User Guide

4-4
Adaptec 7800 Family Manager
Note:
To load the driver automatically at server bootup,
make sure the
startup.ncf file includes the load command
line for your host adapter. See Installing the Driver When
NetWare is Already Installed on page 4-4 and Loading the
Driver at Server Bootup on page 4-5.
Installing the Driver When NetWare is Already
Installed
To update or install the aic7870.dsk or aic78u2.ham driver when
NetWare is already installed, follow the instructions in this section.
The procedures are similar for all versions of NetWare. Procedures
that are specific to a NetWare version are noted when necessary.
1
Make a backup copy of the old driver (if it exists) before
installing the new driver.
2
Copy the aic7870.dsk or aic78u2.ham driver from the 7800
Family Manager Set diskette for NetWare into the server’s
startup directory (e.g.,
c:\nwserver, c:\server.40, c:\server.312 )
on your hard disk. This overwrites any existing version of the
driver in the directory.
Note:
For NetWare v3.1x, the driver file is located in
the
\netware\v3_1x directory on the diskette; for
NetWare v4.0 and v4.1x, the file is in \netware\v4_xx .
3
If necessary, modify the load command line in the startup.ncf
file so that the proper path to the driver and all appropriate
command line options are specified. See Loading the Driver at
Server Bootup on page 4-5.
The correct syntax to load the 7800 Family driver is
load [
pathname ]aic7870 [ options ]
or
load [
pathname ]aic78u2 [ options ]
Command line options are not case sensitive. Placing commas
between command line options is optional. See Loading the
Driver at Server Bootup on page 4-5 for possible values.