IBM SG24-4763-00 manual Hardware Configuration

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3.1.2 Hardware Configuration

In order to successfully install Windows NT, we recommend that you obtain the following information:

Adapter Card	Required information
Video	Adapter or chipset type
Network Card	IRQ, I/O address, DMA (if used) connector type (BNC,
	twisted pair, etc)
SCSI Controller	Adapter model or chipset, IRQ and bus type
Mouse	Mouse type, port (COM1, COM2, bus or PS/2(R))
I/O Port	IRQ, I/0 address, DMA (if used) for each I/O port
Sound Card	IRQ, I/O address, DMA (if used) for each card
Internal Modem card	IRQ, I/O address, DMA (if used) for each modem
External Modem	IRQ, I/O address, DMA (if used) for each modem

To aid you in obtaining this information, two utilities are provided on the

Windows NT installation CD-ROM: NTHQ and SCSITOOL.

3.1.2.1 The NTHQ Utility

NTHQ utility is provided on the Windows NT installation CD-ROM, which you will find in the SUPPORT\HQTOOL directory. This utility will obtain most of the necessary hardware setting information required to complete the installation.

Note: If you have all the required information, it is not necessary to use this utility.

To create the NTHQ bootable utility diskette, do the following:

1.Go to the X:\SUPPORT\HQTOOL directory (where X: is your CD-ROM drive).

2.Insert a floppy disk in drive A:.

3.Run MAKEDISK.

4.With the disk in the drive, restart the computer.

5.The utility will run a cut-down Windows 3.1 system from the diskette to enable you to view the detected configuration.

Note: The MAKEDISK command will run under DOS or Windows NT.

3.1.2.2 The SCSITOOL Utility

Also on the Windows NT CD-ROM is the SCSITOOL utility for obtaining SCSI information. This tool currently only supports SCSI adapters from Adaptec and BusLogic. If you have all the required information it is not necessary to use this utility.

Note: If you use a SCSI adapter that requires a driver diskette, such as the

ServeRAID Adapter, then this utility will not detect your SCSI subsystem.

To create the SCSITOOL bootable utility diskette, do the following:

1.Go to the X:\SUPPORT\SCSITOOL directory (where X: is you CD-ROM drive).

2.Insert a floppy disk in drive A:.

3.Run MAKEDISK.

4.With the disk in the drive, restart the computer.

Note: The MAKEDISK command will run under DOS or Windows NT.

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