NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              Updated Drrouter.obj for NetWare 3.11 & v2.2
DOCUMENT ID:        TID000362
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               01JUL93
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         ROUTFX.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NetWare 3.11
NetWare 2.2

ABSTRACT:
This file is for NetWare 3.11 and v2.2.  The file fixes a problem found
with real-mode external routers.  In v2.2 and v3.11, the dedicated
real-mode external router does not have a PS/2 flag variable for drivers
that require the PS/2 flag.
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Self-Extracting File Name:  ROUTFX.EXE

Files Included     Size     Date        Time

  ROUTFX.TXT          (This File)
DRROUTER.OBJ     132303    9-04-91      3:59p


This fix is intended for NetWare v3.11 and v2.2, and fixes a problem found
with real-mode external routers.  In v2.2 and v3.11, the dedicated
real-mode external router does not have a PS/2 flag variable for drivers
that require the PS/2 flag.  This flag is set if the machine is
microchannel so that the driver polling the flag can see if it needs to
read the POS registers on the microchannel machine for the board settings. 
If the flag is clear then the machine must be ISA bus.

The existing code for the real-mode router does not check for microchannel
machines.  As a result, when a user attempts to GEN a real-mode router with
a driver that requires the PS/2 flag, the error message: "UNRESOLVED
EXTERNAL" appears, and the router will not link.

This new DRROUTER.OBJ checks for microchannel machines.

Installation:

1) Make a backup copy of the DRROUTER.OBJ file that exists on the ROUTEGEN
diskette. Additionally, make a backup copy of the existing ROUTER.EXE.

2) Copy this file, DRROUTER.OBJ over the existing DRROUTER.OBJ on the
ROUTEGEN diskette.

3) With the ROUTEGEN diskette inserted, execute ROUTEGEN to create a new
ROUTER.EXE that contains this fix.

4) After running ROUTEGEN, copy this new ROUTER.EXE to the existing boot
disk, (floppy or hard disk).

5) Reboot the router workstation.
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