Users Guide

You do not need to create a utility partition if you are installing IntranetWare on your system for the first time. Dell
shipped your system with the utility partition already created on the hard-disk drive; you can proceed to create the
primary MS-DOS partition on the drive. If you are reinstalling IntranetWare, you will need to delete the utility partition
and recreate it.
CAUTION: Do not perform these procedures if Dell installed IntranetWare 4.11 on your system. The Dell-
installed version of IntranetWare already contains the SCSI drivers you need. If you partition and format
drives that already contain data, the data will be overwritten and cannot be retrieved.
Perform these steps to prepare the hard-disk drive using the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant and Dell IntranetWare
Support CDs:
1. Perform the following steps to create a utility partition:
a. Insert the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD into the server's CD-ROM drive and turn on (or reboot)
the system.
b. From the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD, select Create Utility Partition and press <Enter>.
c. At the Welcome screen, select OK and press <Enter>.
d. At the message
Installation completed successfully, select OK and press <Enter>.
e. Select Exit and press <Enter>.
f. At the Exit Confirmation dialog box, remove the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD, insert the Dell
IntranetWare Support CD, select OK, and press <Enter> to reboot the server.
2. From the Dell IntranetWare Support menu, type 1 to select Create a primary DOS partition.
3. From the Hard-Drive Preparation menu, type 2 to select Run FDISK in automated mode.
NOTE: Dell recommends running the fdisk utility in automated mode unless you need to specify a different
size for the primary MS-DOS partition. Running the fdisk utility in automated mode creates a 25-MB
partition.
4. At the Warning screen, read the information and type
y to continue.
5. The program partitions and then reboots the system.
6. From the Dell IntranetWare Support menu, type 2 to select Format primary DOS partition.
7. When prompted, type y and press <Enter> to proceed with the format.
8. From the Dell IntranetWare Support menu, type 3 to select Copy DOS System Files to Hard-Drive.
9. Read the message that appears and type y to continue.
The message file transfer complete appears and you are returned to the a:\ prompt.
10. Remove the Dell IntranetWare Support CD from the drive and press <Ctl><Alt><Del> to reboot the system.
Your hard-disk drive has been prepared for IntranetWare installation. Continue to the next section.
Installing SCSI Drivers During IntranetWare 4.11 Installation
This section describes how to install the aic78u2.ham driver at the same time you install IntranetWare. If you have a
RAID controller, you should also install the pedge4xx.ham driver during this process.
If IntranetWare is already installed and you want to install or update the aic78u2.ham driver, refer to the IntranetWare
User's Guide for installation instructions. Also, refer to the IntranetWare User's Guide for information about
partitioning, creating a server name, and checking the Internetwork Packet eXchange (IPX) network number.
Follow these steps only if you are upgrading to IntranetWare or installing it for the first time:
1. Make backup copies of all IntranetWare diskettes and use those backup copies as your working diskettes.
2. Start up the server.
3. Insert the Novell IntranetWare CD into the CD-ROM drive.
4. Change to the CD-ROM drive prompt (the installation files are located in the root directory on the CD-ROM
drive).