You want to update your Novell 3.12 to use an Adaptec 29160 with new LVD 68pin harddrives or build a new Novell 3.12 server. The 29160 is a 32/64bit controller which will work in a PCI or X-PCI slot. It will fit in a 32bit slot and the additional 32bit section of the controller will extend past the slot and hang freely over the slot. A 160Mhz SCSI cable with active terminator is also required for LVD SCSI drives do not provide termination. Older narrow SCSI drives are supported on the 29160 through a narrow 50pin cable channel on the card. We do not recommend running wide drives on narrow cable or narrow drives on wide cables. Since the 29160 is an active PCI device, the PCI controller may change settings of the other PCI cards in the system when it is added to the PCI bus. You will need to verify the continued operation of other active PCI devices in the system, particularly the LAN cards. If they no longer respond at their former slot or port addresses then you will need to configure them to their new value by running a configuration program designed to report these values from the DOS command prompt. In some cases, you can guess these values with the server running otherwise use the configuration utility provided from the vender. You will need to download Adaptec 29160 drivers for Novell 3.2. Novell 3.2 is the same as Novell 3.12 if you have run all the current patches (312PTD.EXE) and you will need to have updated your SERVER.EXE with LSWAP.EXE from the 312PTD.EXE patch. You can get 312PTD.EXE from: http://support.novell.com/servlet/filedownload/uns/pub/312ptd.exe You will also need to get 29160S.EXE from our site which contains the drivers and supporting files for the 29160. Put this on a floppy disk to transport it to the server. 1.You will need to run the 29160S.EXE to the C:\SERVER.312 directory. Type CD\SERVER.312 to get to the C:\SERVER.312 and then type A:29160S to extract the files from floppy to the directory. 2.Change to the root of C: by typing CD\ . 3.From C:\ Type A:312PTD.EXE to extra from the ct the C:\312PTD patches. 4.You will need to create a C:\SERVER.312\PATCHES directory, if it does not exist. Type MD\SERVER.312\PATCHES to create the directory if it does not exist. 5.The patches from 312PTD\NATIVE\START must be copied to C:\SERVER.312\PATCHES. Type CD\312PTD\NATIVE then type COPY START \SERVER.312\PATCHES . 6.Change to C:\312PTD\NATIVE\LOADER. Type CD LOADER from C:\312PTD\NATIVE. 7.Insure that the SERVER.EXE is updated to the latest 312PTD update. You must type LSWAP.EXE LOADER.EXE C:\SERVER.312\SERVER.EXE . 8.Once all the files are installed and the updates 312PTD is installed and SERVER.EXE is patched. You should be able to type SERVER from C:\SERVER.312 to startup the server. 9.You will be prompted for a slot value when the ADPT160M driver loads. You can hit enter to accept the suggested value, but make a note of it so you can edit the STARTUP.NCF and add SLOT=# where # is the value that was found. 10.To Load Install and edit the Startup.ncf, you must get to the console prompt on the server. Type Cntl-Esc from any prompt on the server then choose 1 and to get to the console prompt. From the console prompt type LOAD INSTALL to get to the install program. Next select System options on the menu and then choose Edit CONFIG.NCF from the menu. You will be shown a path. Just hit enter to select the path and you will be put into the editor for the STARTUP.NCF. Scroll down to the LOAD ADPT160M line in the file and add SLOT=# and put the number you used to load earlier in place of #. Then use ESC to exit the file and save it when prompted. 11.Check the LAN drivers and make sure they loaded properly, as sometime the PCI controller will assign new ports or slot values to them when you add the 29160 to the system. Verify they have loaded by switching to the MONITOR screen on the server. Use Cntrl-Esc to find the monitor screen and then select LAN Information from the menu and you should see a separate line for each NIC installed in the server. 1