NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              Fixed Generic NetBIOS Driver
DOCUMENT ID:        TID000129
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               01JUL93
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         GENBIO.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NetWare Pre 3.11 and 2.2

ABSTRACT:
This file contains a generic NetBIOS driver. The patch corrects problems
found in the GENBIOS drivers supplied with NetWare v2.0a. Technical
Bulletin 1-148 refers to this problem.
_________________________________________________________________

DISCLAIMER
THE ORIGIN OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO NOVELL. 
NOVELL MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEANS TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. 
HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION
ONLY.  NOVELL MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS
INFORMATION.
_________________________________________________________________

Self-Extracting File Name:  GENBIO.EXE

Files Included     Size     Date        Time

  GENBIO.TXT          (This File)
 ACOMDRV.OBJ       4586    8-26-86      9:40a
 BCOMDRV.OBJ       4712    8-26-86      9:40a
 CCOMDRV.OBJ       4726    8-26-86      9:41a
 DCOMDRV.OBJ       4740    8-26-86      9:42a
SHELLDRV.OBJ       3775    8-26-86     10:53a


Date: September 9, 1986
 Number: 148

Title: New Drivers for Generic NETBIOS

A few problems have been discovered in the GENBIOS drivers supplied with
Advanced NetWare/86 2.0a.

Problems:

   1.Any station left unattended for an extended length of time
     will be automatically logged off of the network.

   2.A Shell takes more time than normal to attach to the
     server.

   3.Shells tie up the server when they cannot receive data.

Solution:

The problem is corrected by replacing the GENBIOS shell and OS drivers
supplied with Advanced NetWare/86 2.0a with the corrected versions
available on NetWire.

These new drivers should be copied onto working copies of your Advanced
NetWare/86 2.0a GENOS-1a and GENSH-1 diskettes.

The new drivers ACOMDRV.OBJ, BCOMDRV.OBJ, CCOMDRV.OBJ, and DCOMDRV.OBJ must
be copied into the GENBIOS directory of your GENOS-1A diskette and the
SHELLDRV.OBJ must be copied into the GENBIOS directory of your GENSH-1
diskette.  These drivers will only work with the Advanced NetWare 86.
ÿ