troch@pilot.njin.net (Rod Troch) (11/01/90)
I have followed the recent thread on the problems with packet drivers
from clarkson for the 3com 3c523 cards to no avail. I am still having
problems getting this working.
Let me explain what I have done.
I have gen'd the proper shells for Novell Netware 2.15. These shells
work fine, I can login to the server and run applications.
I have ftp'd the 3c523 packet drivers from Clarkson (vers 7). I load
the Novell shell then the packet driver and login to the network. I
then attempt to run a FTP product and it fails. With version 7 of the
packet driver I get a Initialization failed..timeout error, which was
discussed in the recent thread, I then attempted the same thing with
one change, I load a Clarkson packet driver version 5, then TERMINate
it and then load the packet driver version 7. This too fails when I
attempt to run a FTP product. But this time I do not get the
initialization failed error instead the computer locks-up and the
screen flashes all different colors and characters.
Has anyone else come across these problems? I am hoping someone can
give me some new information as to what I am doing wrong.
Thanks,
Rod
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| Friends don't let friends Beer Goggle |jbvb@FTP.COM ("James B. Van Bokkelen") (11/03/90)
I have gen'd the proper shells for Novell Netware 2.15. These shells
work fine, I can login to the server and run applications.
I have ftp'd the 3c523 packet drivers from Clarkson (vers 7). I load
the Novell shell then the packet driver and login to the network. I
then attempt to run a FTP product and it fails.
If this is in fact what you have done, the error is simple: If your Netware
shell can run by itself, without loading the Packet Driver first, then it
has its own built-in hardware driver. When you load the Packet Driver later,
both pieces of software are trying to talk to the same hardware, and you
get a crash.
What you need to do is build a Netware shell which doesn't have its own
hardware driver, instead depending on the Packet Driver (which must be
loaded before IPX.COM). If you have our PC-210 distribution, you'll find
the BYU SHELLDRV.OBJ file on the 4th or 5th disk, along with directions
on how to link it into a new IPX.COM.
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