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Loading the Driver at Server Bootup, Using the Load Command Line Options

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Loading the Driver at Server Bootup To automatically load the adpt160m.ham at server bootup, the startup.ncf file (usually located in your server's startup directory) must contain a load command line that specifies the location of the driver and any appropriate command line options (see "Using the Load Command Line Options" on this page). For additional information on the startup.ncf file, refer to your NetWare documentation. The correct syntax to load the driver is: load [pathname]adpt160m.ham [options] For example, the command line to load the driver from the c:\nwserver directory, with the verbose= option on is: load c:\nwserver\adpt160m verbose=y Command line options are not case sensitive. Placing commas between command line options is optional. See "Using the Load Command Line Options" on page 55 for possible values. To modify the startup.ncf file, follow these steps: NOTE You can also use your DOS text editor to modify the startup.ncf file. 1. Type load install at the NetWare prompt and press Enter. 2. Select the appropriate menu choice that allows you to edit the startup.ncf file. 3. Make the necessary changes. When you are done, press Esc. Using the Load Command Line Options You can specify several command line options when the driver is loaded. The available options are described in the table below. This table describes command line options for the adpt160m.ham driver for Ultra3 SCSI host bus adapter. 55

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Loading the Driver at Server Bootup
To automatically load the
adpt160m.ham
at server bootup, the
startup.ncf
file
(usually located in your server’s startup directory) must contain a
load
command line that specifies the location of the driver and any appropriate
command line options (see “Using the Load Command Line Options” on this
page). For additional information on the
startup.ncf
file, refer to your NetWare
documentation.
The correct syntax to load the driver is:
load [
pathname
]adpt160m.ham [
options
]
For example, the command line to load the driver from the
c:\nwserver
directory, with the
verbose=
option
on
is:
load c:\nwserver\adpt160m verbose=y
Command line options are
not
case sensitive. Placing commas between
command line options is optional. See “Using the Load Command Line
Options” on page 55 for possible values.
To modify the
startup.ncf
file, follow these steps:
NOTE
You can also use your DOS text editor to modify the
startup.ncf
file.
1. Type
load install
at the NetWare prompt and press
Enter
.
2. Select the appropriate menu choice that allows you to edit the
startup.ncf
file.
3. Make the necessary changes. When you are done, press
Esc
.
Using the Load Command Line Options
You can specify several command line options when the driver is loaded. The
available options are described in the table below. This table describes
command line options for the
adpt160m.ham
driver for Ultra3 SCSI host bus
adapter.