Installing or Upgrading NetWare Client Software
What Happens during Installation
NET.CFG
The installation program reads the existing NET.CFG file or creates a new one if one does not exist in order to set a configuration for the network board installed in your client workstation. Your old NET.CFG file is saved as NET.BNW.
The following is an example of a NET.CFG file for a Novell ® NE2000™ Ethernet board:
LINK DRIVER NE2000
PORT 300
INT 3
FRAME ETHERNET_802.2
NETWARE DOS REQUESTER
NETWARE PROTOCOL = NDS BIND
FIRST NETWORK DRIVE = F
MS Windows Configuration Files Are Modified
When you select “Install Support for MS Windows” in Step 3 of the NetWare Client installation program, the installation program makes changes to your SYSTEM.INI, WIN.INI, and PROGMAN.INI files.
SYSTEM.INI
The installation program adds or makes the following modifications to the SYSTEM.INI file:
[boot]
•The line network.drv= is replaced by network.drv=netware.drv.
If you are installing for Windows for Workgroups (WFWG), the following modification is made:
•The line secondnet.drv= is replaced by secondnet.drv=netware.drv. This loads NetWare User Tools driver when MS Windows is loaded.