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Novell NetWare* 3.12 Automated Client Installation

Overview

NetWare* 3.12 includes an Automated Client Installation. This new feature automatically creates a directory, NWCLIENT, on your c:\ drive and copies the drivers that make up the ODI protocol stack (LSL.COM, EXP16ODI.COM, AND IPXODI.COM) and the NetWare DOS Requester to this directory.

Before you begin installation, you need the I/O address and IRQ of the EtherExpress™ adapter. You can get this information by typing CONFIG at the NetWare colon prompt. You can also get this information by running SOFTSET for the EtherExpress 16 card, or running MCADIAGS for the EtherExpress MCA card.

You will also need the latest version of EXP16ODI.COM and document 9089 which is available through Intel's online services. NetWare 3.12 is designed to run with the ODI Protocol Stack and the NetWare DOS Requester, which is referred to as a "VLM." VLM.EXE is the file that loads the NetWare DOS Requester, but it is not the only file that makes up the NetWare DOS Requester. For more information on ODI and the NetWare DOS Requester see Novell's documentation.

Procedure

  1. Insert the "NetWare Client for DOS" or "WSDOS_1" disk into drive a:. Type "a:install" and press enter.

  2. Step 1 asks you for the Client Directory Name. NetWare 3.12 copies the ODI drivers and the VLMs into this directory. Default is C:\NWCLIENT. (This document refers to the C:\NWCLIENT directory, if you change this default, substitute your own directory name). Press enter twice to confirm client directory name.

  3. Step 2 tells you that Client Installation requires "LASTDRIVE=Z" in the CONFIG.SYS and that "CALL STARTNET.BAT" is added to AUTOEXEC.BAT. We recommend that you allow Client Installation to make these changes to your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS. Press Y, then press enter.

  4. Step 3 asks "Do you wish to install support for Windows?" Respond Y if you are a Windows* user, N if you are not, and press enter to confirm your choice.

  5. Step 4 asks you to "Press <Enter> to install the driver for your network board." Press enter. Client Installation displays a dialog box that is titled "Insert the Driver Disk". The body of the message reads, in part, "insert the Driver Disk which...must have the file DRIVER.DOS or have an INS file....". Insert the "NetWare Client Drivers for DOS" or "WSDRV_2" disk.

  6. NetWare 3.12 copies the EtherExpress ODI driver, EXP16ODI.COM to C:\NWCLIENT. Client Installation asks for additional disks, which vary depending on how you answered the "Install Windows Support" question. Insert disks according to the instructions that Client Installation displays onscreen.

  7. When you have completed the installation, you'll need to replace the version of EXP16ODI.COM that Client Installation copied to C:\NWCLIENT with the latest version of the EXP16ODI.COM driver that is available through Intel's online services (see the BEFORE YOU BEGIN section of this document for more information).

  8. Client Installation creates a NET.CFG file in C:\NWCLIENT. Verify that the Port number (I/O Address) specified in the Link Driver section is the I/O Address that you set for the EtherExpress card. A portion of the NET.CFG file is show below.

    Link Driver EXP16ODI
    Port xxx

    Frame Ethernet_802.3 >> Add this line if you attach to any 2.x or 3.0 - 3.11 servers

    Frame Ethernet_802.2

    NetWare DOS Requester
    FIRST NETWORK DRIVE = F

    "FIRST NETWORK DRIVE = F" is required by NetWare 3.12 when CONFIG.SYS is modified to include LASTDRIVE=Z.

  9. Client Installation creates a file called STARTNET.BAT in C:\NWCLIENT. It updates your AUTOEXEC.BAT to call STARTNET.BAT. STARTNET.BAT calls all of the files necessary to login. Reboot your PC to login to NetWare 3.12.

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