ARCserve 5.0 and a single BusLogic SCSI Controller

A problem has been encountered with NetWare 3.1x and NetWare 4.x that if a single BUSLOGIC SCSI controller is been used to operate both Tape Streamer and Hard Disk when ASTART.NCF is invoked ARCserve's TAPESVR.NLM is unable to locate/initialise the tape drive.

The problem is caused by ARCserve's ASPI module (BASPI50.NLM) been unable to interrogate the SCSI bus when there is Hard Disk activity.

To overcome this problem edit the file ASTART.NCF (location SYS:\SYSTEM) and amend the line that loads BASPI50.NLM to include the parameter NOSCAN.

Example ASTART.NCF

Search Add SYS:\ARCSERVE\NLM
LOAD SYS:\SYSTEM\STREAMS
LOAD SYS:\SYSTEM\CLIB
LOAD SYS:\SYSTEM\TLI
LOAD SYS:\SYSTEM\SPXS
LOAD SYS:\SYSTEM\NWSNUT
LOAD BTRIEVE -p=4096 -f=20 -h=60 -l=20 -t=15 -u=0 -s=30 -m=512
LOAD BSPXCOM -d=8192 -s=15 -w=3
LOAD SYS:\ARCSERVE\NLM\ASDB
LOAD SYS:\ARCSERVE\NLM\FAXLIB
LOAD SYS:\ARCSERVE\NLM\ARCSERVE
LOAD SYS:\ARCSERVE\NLM\BASPI50 host=0
LOAD SYS:\ARCSERVE\NLM\TAPESVR
LOAD SYS:\ARCSERVE\NLM\CLIENTS

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