Installing sco unixware drivers using the desktop, Enabling login access, Reinstalling or upgrading software – Perle Systems Adaptors User Manual

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FAST Serial Adaptors User Guide
Installing under SCO UnixWare

Page 70

Chapter 2 Installing drivers and host cards

Installing SCO UnixWare drivers using the Desktop

The system owner can install the driver from the desktop as follows:

1. Insert the created Installation diskette.

2. Select the Admin_Tools/App_Installer icon.

3. Set the Install From box to Disk_A and wait for the comf icon to appear, then select it.

4. Select the Install button.

5. If you are installing any AT-FAST cards, see steps

4.

to

8.

of the command line

installation on

page 68

. The Device Configuration Utility may be envoked from the

desktop by selecting Admin_Tools/ Hardware_Setup icon.

6. Remove the diskette.

7. Select the Shutdown icon on the main desktop.

Enabling login access

Logins are not enabled by default. For example, to enable a login on the third port of the
second card, type:

pmadm -e -p comf2 -s 2c

The -p parameter is comf1 for the first card to comf4 for the fourth card. The -s parameter is
the last two characters of the port name (see

page 73

). See the pmadm man page for more

details.

Reinstalling or upgrading software

New versions of the software can be installed over the top of any existing version using the
installation procedure listed on

page 65

.

Installing additional cards

To install extra cards (up to the maximum of four):

1. Run the atfconfig utility.

/etc/comf/atconfig

2. At the Action? prompt, select A. Add a card.

3. On completion of the program, quit and then for AT-FAST cards only, use dcu to

configure the cards in the same way as discussed in Command line installation on

page

68

, or Desktop installation steps on

page 70

.

4. Finally reboot the system:

sync
init 6

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