Setting up packet drivers

There are several packet driver interface options:

Packet drivers are easy to set up and require minimal configuration.

The NDIS driver setup is more complex. The selection of NDIS 2.01 and shim, or a network interface card-specific packet driver depends on factors such as availability, reliability, ease of use, and speed. By running a system test, you can choose the best alternative for your network interface card (that is, the specific packet driver or the NDIS 2.01 driver and shim).

Note: Do not use the Network Client Administrator from Windows NT 4 or the Microsoft Network Client Installation program to create a GhostCast boot disk as they are not compatible.

To set up a network interface card-dependent packet driver

1.

Locate the packet driver for your network interface card.

Packet drivers are usually supplied on the installation disk included with a network interface card or may be available on the manufacturer's Web site.

2.

Load the packet driver onto the computer.

The command-line arguments vary slightly from driver to driver.

A:\> 3c59xpd.com

A:\> 3c5x9pd.com 0x60

A:\> ne2000pd.com 0x60 10 0x280

The syntax for the ne2000pd command is a typical example of an ISA driver command line. You can find the IRQ and IO base address values using the setup program included with the network interface card. The software interrupt can be between 0x60-0x7f.

To set up an NDIS 2.01 network adapter driver with supplied packet driver shim

1.

Locate the NDIS 2.01 driver for the network interface card.

NDIS (version 2.01) drivers are usually supplied on the installation disk included with a network interface card and have a .dos file extension. Alternatively, NDIS (version 2.01) drivers may be available on the network interface card manufacturer's Web site.

2.

Copy and modify Protocol.ini, Config.sys, and Autoexec.bat.

Base configuration files ready for editing are included in the GhostCasting installation files. Extract these configuration files and edit as shown. If you edit Autoexec.bat ensure that the same changes are made to Autoexec.bat on both disks in the floppy disk set.

3.

In the Ghost directory, copy the following files from the \ndis directory:

4.

Restart the computer.

The packet driver interface should now be ready for Symantec Ghost to use.

Table 2-4 lists the files that your directory or floppy disk should contain.

Note the following: