LANtastic by ARTISOFT Artisoft Technical Bulletin TITLE: LANtastic NOS 5.0 Boot ROM Upgrade Procedures FILENAME: BOOTIP.TXT UPDATED: 04.26.95 CLASSIFICATION: Remote booting AUTHOR: DF/LKA This technical bulletin is meant to supplement the Complete Guide to LANtastic DOS version Chapter 14 and Chapter 18 of the Windows version and the documentation on the LANtastic Remote Boot diskette. Please find additional details in these sections of the manuals and the ArtiDocs documentation. If you are installing a new diskless workstation with LANtastic, please refer to the documentation listed above for complete instructions. 1) First identify the existing adapter cards in the network and goto the appropriate step. AE-2 series adapters REV C and lower Step #2 AE-2 REV E adapters Step #3 AE-2 REV F and above adapters Step #4 NodeRunners Step #4 2) All AE-2 REV B & C cards use a #153 Boot ROM, which must be replaced with #853 Boot Rom. These Boot ROM's are only 16K in size and therefore will only work on NOS 5.0 with the FFRPL (Find/Found Remote Program Load) image. For FFRPL setup procedures, skip to step #8 3) AE-2 REV E cards may contain either a #153 Boot ROM or a #176 Boot ROM. For #153 Boot ROM's go back to step #2. With a #176 Boot ROM you must use the FFRPL image. The chip can be reprogrammed by using the PROG-ROM utility. For information on PROG-ROM skip to step #6 4) For NodeRunner and AE-2 REV F and higher cards you can use either the FFRPL or Old Style images. For Old Style Image continue on. For FFRPL skip to #6 5) Old Style boot image upgrade procedure [please refer to the LANtastic manual for advantages/disadvantages]: A. Boot all nodes on the network and at the server, unpack the REDIR.EXE and NET.EXE files from the NOS 5.0 upgrade disk to a temporary location on the hard drive: INSTALL UNPACK REDIR.EXE C:\TEMP INSTALL UNPACK NET.EXE C:\TEMP B. Copy the PROG-ROM utility and image (*.IMG) files from the LANtastic Remote Boot disk to the C:\LANTASTI DIRECTORY. COPY A:\PROG-ROM.EXE C:\LANTASTI COPY A:\XXXXXX.IMG C:\LANTASTI where XXXXXX.IMG is the correct image file for the type of PEROM and style of booting. See attachment for complete details of which image is required. C. From the diskless workstation, copy the REDIR.EXE and NET.EXE files from the temporary directory on the server to the A: image disk from the Workstation: CD\TEMP COPY REDIR.EXE A:\ COPY NET.EXE A:\ This will work provided the previous image file did not issued a NET UNLINK command. If a NET UNLINK was issued in the previous image file, then the A: drive will NOT be the boot image file. You will need to find the diskette that contains the files that was used to create the original boot image and follow the above instructions to put the new versions of REDIR.EXE and NET.EXE on that diskette. You will also need to build the boot image file again on the server before the new network software will take effect. D. Issue the command AIMOVE. This will transfer the image in ROM to RAM, and allow you to run the PROG-ROM command. E. Reprogram the EPROM using the PROG-ROM utility and the NOS 5.0 image file PROG-ROM/Address=xxxx/Size=32K AEX5000.IMG xxxx= is the RAMBASE address that the card is set to. NOTE: For NodeRunner the image name is NODE5000.IMG F. After all diskless workstations have been upgraded through the above procedure the install the upgrade to NOS 5.0 on the server without the network running. Issue a SERVER/REM or reboot the server and do not allow the STARTNET.BAT file to execute. G. Start the server with NOS 5.0 and boot the diskless workstations. 6) Creating a FFRPL (Find/Found Remote Program Load) image [please refer to the LANtastic manual for advantages/disadvantages]. A. Issue the command AIMOVE. This will transfer the image in ROM to RAM, and allow you to run the PROG-ROM command. NOTE: This step is not necessary with NodeRunner adapters. Boot ROMs shipped after 3/15/93 from Artisoft will contain the FFRPL image and reprogramming should not be necessary unless an Old Style image is desired. B. Reprogram the PEROM using the PROG-ROM utility and the FFRPL10.IMG file. PROG-ROM/ADDRESS=XXXX/SIZE=32K/IOBASE=XXX/IRQ=XX FFRPL10.IMG where FFRPL10.IMG is the image for 32K PEROM for NodeRunner, AE-3 and 16K PEROM for AE-2 Rev. E and greater adapters. Used for connecting with LANtastic V5.0 Find/Found boot type, NetWare 4.0 RPL and all other IBM Standard boot servers. NOTE: The IOBASE and IRQ switches are only used with the FFRPL image on AE-2 series cards. If using a NodeRunner, omit the IOBASE and IRQ switches from the PROG-ROM command line. AE-2 REV E cards using a #176 Boot ROM need to set SIZE= to 16K instead of 32K C. Create a bootable image diskette with the following command: FORMAT A:/4/S This MUST be a 360K bootable disk. If the computer has only a 3.5" disk drive then download CHGSIZ.ZIP from the Artisoft BBS [520-884-8648]. This will allow you to format a 720K disk to single sided 360K. [If you have a 1.44Mb 3.5" disk drive, format the disk to 720K and then run CHGSIZE.EXE.] D. Copy the following files to the bootable floopy disk create in step C. above: COPY AEX.EXE [or NODERUN.EXE] A:\ COPY AILANBIO.EXE A:\ COPY REDIR.EXE A:\ COPY NET.EXE A:\ E. Create the following AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS file on the bootable floppy: AUTOEXEC.BAT @ECHO OFF NODERUN AILANBIO REDIR # BUFFERS=2 SIZE=2048 NET LOGIN \\SERVERNAME ?"Username: " ^"Password: " NET USE C: \\SERVERNAME\C-DRIVE PATH=C:\DOS;C:\LANTASTI;C:\ SET COMSPEC=C:\COMMAND.COM PROMPT $P$G C: C:\LANTASTI\UNLINK.BAT CONFIG.SYS BUFFERS=32 FILES=100 LASTDRIVE=Z FCBS=16,8 7. Upgrade to LANtastic 5.0 without SERVER.EXE running (SERVER/REM or CTRL-ALT-DEL and "S" to Shutdown). 8. On the Boot Server run NET_MGR and select Remote Boot Maintenance. 9. After the image is created, press ESC. From within Remote Boot Maintenance, Press INS and select the Find/Found option to load the boot image. 10. On the boot image server, create a batch called UNLINK.BAT in the C:\LANTASTI directory. This batch file should contain the following command: NET UNLINK 11. Start the server with NOS 5.0 and boot the diskless workstations. ATTACHMENT: LANtastic NOS 5.0 Boot ROM Tips NE-3 Contact Artisoft for a replacement part [800-TINY-RAM]. AE-2 REVS B & C Boot ROM Part #153 must be replaced for an #853 Boot ROM and will only work with an FFRPL image. Contact Artisoft for a replacement part [800-TINY-RAM]. AE-2 REV E Identify the Boot ROM. For #153 replace it for an #853. For a #176 run PROG-ROM with a FFRPL image. AE-2 REV F & Up #182 Boot ROM. PROG-ROM with either Old Style or FFRPL. NodeRunner #182 Boot ROM. PROG-ROM with either Old Style or FFRPL. AIMOVE v1.03 will error ["cannot find a ROM version to move"] with a PEROM v1.41.4. Use v1.01 of AIMOVE with this PEROM [the PEROM will have v1.41.4 on its label]. v1.03 will work correctly on a v1.01 PEROM. See T01957 PROG-ROM Must use version 1.9 with AE-2 cards on an FFRPL image. Must specify IRQ and IOBASE for an FFRPL image with an AE-2 card only. Choose Size=16K for AE-2 Rev E. EMM386.EXE Do not use the Windows Version. The DOS version does not allow Windows to Run in Enhanced mode. MEM/C will not report upper memory and you cannot load anything else high after a Net Unlink. Windows can be run in enhanced mode without loading EMM386. Description of Image Files on the LANtastic Remote Boot Diskette EAE24104.IMG Image for 16K ROM for AE-2 Rev. E Ethernet adapters. Used with LANtastic V4.X remote booting. A2MB4106.IMG Image for 32K PEROM for A2Mbps adapters. Used with LANtastic V4.X and 5.0 remote booting. AEX4102.IMG Image for 32K PEROM for AE-2/C, AE-2/T and AE-3 Ethernet adapters. Used with LANtastic V4.X remote booting. NODE4102.IMG Image for 32K PEROM for NodeRunner adapters using Artisoft or Artisoft/8 modes. Used with LANtastic V4.X remote booting. AEX5000.IMG Image for 32K PEROM for AE-2 and AE-3 adapters using LANtastic V5.0 and Old Style remote booting. NODE5000.IMG Image for 32K PEROM for NodeRunner adapters using LANtastic V5.0 and Old Style remote booting. NODE5000.IMG Image for 32K PEROM for NodeRunner adapters using LANtastic V5.0 and Old Style remote booting. SNR.IMG Image for 32K PEROM for NodeRunner adapters used to connect to Novell Netware 2.X, 3.X IPX boot servers. FFRPL10.IMG Image for 32K PEROM for NodeRunner, AE-3 and 16K PEROM for AE-2 Rev. E and greater adapters. Used for connecting with LANtastic V5.0 Find/Found boot type, NetWare 4.0 RPL and all other IBM Standard boot servers. 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