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From: spexet@ux.acs.umn.edu (D. Robert Spexet II)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: LAN Server problems
Message-ID: <3648@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 22 Mar 91 14:02:01 GMT
References: <1991Mar20.122456.2024@praxis.co.uk>
Organization: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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In article <1991Mar20.122456.2024@praxis.co.uk> graeme@praxis.co.uk (Graeme Cutler) writes:
>When the machine powers up the config.sys seems alright.  The token ring
>card seems to check itself out ok.  I've even tried a few programs I've
>written which use the Netbios API and they fail to work first failling to
>allocate the necessary resources (although that's not fatal) but then it
>fails to add the name error hex 23 (verify that the adapter is present).
>And another machine running LAN Manager is able to monitor the Servers
>adapter card - so it is present on the ring.
>
>I've put in the reference disk and it confirms that the Ethernet is in the
>Primary slot and the token ring adapter is the alternate one.

We've had our share of problems with this, also.

Does your machine beep during booting?  When we had this problem, our machine
beeped once, just before the Presentation Manager screen came up.

Also:  Did you use the REINST command to install your config.cfg file?


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