Date:  May 29, 1987
Number:  185

Title:  CORRECTION FOR DMA CHANNEL INITIALIZATION WITH SFT       
        NETWARE LEVEL II

We have discovered that the cold boot loader included with SFT NetWare
Level II does not properly initialize and enable DMA when the file server is
booted from the hard disk.  LAN adapters that require DMA 1 or 3 will be
affected, i.e., Orchid, AST, Santa Clara, PCNet and IBM PC Network.  If this
loader is used with these adapters, workstations will not be able to
communicate with the file server.  Any other LAN interface using DMA
channels 1 or 3 will also be affected.

The faulty loader is identified as:

     LOADER.DAT  6656  11-21-86  10:24a

The problem is corrected by replacing the cold boot loader on the hard disk
with the one described below:

     LOADER.DAT  6656  5-20-87  12:17p

This new loader is available on NetWire as:

     LOAD.ARC

The new boot loader is installed by bringing down the file server, booting
DOS, and running the INSTALL program.  At the Install menu, insert a
diskette containing the new boot loader.  Select Option 4 which is "install
cold boot loader."  At this point, the new loader will be written to the hard
disk.  When the Install menu returns, exit the program using Option 10.
Then reboot the file server.

Until you receive the LOADER.DAT, to correct the problem you can boot the
OS from the floppy and this will bypass the LOADER.DAT.