----------------------------------------------------------------------------- NETWARE REQUESTER FOR OS/2 CLIENT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- The \NOVELL\OS2ODI subdirectory on your distribution diskette contains the following files: README.TXT - This file which contains two sections: 1. INSTALLING THE NETWARE REQUESTER FOR OS/2 CLIENT DRIVER 2. SUPPORTED NET.CFG PARAMETERS DEPCA.SYS - Novell NetWare Requester for OS/2 client driver for the Digital EtherWORKS 2 (DEPCA) family of adapters NET.CFG - Sample ODI driver control and configuration file ***TRADEMARKS*** DEC, Digital, and DECpc are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation. Novell, NetWare, and LAN WorkPlace are registered trademarks and NetWare Loadable Module and NLM are trademarks of Novell, Incorporated. OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Section 1 INSTALLING THE NETWARE REQUESTER FOR OS/2 CLIENT DRIVER ------------------------------------------------------------------ This driver follows standard Novell installation procedures for Netware Requester for OS/2 client drivers. Perform the following steps to install the NetWare Requester for OS/2 Client Driver: 1. Verify that the Ethernet network interface card (NIC) is properly configured and installed. 2. Install the Novell NetWare Workstation files to the OS/2 workstation as described in the chapter "Installing and Configuring the NetWare Requester for OS/2" from the manual Novell NetWare Requester for OS/2 which was supplied with your NetWare software kit. 3. Enter the following command to copy the Novell NetWare Requester for OS/2 client driver to the OS/2 workstation: COPY A:\NOVELL\OS2ODI\DEPCA.SYS C:\NETWARE Where C: is the OS/2 boot drive. 4. Configure the NET.CFG file for the DEPCA.SYS client driver. The DEPCA.SYS client driver and the NetWare workstation files use the NET.CFG file for configuring the driver at load-time. The \OS2ODI subdirectory provides a sample NET.CFG file to help with your driver configuration. a. Enter the following command to copy the sample NET.CFG file to the same directory as the other driver files: COPY A:\NOVELL\OS2ODI\NET.CFG C:\NETWARE b. Edit the NET.CFG file to customize it for your system setup. Refer to "Novell NetWare Requester for OS/2" Appendix A, "NET.CFG Options", and Section 3, SUPPORTED NET.CFG PARAMETERS, for more information on all of the NET.CFG file parameters. 5. Connect your Ethernet controller to your network. 6. To load the Novell NetWare ODI drivers and the ODI client driver, follow the procedure described in "Novell NetWare Netware Requester For OS/2". Typically a line is added to CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\NETWARE\DEPCA.SYS NOTE: The Netware ODI drivers support 64KB and 32KB modes on MicroChannel adapter models DE210-AB and DE212-AB. There is no support for 16KB mode. Section 2 SUPPORTED NET.CFG PARAMETERS --------------------------------------- The following parameters are valid under the LINK DRIVER DEPCA heading in the NET.CFG file. Precede each parameter with a TAB or white space. Refer to your Novell documentation for more information on editing the NET.CFG file. Parameter: FRAME ETHERNET_802.2 Description: Configures the OS/2 client driver to use the ETHERNET_802.2 frame format. Parameter: FRAME ETHERNET_II Description: Configures the OS/2 client driver to use the ETHERNET_II frame format. Parameter: FRAME ETHERNET_SNAP Description: Configures the OS/2 client driver to use the ETHERNET_SNAP frame format. Parameter: FRAME ETHERNET_802.3 Description: Configures the OS/2 client driver to use the ETHERNET_802.3 frame format. Following is an example NET.CFG file with the OS/2 ODI client driver configured for ETHERNET_II frame type. LINK DRIVER DEPCA ; This line must be included in net.cfg FRAME ETHERNET_IIDownload Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
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