Dell Mini Tower System manual Change to the db subdirectory on the diskette drive

Table B-1. Configuration Utility Messages (continued)

Message Probable Cause Corrective Action

The configuration (.cfg) file used by the ICU for this card is now invalid or does not exist. Do you wish to load the file?

No configuration (.cfg) file exists for the card being modi- fied. Do you want to load one?

This message appears when you try to add a listed card and the configuration file for this card has been corrupted or deleted from the data- base.

This message appears when you modify a card and its configuration file does not exist or has been deleted.

You can get a copy of the configuration file from the original ISA Configuration Utility Diskette that you used to create the backup ICU diskette. Use the following procedure:

1.Insert the original ISA Configuration Util- ity Diskette into drive A.

2.Change to the db subdirectory on the diskette drive.

For example, type cd a:\db.

3.Use a text editor to search the icu.ndx file for the card ID of the card you want to add or modify.

The name of the configuration file is part of this card ID. For example, if the card ID is ICU0200, the configuration file is!icu0200.cfg.

4.Copy the configuration file from the origi- nal ICU diskette to the backup diskette.

This is an EISA sys-	This message appears if you	To use the ICU, you must load the utility onto a
tem. Use an ECU, not	attempt to run the ICU on an	non-EISA system.
the ICU, to configure	EISA system.
your system.
You have added a card	This message can appear in	Make a note of the new card configuration shown
using settings differ-	two situations:	in the Card Resource Usage dialog box displayed
ent from factory	• You added an ISA	after this message. Change jumper settings on the
default. Reconfigure		ISA expansion card to match the new card config-
	expansion card,
the card to the set-		uration.
	selected OK, and the
tings in the next
	ICU had to use resource
display (see the
	values different from
card’s manual) before
	the card’s defaults to
installing it.
	avoid conflicts.
	• You added an ISA
	expansion card,
	selected Advanced, and
	chose resource values
	different from the card’s
	defaults.

NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary in the online System User’s Guide.

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