User Guide

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Novell NetWare Installation
Using NetWare and the Host Adapter
This section contains useful information on using NetWare and your
host adapter.
Using Removable Media
The aic7870.dsk driver module fully supports removable-media
disk drives, including magneto-optical drives. Removable media is
treated as a standard SCSI hard disk, with some exceptions:
■
The driver only recognizes and registers media with 512
bytes/sector.
■
NetWare allows you to mount/dismount the media, and to
lock/unlock the media.
NetWare’s
monitor.nlm program supports several removable media
options. Follow these steps to view and configure these options:
1
Load monitor.nlm to display the various options.
2
Select Disk Information. All system disk drives appear.
3
Select the removable-media device. The following drive status
items appear:
Menu Choice Default Value
1. Volume Segments On
Drive
1
1
Valid for both removable and nonremovable types of SCSI disk drives.
(select for list)
2. Read After Write Verify
1
Hardware Level
3. Drive Light Status
1
Not Supported
4. Driver Operating Status
1
Active
5. Removable Drive Mount
Status
2
2
Valid for removable media only
Mounted
6. Removable Drive Lock
Status
2
Not Locked