NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              The AT Disk Driver for NetWare 286 v2.15
DOCUMENT ID:        TID000041
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               01JUL93
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         ATDISK.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NetWare Pre 3.11 and 2.2

ABSTRACT:
This file contains the disk driver for IBM AT or compatible machines that
was shipped with NetWare versions prior to v2.15c.  The driver solves a
problem of severe disk performance degradation, if the machine has an
internal MFM controller with dual drives attached, when upgrading to
v2.15c.
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Self-Extracting File Name:  ATDISK.EXE

Files Included     Size     Date        Time

  ATDISK.TXT          (This File)
  ATDISK.DSK        167   11-11-88      4:21p
  ATDISK.OBJ       4747   10-12-88      1:16p


This is the disk driver for IBM AT or compatible machines that was shipped
with NetWare 286 versions prior to v2.15C.  This driver solves a problem
that  customers are having when they upgrade to v2.15C.  Sometimes they
experience  severe disk performance degradation if they have an internal
MFM controller  with two drives attached to it.

To install this version of the disk driver:

1. Copy the ATDISK.DSK to your working copy of the AUXGEN diskette (or
AUXGEN directory if you are using the hard disk method).  Copy the
ATDISK.OBJ file to the DSK_DRV_.001 diskette or directory.

2. Run Netgen -N.  When selecting your network configuration a message will
be displayed asking if you want to replace the "IBM AT hard disk..." driver
with the "Industry Standard ISA..." driver.  Answer NO.  Then continue on
and pick the AT driver for your channel 0 disk driver along with the rest
of your network configuration.

3. Link the Operating System and also the File Server Utilities.

4. Install the NetWare Operating System on your file server.
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