AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1659          01/28/97 
 
 
 
TITLE:   Installing NetWare 4.11 on Manhattan G
 
 
ISSUE 
 
   When NetWare version 4.1 was installed on the Manhattan G system, 
   the server would lock up during the installation procedure, 
   requiring the user to patch the SERVER.EXE file and finish the 
   installation manually.  
   
   NetWare 4.11 will complete the automated installation without 
   incident, and will display the following informational message 
   when SERVER.EXE loads:
   
   *** Machine Check exception not supported***
   NetWare will not enable the CPU and local cache parity checking.
   
   This is not an error message but informational only!
   
   This issue affects all Manhattan G systems.    

 
BACKGROUND 
 
   Certain system board architectures prevent the NetWare Operating 
   System (OS) from using CPU and local cache parity checking.  
   NetWare version 4.11 checks for this and presents an 
   informational message to the user and disables the function. 
   NetWare version 4.1 also checked for this issue and locked up 
   when SERVER.EXE attempted to load, if it had not been patched. 
   (See 1641TB.TXT for more information on Netware version 4.1 and 
   the Manhattan G system.)    

 
ACTION 
 
   DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PATCH SERVER.EXE WITH CR4CLRFX.EXE
      
   1. After completing the initial NetWare 4.11 
      installation,  down the server and exit back to DOS.  
   
   2. Download the 411SP1B patch kit from Novell's support 
      web site at http://support.novell.com.
   
   3. Decompress the 411SP1B.EXE patch kit into the 
      directory (NWSERVER by default) where you just       
      installed NetWare. This will create a 411SP1 directory 
      structure under the NWSERVER directory.
   
   4. Locate the LSWAP.EXE and LOADER.EXE files (should be 
      in NWSERVER\411SP1\PK411) and copy them into the 
      NWSERVER directory. 
   
   5. Patch the new LOADER.EXE into SERVER.EXE by entering 
      the following at the command prompt while in the 
      NWSERVER directory:
      
      	LSWAP LOADER.EXE SERVER.EXE <Enter>
      
   6. Restart NetWare and install the remainder of the patch 
      kit normally through Install/Product Options.    

 
NOTES 
 
   N/A    

 
TAN TPR 016442JB 
 
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