User Guide

Installation and Upgrade 15
NetWare 6 Readme
103-000171-001
October 25, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Deployment Manager and specifically complete Step 3: Prepare for NDS
eDirectory 8.6. This step identifies and updates a server on the network that
holds the Master or Read/Write replica of the Root of the tree.
NetWare Deployment Manager (NWDEPLOY.EXE) runs on a Windows
workstation and is located on the NetWare Operating System CD.
For complete instructions on preparing the network, see the NetWare 6
Overview and Installation Guide.
Video Driver for NetWare Deployment Manager on Windows 2000
NetWare Deployment Manager might not run on Windows 2000 computers
with the Matrox G400 video driver. To fix the problem, download and install
the latest video driver from Matrox (http://www.matrox.com).
Using a Compaq ML530 Computer
NetWare 6 will not install on the Compaq* ML530 computer unless the
ML530 ROM has been flashed (updated) using Compaq's SmartStart 5.1 or
later. The ROM flash utility from Compaq's SmartStart 5.0 or earlier is not
sufficient. If the ROM is not updated, the NetWare 6 installation might hang
while configuring IP addresses.
Accelerated Upgrade: Removing Unsupported LAN Drivers
To avoid any problems, upgrade your LAN drivers before using NetWare
Accelerated Upgrade to upgrade your server to NetWare 6.
If you did not select the Auto-detect Computer Hardware after Rebooting
option, NetWare Accelerated Upgrade will not automatically update any old
LAN drivers and you might not be able to connect to your server. To correct
this problem, unload or remove any unsupported drivers and then load the
corresponding supported NetWare 6 drivers. After the upgrade is finished,
modify the AUTOEXEC.NCF file to reflect any name changes.
If you did not upgrade your LAN drivers before upgrading to NetWare 6 and
you have old hardware, select the Auto-detect Computer Hardware after
Rebooting option. If you do this, NetWare Accelerated Upgrade automatically
replaces any old LAN drivers with NetWare 6 LAN drivers.
NOTE: Some LAN driver hardware is no longer supported on NetWare 6.