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From: jamesp@world.std.com (james M peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Western-Digital Micro-Chann card problems (auto-booting)
Keywords: Novell, Netware, NFS, TCP/IP
Message-ID: <1991Feb11.191041.16501@world.std.com>
Date: 11 Feb 91 19:10:41 GMT
References: <3294@naucse.cse.nau.edu> <314@erb1.engr.wisc.edu>
Sender: jamesp@world.std.com
Organization: The World @ Software Tool & Die
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A friend is having problems with a stack of western dig micro-chan cards.
He has a ISA based 386 server with a ne200 equivalent ehternet card in it,
along with a stack of pronet stuff.

Attached to the net are a bunch of ibm 55sx with ibm supplied wd-(300??)
micro-chan e-net cards with boot proms.

To make these boot he needs to run a vap (RPL.VAP I think) but it is unhappy.

The docs (RPLVAP.DOC) refer to a program called RPLCONFIG which he does not
have - but thinks would solve his woes.

IBM sez call novell, novell sez pay $$$$$ or call IBM (as usual).
WD is no help either.

If he can't figure this out he'll never make it to networld.

Any ideas?  jamesp@world.std.com  800-227-1209 x3255
                                  617-393-3255
                                  Ziff-Davis/Medford/Mass

Or the problemed person: Jeff   jdonald@liuvax.bitnet (flakey link)
                                516-283-4000 x351 or 352
                                Long Island University/Southamton