LSRGS@UCLAAIS.BITNET (Glenn Scott) (02/01/90)
> >while I was running Netgen after following the installation procedure > >for a LAN-650 disk drive from Storage Dimensions. Does anyone know > >what Netgen is trying to do? This message occurs right after I select > >Netware Installation and Netgen tells me it is checking out my disk > >drives and to "please be patient" (I'm using 2.15C). > > >Is Netgen trying to find a disk file, or is it looking at the > >configuration of my PS/2 model 80 server? I've checked the config > >and everything looks ok... I can't figure it out. Any ideas? Thanks to all who replied (Glenn Fund, et all) -- indeed, I must have not been paying attention to the adapter addresses in the PS/2 Model 80 ref disk vs. the Netgen drivers... Netgen and the ref disk disagreed on where the drive was. What a fool. I ended up getting everything running, and I even brought up the 2.15C server with the Storage Dimensions disk once or twice. But, as many of you probably know, in 2.15C, if you specify a UPS in your SERVER.CFG, and the cable isn't connected, the OS assumes you've lost power and brings you down after 3 minutes. So, while I was moving things around, I took the UPS TYPE line out of the SERVER.CFG, downed the server. And it never came up again. Every time the Storage Dimensions driver would run (after the cold boot loader), it would freeze up. Now, when I boot the Model 80-311 server under DOS 3.2 (recommended by Storage Dimensions) and try to run their LANSTOR software, their installation program (which basically just initializes the SCSI controller and generates an .OBJ and a .DSK for NETGEN) hangs! Much swapping, I find that the program runs everywhere else except that Model 80. Has anyone had experience installing the LAN 650 SPS in a model 80? Glenn Scott UCLA Honors and Undergraduate Programs / Info Services