From: dstratto@novell.com (Dan Stratton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: How to load PSERVER.VAP automatically
Summary: How to load PSERVER.VAP automatically?
Keywords: PSERVER.VAP, Printing
Date: 26 Aug 92 21:16:36 GMT
Organization: Novell, Inc.

In article <dhoward.44.0@novell.com> dhoward@novell.com (Dirk W. Howard) writes:
>From: dhoward@novell.com (Dirk W. Howard)
>Subject: Re: How to load PSERVER.VAP automatically
>Summary: How to load PSERVER.VAP automatically?
>Keywords: PSERVER.VAP, Printing
>Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:42:19 GMT
>In article <1992Aug26.044542.129@polaris.utu.fi> jsakki@polaris.utu.fi (Jarkko Sakki) writes:
>>From: jsakki@polaris.utu.fi (Jarkko Sakki)
>>Subject: How to load PSERVER.VAP automatically
>>Summary: How to load PSERVER.VAP automatically?
>>Keywords: PSERVER.VAP, Printing
>>Date: 26 Aug 92 04:45:42 GMT
>>We have an old server witch already has Novell Netware 2.13 (?)
>>installed and we would like to make this old 386 our dedicated 
>>print server. Everything else works fine, but after I have put 
>>PSERVER.VAP to SYS:SYSTEM this machine requires that print 
>>server name must be manuanlly typed from system console at startup 
>>time. Under 3.X this can be easyly avoided (Print Server name 
>>specifed at LOAD line) but is there some other way than upgrading 
>>to 3.X to make this server boot automatically without manual typing 
>>from keyboard??? Some configuration file???
>>
>>What if we need more than 16 printers - can PSERVER.VAP loaded TWICE?
>>
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>
>Version 1.22 of PSERVER.VAP has an autoload feature.  You need to be using 
>NetWare 2.15c or above to use it.  Get the file PSERV1.ZIP from 
>ftp.novell.com at 137.65.12.2 or download it from NetWire from NOVLIB\06.
>
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>Dirk W. Howard              These are my personal opinions.  No one else 
>Novell Technical Support    in their right would claim them.
>dhoward@novell.com
>                     "I'm sorry Ralph... not even the Networking
>                      Fairy can pull this one out of the fire."
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Well, hate to disagree with Dirk since his office is about 20 yards from 
mine and he'll probably try to hurt me, BUT, NOT.  Everything he said is 
right except the autoload feature only works with Netware v2.2.  There were 
some changes made to the bindery in 2.2 that allow this to work.  
Specifically, the engineers added what they call a scratchpad, which is just 
an empty space where they can write stuff.  They write the name of the 
pserver there.  If pserver.vap finds a valid name there, it will autoload.
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