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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 SCO UNIX likes to have all cards and disk drives configured in CMOS to work properly. SCO can actually read the EISA ROM 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. 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 backwards compatibility and ease of system administration logical drives smaller than 2 GB are recommended for your root drive. Utility Partition Access Disabled During SCO UnixWare installation, access to the Utility Partition built by the Configuration Assistant is disabled. Select "Skip" when Configuration Assistant asks you to build the Utility Partition. Installation Media The following installation media is required in addition to the main product CD-ROM or tape to install SCO UnixWare. For UnixWare 2.1.x: Installation diskette, SCO UnixWare Host Bus Adapter Drivers diskette, and the HP Drivers diskette (produced from the HP NetServer Navigator CD). Swap Space You may wish to increase the swap space from the default provided. UnixWare uses the swap space to swap the least-recently used pages in and out of memory. If you have the disk space available, you might consider using more than the default, or doubling the size of the physical memory, whichever is greater. Additional File Systems When installing UnixWare you have the opportunity to create separate file systems in addition to the root file system. If you choose to create additional file systems you will be

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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
SCO UNIX likes to have all cards and disk drives configured in CMOS to work properly.
SCO can actually read the EISA ROM 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.
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 backwards compatibility and ease of system administration logical drives smaller
than 2 GB are recommended for your root drive.
Utility Partition Access Disabled
During SCO UnixWare installation, access to the Utility Partition built by the
Configuration Assistant is disabled.
Select "Skip" when Configuration Assistant asks
you to build the Utility Partition.
Installation Media
The following installation media is required in addition to the main product CD-ROM or
tape to install SCO UnixWare.
For UnixWare 2.1.x: Installation diskette, SCO UnixWare Host Bus Adapter Drivers
diskette, and the HP Drivers diskette (produced from the HP NetServer Navigator CD).
Swap Space
You may wish to increase the swap space from the default provided.
UnixWare uses the
swap space to swap the least-recently used pages in and out of memory.
If you have the
disk space available, you might consider using more than the default, or doubling the size
of the physical memory, whichever is greater.
Additional File Systems
When installing UnixWare you have the opportunity to create separate file systems
in
addition to the root file system. If you choose to create additional file systems you will be