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6.5.3 QL2x00IP NDIS Driver Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
6.5.4 Removing the QL2x00IP NDIS Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Section 7 Windows XP Driver Installation
7.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
7.2 Creating the Driver Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
7.3 Installing the Windows XP Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
7.3.1 Installing Windows XP with the QLA23xx HBA
as the Boot Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
7.3.2 Installing Windows XP with the QLA23xx HBA
as an Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
7.3.3 Installing the QL2300.SYS Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
7.3.4 Updating the Existing QLA2300.SYS Driver . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
7.4 Removing the Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
7.5 System Registry Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
7.5.1 MaximumSGList . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
7.5.2 NumberOfRequests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
7.5.3 FCTape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
7.5.4 UseSameNN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Section 8 NetWare Driver Installation
8.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
8.2 NetWare Driver Files and Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
8.3 Installing the NetWare Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Section 9 Red Hat Linux Driver Installation
9.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
9.2 Creating the Driver Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
9.2.1 Driver Floppy Disk 1 (New Operating System
Installation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
9.2.2 Driver Floppy Disk 2 (Installed Operating System) . . . . . 9-2
9.2.3 Source Code Driver Floppy Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
9.3 Install a New Operating System and Driver
(Red Hat Linux 6.2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
9.4 Install or Update the Driver (Installed Operating
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
9.4.1 Installing the Driver on the Boot Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
9.4.2 Loading the Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
9.4.2.1 Building a Custom Kernel to Load the
qla2x00 (v4.x) Driver Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
9.4.2.2 Building a Ramdisk Image to Load the Driver
Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9