSI controllers.

Before you begin installation of the SCSI drivers for Novell NetWare, you must create a diskette of drivers for the version of NetWare you are using (3.12 or 4.x) and a diskette that contains the Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility. Chap- ter 2, “Using the Dell Server Assistant CD,” provides instructions for creating these diskettes.

NOTE: Be sure to use the SCSI Driver diskettes created from the Dell Server Assistant CD rather than the SCSI drivers provided with the operating system.

The Dell SCSI drivers for NetWare are fully NetWare- tested and approved. The NetWare \scsi subdirectory on the NetWare 3.12 drivers diskette you create contains files to be used with NetWare 3.12. The \scsi subdirectory on the NetWare 4.x drivers diskette you create contains files to be used with NetWare 4.x. The following files appear in the \scsi subdirectories on both NetWare driver diskettes:

readme.txt — An American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) text file describing Adaptec’s drivers for NetWare

aic7870.dsk — Adaptec’s 78xx Family driver for NetWare

aspitran.dsk — Adaptec’s ASPI® transport layer driver for NetWare

aspicd.dsk — Adaptec’s device driver for a CD-ROM drive

In addition, the \scsi subdirectory on your NetWare 4.x drivers diskette contains the following files:

aic7870.ddi — A driver definition information file to provide setup information to NetWare during installation; NetWare can then prompt you with parameters to be configured for the device driver during the installation process.

aspicd.ddi — A device driver definition file.

aspitran.ddi — A device driver definition file.

Installing and Configuring SCSI Drivers

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