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From: kenh@techbook.com (Ken Haynes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: IDE and Netware 2.2
Keywords: IDE NETWARE 2.2
Message-ID: <1991May31.131154.12562@techbook.com>
Date: 31 May 91 13:11:54 GMT
References: <3745@naucse.cse.nau.edu>
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In article <3745@naucse.cse.nau.edu> jfb@naucse.cse.nau.edu (Jamie Bradford) writes:
>I am trying to set up a Netware 2.2 network using a 100MB IDE drive, and
>have run into  a snag.  The drive is set up as drive type 48 (user defined),
>so I get the Invalid ROM Parameter Table message one expects.  Under 2.15
>I would pull out Disk Manager N, and all would be hunky dory.  But I'm
>not sure if I can do that with 2.2, and I would prefer not to do so if I
>can avoid it.
>
>Does anyone out there know if DMN will work with 2.2?  If so, how?  If not,
>does ontrack expect to ship an update?  Is there another way?  Should I give 
>it up now?
>
I've been told that DMN has a brand new release that will work with 2.2.  
Setting up IDE drives with NW is tricky.  Use a capacity in the CMOS drive 
table that closely matches but does not exceed the formatted capacity of the
IDE drive.  Let the IDE do the sector head xlat and leave DMN out.

Ken


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