Technical Information Document
PS2OPT.DSK for NetWare 3.11 and 3.12 - TID309 (last modified 16AUG1995)
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abstract

This driver has been modified to include a wider range of support for tape drives as well as other issues. It is needed to support the IBM model 9595-opt Pentium /60mhz hardware.

installation

1. Rename the PS2OPT.DSK that is currently being used to PS2OPT.OLD.
2. Copy the new file PS2OPT.DSK onto the boot drive.

symptoms

1 1.Recovering when older disk drives would fail and hang the SCSI bus.
2.Occasionally failed to reload when there were active work stations.
3.Occasionally caused an ABEND when mounting all devices.
4.Taking too long to recover when a disk drive failed.

solutions

1.1 Apply PS2OPT.EXE

Self-Extracting File Name: PS2OPT.EXE Revision: A

Files Included Size Date Time

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  PS2OPT.TXT (This File)
  PS2OPT.DSK 35506 05-14-93 9:59a

Installation Instructions:

1.Rename the PS2OPT.DSK that is currently being used to PS2OPT.OLD.
2.Copy the new file PS2OPT.DSK onto the boot drive.

Solution Specifics:

PS2OPT.DSK for NetWare v3.11 and 3.12. This driver has been modified to include a wider range of support for tape drives as well as other issues. It also supports the IBM model 9595-opt with pentium 60 mhz processor.

Tape units the driver has been tested with:

1.Exabyte 8200, 8mm
2.Exabyte 8500, 8mm
3.HP 35470, 4mm DAT
4.HP 35480A, 4mm DAT
5.HP 35450A, 4mm DAT
6.WangDat 3200, 4mm DAT
7.WangDat 1300, 4mm DAT
8.Archive Python, 4mm DAT
9.Cipher T860s, 1/2 inch tape

This driver provides support for ALL IBM SCSI controllers, bus based as well as internal (MotherBoard). The internal (MotherBoard) controllers are found on PS/2 models 56, 57, 76, 77, and 85.

A new option has been added to the command line (at the server) when loading the disk driver, "LOAD PS2OPT.DSK /host", "/host" (in lower case only). This option tells the driver to load the internal (MotherBoard) SCSI controller that may not have been recognized. The PS2 model 85 must use this command to load, all other currently known, do not need it.

Some later revisions of the model 85 may also need a "slot=99" parameter added to the load command.

contents 

Self-Extracting File Name:  ps2opt.exe

Files Included       Size   Date         Time    Version   Checksum

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    PS2OPT.DSK      35506   05-14-1993   09:59AM
    PS2OPT.TXT       3165   12-14-1993   08:15AM
Document Title: PS2OPT.DSK for NetWare 3.11 and 3.12
Document ID: 309
Creation Date: 14DEC1993
Modified Date: 16AUG1995
Document Revision: 1
Novell Product Class: NetWare
Novell Product and Version: NetWare 3.11
NetWare 3.12

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