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Section 3. On-Line Information and Software Sources Section 1. General Tips Introduction The following subsections discuss problems that you may encounter when installing SCO UNIX 3.2v4.2, Open Desktop (ODT) 3.0, OpenServer 3.0, MPX 3.0, and OpenServer 5.0.x. SCO UNIX installation procedures include installing SCO UNIX files, loading all required drivers (including BTLD (Boot Time Loadable Driver) packages), and linking information to the kernel. As a rule, select fully configurable, rather than automatic, initialization. CaSe SeNsItIvE All version of UNIX are very case sensitive and you need to be absolutely sure that you type in the commands exactly as instructed. Almost all UNIX commands are in lower case so if you are unsure try lower case first. Start Counting At Zero In almost all cases a UNIX system will start counting at ZERO. Therefore, SCSI Controller 0 is the first controller, SCSI Channel 0 is the first channel, Hard Disk 0 is the first hard disk, etc. Set Up All Cards In ECU or BIOS Setup Utility SCO UNIX likes to have all cards and disk drives configured in CMOS to work properly. SCO can actually read the system configuration information. This means that before you try to configure SCO to use a particular adapter card in the system go in and make sure that it is set up in the ECU or BIOS setup utility. Even if it is an ISA adapter without a config file go into the ECU and add a "Generic ISA Adapter" and assign the appropriate resources such as DMA, Memory, and IRQ to match the settings of the card. (There is a config file for a Generic ISA Adapter on the NS#2 diskette or Navigator CD-ROM. Add it as a non-HP board). Installation To Disk Arrays Installation to a logical drive, on a disk array, larger than 2048 MB is not recommended. For SCO versions 5.0.x, larger drives are possible but for backwards compatibility and ease of system administration logical drives smaller than 2 GB are recommended for your root drive. Utility Partition Access Disabled

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Section 3.
On-Line Information and Software Sources
Section 1.
General Tips
Introduction
The following subsections discuss problems that you may encounter when installing SCO
UNIX 3.2v4.2, Open Desktop (ODT) 3.0, OpenServer 3.0, MPX 3.0, and OpenServer
5.0.x.
SCO UNIX installation procedures include installing SCO UNIX files, loading all
required drivers (including BTLD (Boot Time Loadable Driver) packages), and linking
information to the kernel.
As a rule, select fully configurable, rather than automatic, initialization.
CaSe SeNsItIvE
All version of UNIX are
very
case sensitive and you need to be absolutely sure that you
type in the commands exactly as instructed.
Almost all UNIX commands are in lower
case so if you are unsure try lower case first.
Start Counting At Zero
In almost all cases a UNIX system will start counting at ZERO. Therefore, SCSI
Controller 0 is the first controller, SCSI Channel 0 is the first channel, Hard Disk 0 is the
first hard disk, etc.
Set Up All Cards In ECU or BIOS Setup Utility
SCO UNIX likes to have all cards and disk drives configured in CMOS to work properly.
SCO can actually read the system configuration information.
This means that before you
try to configure SCO to use a particular adapter card in the system go in and make sure
that it is set up in the ECU or BIOS setup utility.
Even if it is an ISA adapter without a
config file go into the ECU and add a "Generic ISA Adapter" and assign the appropriate
resources such as DMA, Memory, and IRQ to match the settings of the card.
(There is a
config file for a Generic ISA Adapter on the NS#2 diskette or Navigator CD-ROM.
Add
it as a non-HP board).
Installation To Disk Arrays
Installation to a logical drive, on a disk array, larger than 2048 MB is not recommended.
For SCO versions 5.0.x, larger drives are possible but for backwards compatibility and
ease of system administration logical drives smaller than 2 GB are recommended for your
root drive. Utility Partition Access Disabled