    AST RESEARCH, INC.        TECHNICAL BULLETIN # 1659          01/28/97

    TITLE:   Installing NetWare 4.11 on Manhattan G

    ISSUE

       When NetWare version 4.1 was installed on the Manhattan G system,
       the server would lock up during the installation procedure,
       requiring the user to patch the SERVER.EXE file and finish the
       installation manually.

       NetWare 4.11 will complete the automated installation without
       incident, and will display the following informational message
       when SERVER.EXE loads:

       *** Machine Check exception not supported***
       NetWare will not enable the CPU and local cache parity checking.

       This is not an error message but informational only!

       This issue affects all Manhattan G systems.

    BACKGROUND

       Certain system board architectures prevent the NetWare Operating
       System (OS) from using CPU and local cache parity checking.
       NetWare version 4.11 checks for this and presents an
       informational message to the user and disables the function.
       NetWare version 4.1 also checked for this issue and locked up
       when SERVER.EXE attempted to load, if it had not been patched.
       (See 1641TB.TXT for more information on Netware version 4.1 and
       the Manhattan G system.)

    ACTION

       DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PATCH SERVER.EXE WITH CR4CLRFX.EXE

       1. After completing the initial NetWare 4.11
          installation,  down the server and exit back to DOS.

       2. Download the 411SP1B patch kit from Novell's support
          web site at http://support.novell.com.

       3. Decompress the 411SP1B.EXE patch kit into the
          directory (NWSERVER by default) where you just
          installed NetWare. This will create a 411SP1 directory
          structure under the NWSERVER directory.

       4. Locate the LSWAP.EXE and LOADER.EXE files (should be
          in NWSERVER\411SP1\PK411) and copy them into the
          NWSERVER directory.

       5. Patch the new LOADER.EXE into SERVER.EXE by entering
          the following at the command prompt while in the
          NWSERVER directory:

          	LSWAP LOADER.EXE SERVER.EXE

       6. Restart NetWare and install the remainder of the patch
          kit normally through Install/Product Options.

    NOTES

       N/A

    TAN TPR 016442JB

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