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Tech Bulletin: Correction for DMA channel initialization
NOVELL TECHNICAL BULLETIN
TITLE: Correction for DMA channel initialization
DOCUMENT ID: TB.P.185
DATE: 6/12/87
PRODUCT: NetWare
PRODUCT VERSION: SFT NetWare Level II
SUPERSEDES: NA
SYMPTOM: NA
ISSUE/PROBLEM
We have discovered that the cold boot loader included with SFT NetWare
Level II does not properly initialize and enable DMA when the file server
is booted from the hard disk. LAN adapters that require DMA 1 or 3 will
be affected, i.e., Orchid, AST, Santa Clara, PCNet and IBM PC Network.
If this loader is used with these adapters, workstations will not be able
to communicate with the file server. Any other LAN interface using DMA
channels 1 or 3 will also be affected.
The faulty loader is identified as:
LOADER.DAT 6656 11-21-86 10:24a
The problem is corrected by replacing the cold boot loader on the hard
disk with the one described below:
LOADER.DAT 6656 5-20-87 12:17p
This new loader is available on NetWire as:
LOADER.ARC
The new boot loader is installed by bringing down the file server,
booting DOS, and running the INSTALL program. At the Install menu,
insert a diskette containing the new boot loader. Select Option 4 which
is "install cold boot loader." At this point, the new loader will be
written to the hard disk. When the Install menu returns, exit the
program using Option 10. Then reboot the file server.
Until you receive the LOADER.DAT, to correct the problem you can boot the
OS from the floppy and this will bypass the LOADER.DAT.