Calculating The Slot Number - Dell 2100 User Manual

To begin driver installation, first load the EZ-SCSI utility
as described in the following subsection "Installing
EZ-SCSI," and then calculate the slot number as
described in "Calculating the Slot Number" found later in
this section. Then if you are performing a first-time Net-
Ware installation, see "Installing NetWare and the
Driver" found later in this section. If NetWare is already
installed in your system, see "Using NetWare to Update
or Install the Driver" found later in this section.
NOTE: Your system must have a complete version of
MS-DOS (version 6.2x) installed before you can com-
plete the Novell NetWare installation.
Installing EZ-SCSI
The Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility automatically configures the
computer to use an Adaptec SCSI host adapter and the
devices connected to it. The Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility also
copies applications and device drivers to the computer's
hard-disk drive. The configuration and installation process
is explained with a series of screens. In most cases, the
computer and SCSI devices are configured to take full
advantage of all the performance benefits of SCSI when
you accept the default values suggested by these screens.
Follow these steps to install the Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility:
1. If you have not already done so, create an
Adaptec EZ-SCSI diskette for the version of Net-
Ware you are using.
Chapter 2, "Using the Dell Server Assistant CD,"
provides instructions for creating this diskette.
2. Insert your Adaptec EZ-SCSI diskette into
drive A.
3. Type dosinst and press <Enter>. A message
appears while the EZ-SCSI utility loads into
memory.
4. When the first EZ-SCSI screen appears, read the
text carefully.
You can press <F1> on any screen for additional
help. (Press <Esc> to exit a Help screen.)
5. Press <Enter> to continue with the installation.
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6. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
Press <Enter> at every screen to accept the
EZ-SCSI default values.
If you accept all the default values, the EZ-SCSI util-
ity copies the files from the diskette to the c:\scsi
directory. (The EZ-SCSI utility creates this directory
if the directory does not already exist.) The EZ-SCSI
utility also adds command lines to your computer's
configuration files (autoexec.bat and/or config.sys)
that will load the required device drivers into mem-
ory when you boot your computer.
Press <Esc> to continue after the EZ-SCSI utility
enters changes to your system configuration files.
If you want to copy the files to a different directory
or control the changes to your configuration files,
follow the instructions on the screen. Press <F1> on
any screen to see more information.
NOTE: If the EZ-SCSI utility is unable to locate the
mscdex.exe file in the c:\dos directory, it will prompt
for a pathname to access this file. (Without this file,
the utility cannot access the computer's CD-ROM
drive.)
When the message (Adaptec EZ-SCSI has
been successfully installed...)appears
on the screen, press <Enter> or <Esc> to exit the EZ-
SCSI utility, and remove the Adaptec EZ-SCSI dis-
kette from the drive. Then reboot your computer by
pressing <Ctrl><Alt><Del>.

Calculating the Slot Number

The slot number is used to uniquely identify each
Adaptec 78xx Family host adapter installed in your sys-
tem. To properly load the driver for each Adaptec 78xx
host adapter, you will need to calculate the slot number in
order to include it as part of the load command line.
NOTE: The Novell NetWare operating system will auto-
matically calculate the slot number for you if you are
installing only one expansion card. If you are installing
multiple expansion cards, use the following procedure to
calculate the slot number.