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From: akuta@vaal.cpr (The Ears of Vaal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: URGENT - SCSI DISK LOSES PARTITION INFO
Date: 22 Dec 92 20:28:10 GMT
Reply-To: akuta@vaal.cpr.upenn.edu

In article <1992Dec20.221849.15128@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>  
tt@thor.acc.Virginia.EDU (Tang Tang) writes:
> In article <5836@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM>,  
bhoule@npg-sd.SanDiegoCA.NCR.COM (Bill Houle) writes:
> |> In <1gtifoINNmoe@golem.wcc.govt.nz> rossiter_p@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz  
writes:
> |> 
> |> >One of our 3.11 with NW4M 3.01 servers has two drives in a single
> |> >external cabinet.  SYS is a 320MB MaxStor, VOL1 is/was a 1GB  
Dynatek/
> |> >Fujitsu.  Two of the last three times the power has been turned off
> |> >(server DOWNed properly, power off at cabinet swith), the 1GB drive 
> |> >has lost its partition table.
> |> 
> |> We'd like to report a slightly similar case. 
>
>   We have yet another disk related case.  ... Could there be a problem  
with the 1542B driver under
> heavy IO?
> 
> Tang Tang
> University of Virginia

I am just brining up a server with a Seagate ST4702N and the Adaptec  
1542B, and Install.nlm sees the drive only sometimes, though it usually  
boots fine under DOS.  If I try "Format" and "Partition" under "Disk  
Options" one after the other, eventually, one will work.  I've run the  
Adaptec DMA test and all 8 megs check out OK.  Adaptec says try changing  
the slot, so I've got more work to do before I give up, but...

Does everyone who posted have the 1542B?
From: boyles@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Template Account)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Another PServer Problem
Date: 30 Dec 1992 21:26:55 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department at Rose-Hulman
Reply-To: boyles@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Template Account)
NNTP-Posting-Host: nextnext.nextwork.rose-hulman.edu


On Netware 3.11, I am loading pserver.nlm.  When it loads, it requests a  
password.  Nothing works.  I have heard of this problem before but don't  
remember the solution.

Please Help,

Ernie Boyles

Ernie.Boyles@Rose-Hulman.Edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: dtaylor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Douglas A Taylor)
Subject: Re: Novell bought USL?
Reply-To: doug-taylor+@osu.edu
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 15:59:36 GMT

In article <PCG.92Dec27232149@decb.aber.ac.uk> pcg@aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Grandi) writes:
>What they have now is that Novell controls an almost full line of
>alternatives to Microsoft's:
>
>graphics PC:		Windows 3.1		???
>
>The only product missing in Novell's lineup is a GUI (DR's GEM would be
>there, but it is manifestly useless); I would not be surprised if Novell
>bought out DesqView/X too; even if the recent moves to 4.2 as a low
>price, user friendly lightweight offering may mean that it was being
>positioned as a Windows 3.1 alternative too.

Another possible choice for Novell's GUI is PC/GEOS.  It's a terrific
multitasking, multithreading GUI that runs well on minimal hardware
(8088 w/ 512k) and really screams on higher-end machines.  The folks
at GeoWorks don't see themselves as Windows competitors, but Microsoft
and Novell probably do.

GEOS already works better with DR-DOS's TaskMax than with MS-DOS's
DOSSHELL, and I understand that Netware code will be included in
PC/GEOS v2.0 (due out early this year).

-- 
   Doug Taylor                         |   Nothing real can be threatened.
   The Ohio State University           |   Nothing unreal exists.
   doug-taylor+@osu.edu                |            - A Course in Miracles
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: kpjone01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: Printing problem on 3.11 network.
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 21:18:54 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

Another 3.11 problem for everyone to look at....
 
 
This time I am having problems getting rprinter to work correctly.  Everything
is set up as the manuals say and I DO get output.  The problem is that if I
print a header, the machine will freeze about  3/4ths of the way through the 
header.  If I print without a header, the machine will print the text and then
lockup when the text is done.  I am routing a small document. (I did a copy 
con test.txt)  The document just has two lines of text so I know there are no
fancy binary problems.  And the job has been sent to the printer via pconsole
and capture methods.  Here is a brief listing of the hardware/software
involved:
 
        Remote print server  (This is NOT a dedicated print server)
        Epson 386 with 1 meg of ram.
        Printing through the LPT1: 
        Dos is loaded high 
        Stacker 2.0 is also loaded.

        Other than that, I am not loading anything other than the LAN software
        and rprinter.

        The server is a 386-sx with 8 megs ram and is running the pserver.nlm
        program.


Anyone seen this problem before?

BTW: This is 3.11


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kevin Jones                                   KPJONE01@ULKYVX.CT.LOUISVILLE.EDU
Lab Supervisor                                KPJONE01@ULKYVX.LOUISVILLE.EDU
Computing and Telecommunications              PHONE:  502-588-6303
University of Louisville, KY                  FAX:    502-588-0150

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: jgodsil@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Joseph Godsil)
Subject: TCP/IP over Netware: ODI
Originator: jgodsil@atlantis.ncsa.uiuc.edu
Organization: Nat'l Ctr for Supercomp App (NCSA) @ University of Illinois
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:12:46 GMT


 I am posting this question for a friend, but please forward responses
 to me [jgodsil@ncsa.uic.edu].  I apologize if this is a FAQ, just point
 me in the right direction for the FAQ list.

 Thanks in advance!

 -Joe

-----------

          My environment: Netware 3.11; lab of 386s with Western
          Digital Elite 16 Plus Ethernet (SMC8000) cards using type II
          Ethernet packets; router for our Internet connection.

          Here is my net.cfg file at workstation.

               #
               #  net.cfg file for SMC8000
               #
               Link Support
               Protocol IPXODI
                    Bind SMC8000
               Link Driver SMC8000
                    Frame Ethernet_II
                    Protocol IPXODI 8137 Ethernet_II

                    Port #1 280
                    Mem #1 000D0000 2000/10
                    Int #1 3
               #
               #  net.cfg end
               #

          Batch file loads LSL fine, SMC8000 fine and when loading
          IPXODI, I get the following error:

               FATAL: Specified board does not support IPX (See
          Protocol keyword)

          I want the DOS workstation to be able to get on the Internet
          for FTP and Telnet at the moment (one step at a time).

             *****    QUESTIONS    *****

          1.  How does the NET.CFG file need to be altered?


          2.  Should my procedure at the workstation be:
               LSL
               SMC8000
               IPXODI
               NETX
          or
               LSL
               SMC8000
               TCPIP
               IPTUNNEL    (do I need this at all for my app?)
               IPXODI
               NET3

          3.   Is the NETX.COM a generic to be used with any version
          of DOS or is it best to use the specific (net3 or net5)?


----------

 Again - Thanks!

 -Joe


-- 
  Joseph M. Godsil  (jgodsil@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
  National Center for Supercomputing Applications
  Networking Development Group   (217)244-7715
  #include <std.disclaimer> 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: millerje@CS.ColoState.EDU (Jeff Miller)
Subject: Are long login names okay?
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:58:28 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Computer Science Department

In setting up the LAN at work, it was decided that all logins would have
the first initial of the first name, and the last name (i.e. jmiller).  I've
run into a problem where in the login script, Netware will not map a drive
when the name is > 8 characters (why does Netware use this DOS convention?)
For example:
	map N:=fserv1/SYS:USERS/%LOGIN_NAME

If the login is hlonglastname, the home directory is USERS/hlonglas

Now my question:  Should I make all logins 8 characters instead, truncating
the last name, or should I modify the login script to look for the static
exceptions (we only have a few people who dont fit the 8 characters), or is
there a utility that gives NW scripts a string length and truncate function,
so I could do:
	IF SLEN("%LOGIN_NAME") > 8 THEN map N:=fserv1/SYS:USERS/STRUNC( etc.

Thanks for any help.


-- 
 _____________________________________________________________________________
|                                                                             |
| "Nuke the unborn gay whales!" |  millerje@cs.colostate.edu  |  Jeff Miller  |
|_____________________________________________________________________________|
From: dblas@frmug.fr.mugnet.org (Dominique Blas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Pb with HP Ethertwist
Keywords: NetWare 3.11 Ethertwist HP
Date: 27 Dec 92 14:21:00 GMT
Organization: Minix User Group France

Hi,
I've the following problem with a HP Vectra 25T using a HP EISA Ethertwist
adapter and running NOVELL NetWare 3.11. :
 From time to time the system displays the msg :
1.1.140 Primary interrupt controler detected a lost hardware interrupt

The adapter was replaced : no change. I plan to replace the HP386E32.LAN
driver which is 2 years old.

Did someone meet this msg in this configuration (the 10 base T hubs are
HP's) and what was (or were) the solution(s)?

Thanks,
Keywords: 


-- 
Dominique Blas                                    dblas@frmug.fr.mugnet.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: reeves_david@radian.com (Reeves, Dave)
Subject: NFS printing woes
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:00:05 GMT
Organization: Radian Corporation
Keywords: nfs, printing

I'm having a problem with NFS print services on a Novell 3.11 server. 
(Who doesn't right?)  The whole purpose of this is so that someone can 
print to a Unix printer or a Novell printer using the print features
of NFS without logging onto the server that has NFS installed on it. 
What should happen is that a workstation prints to a queue on server2, 
server2 then passes the job to server1 and then server1 passes the job to 
the unix workstaion that the printer is attached to. What happens is that 
server2 doesn't pass the job onto server1. I can print a job to the queue
on server1 and it goes to the unix printer fine.

Here's my setup:

Server1:
Compaq 486DX2/66
Compaq Netflex 32bit ethernet card
Novell v3.11
Pconsole v1.51
NFS v1.2
NFS print services running with printers defined as remote/other. This 
print server has been told to service both server1 and server2.

Server2:
Compaq 486DX2/66
Compaq Netflex 32bit ethernet card
Novell v3.11
A print server (regular Novell not NFS) has been defined using the exact 
configuration as the NFS print server except that it isn't loaded.

A unix based workstaion with a printer attached to it.


I'm starting to think that the problem is that both print servers have to
configure the printers as remote/other. Novell says that everything is setup 
properly and to trash everything and start over. Didn't work.

Has anyone done this or have any ideas?
Just trying to stretch that budget!

Dave Reeves, Network Support Tech.    All opinions expressed solely my own.
radian!daver@natinst.com              Who needs drugs when you 
PO BOX 201088 Austin, TX 78720-1088   have an imagination?
From: keith@novell.com (Keith Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Novell 3.11 as NFS Unix News Server
Date: 4 Jan 93 04:31:51 GMT
Organization: Novell, Inc. San Jose, California

In article <1993Jan3.154619.18697@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> tt@virginia.edu writes:
>  An Unix news tree have thousands of little files where Windows only 
>have hundreds of files.  It seems to me that it'll stress the [NetWare
>directory cache] more, not less!  

Actually, you could well be right. But seeing as you have come to a correct
conclusion using entirely the wrong reasoning, you still don't get any points!
(At least that's how it used to work back in my University days! :-))

A tuppeny check of a couple of Windows clients around this local would
indicate the "average" Windows client holds about 7 or 8 files open
even when it's doing nothing. One might extrapolate that 250 such clients
running Windows from a server may well hold a little under 2000 files
open on the server. Well, indeed they do but, if things have been setup
by a non-amateur, the 7 or 8 files held open by each client will be largely
the same ones. Thus no directory cache thrashing will be incured.

So my wrecklessly-typed-with-no-thought example was indeed flawed. So what
is the directory cache optimised for? Errrr.... abuse! That's what.

Keith
-
Keith Brown                                       Phone: (408) 473 8308
Novell San Jose Development Center                Fax:   (408) 473 8990
2180 Fortune Dr, San Jose, California 95131       Net:   keith@sjf.novell.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: dweissman@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (WiseGuy)
Subject: Re: Novell/Unix Mail
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 11:42:00 GMT

In article <1197@ephsa.UUCP>, peter@ephsa.UUCP (Peter Whitman) writes...
%I am in the process of bringing up a large Novell network with ties to 
%Unix systems.  We are thinking of using CC:Mail on the Novell side, but 
%already have a mail system in place on the Unix hosts.  Can anyone be of 
%assistance where it comes to interfacing...
%
If you are going to use cc:Mail ( a very good product by the way ) then I
can see two options:

1)  Buy the cc:Mail SMTP gateway.  This runs on a separate PC and will give
    your Novell users (either DOS or Windows) a connection to SMTP/Unix mail
    and the Internet (if you're net is connected to it).

2)  cc:Mail just came out with cc:Mail for OpenLook/Unix and will have
    cc:Mail for Motif by March.  This will allow your Unix users to be
    on the same mail system as your PCs.  The down sides are that only
    users with XWindows interfaces to the Unix boxes will be able to use
    it (not the people logged in under vt100 emulation), and only the
    Unix boxes will be able to communicate via SMTP to the Internet.  You
    would still have to buy the cc:Mail SMTP gateway for the Novell side.
===============================================================================
Dave Weissman - Corporate WAN/LAN Networking

Allied-Signal Aerospace - BFEC    Internet#1 - dweissman@dftnic.gsfc.nasa.gov
One Bendix Road, Dept. 976        Internet#2 - sysdhw@bfec2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1897     Telenet/SPRINTnet's X.400 -
(410) 964-7909                    (C:USA,A:TELEMAIL,P:GSFC,FN:DAVID,SN:WEISSMAN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk)
Subject: Re: Novell bought USL?
Organization: Messina Software
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:13:00 GMT


[sprinkle smileys freely all over this post... no flame intended...]

dtaylor@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Douglas A Taylor) writes:

>The folks at GeoWorks don't see themselves as Windows competitors, but
>Microsoft and Novell probably do. 

Yeah, I am sure Bill Gates is scared witless right now.  Ray Noorda is
probably wondering why he bought USL and overlooked PCGeos... man,
heads will roll...

>GEOS already works better with DR-DOS's TaskMax than with MS-DOS's
>DOSSHELL, and I understand that Netware code will be included in
>PC/GEOS v2.0 (due out early this year).

Do they have the toolkit ready yet?  They've been working on it for a few
years now, haven't they?  

Yeah, PCGeos is cute... if it just had any apps running under it... it
could even threaten Nintendo... 

t.
From: ekpc@access.digex.com (East Kentucky Power Cooperative)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Novell stats - Response time on net...
Date: 31 Dec 1992 12:35:56 GMT
Organization: East Kentucky Power Cooperative
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com
Keywords: Novell, Netware, stats

I am looking for anything to give me statistics of response time on each
net segment. We have 2 3.11 servers with Arcnet, 10baseT, thin ether, and
TCNS. My supervisor would like to have some hard numbers to give back to
the user when they whine about "repsonse time is slow."  The mainframe
will spit out reponse time per second...If a FAQ exists for this type of
request, please point me in the right direction - if not, please let me
know of anything to report response time on lan segments. Thanks!

Fernie
From: fn@junior.mathtok.polymtl.ca (Francois Normant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: IPX.COM for IBM PC Network Adapter needed
Keywords: IPX.COM, IBM PC Network Adapter
Date: 28 Dec 92 04:16:18 GMT
Organization: Mathematiques Appliquees - Ecole Polytechnique - Montreal

Hi,

I am trying to use Netware Lite with the original IBM PC Network Adapter.
Unfortunately this adapter seems not to be supported by PCN2L.COM 
(the IBM PC Network adapter II  MLID) so I would need a version of IPX.COM.

I have the necessary *.OBJ and PCNET.LAN files but since I don't have WSGEN 
(it does not come with Netware Lite), I cannot link IPX.COM it myself.

I would appreciate if somebody could mail me a UUENCODED version of his/her
IPX.COM. It would be really helpful.

Thanks in advance.

Happy new year to everyone.


-- 
Francois Normant (francois_normant@mathappl.polymtl.ca)
Departement de Mathematiques Appliquees - Ecole Polytechnique
C.P. 6079 - succursale A
Montreal - Quebec - Canada - H3C 3A7
From: dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: MacWeek say native Appletalk support ending
Date: 30 Dec 92 22:25:01 GMT
Organization: Novell Inc., San Jose, Califonia

In article <9212302115.AA24766@pepvax.pepperdine.edu> kcary@pepvax.pepperdine.edu writes:
>The macweek before last (sorry, at home) says (my paraphrase) Novell will
>be ending its support for Netware for Mac, and substituting a MacIPX
>extension (a Mac init or cdev or something), _a_la_ MacTCP, for connecting
>to Novell servers. 
>
>Anybody heard more details about this? 
>What are the implications for Mac application compatibility?
>Kim Cary, GSEP Systems Support, Pepperdine University
>kcary@pepvax.pepperdine.edu, KCARY@PEPVAX
>
>
>

Hi,

I just read that article and I agree that it is rather poorly worded (as far as
the first sentence goes).  Novell is not going to leave current NetWare For
Macintosh (over AppleTalk) users out in the cold.  Novell has a strong commit-
ment to supporting existing and future NW4MAC (AppleTalk) customers.

MacIPX is being distributed as an SDK (SoftWare Developers Kit) so Macintosh
product developers can enjoy the same benefits of SPX/IPX as DOS/Windows develop
ers do today.  This product will in effect "elevate" the status of the Macintosh
on NetWare networks.  MacIPX does NOT reduce Novell's resolve to support
NW4MAC (AppleTalk) customers (so there is no need to worry).  Also, products 
that are developed with MacIPX can happily coexist with the standard AppleTalk
utilities (similar to the way MacTCP and AppleShare can be used con-
currently now).

Think Peace...

Dan Seeman
Novell
Walnut Creek, Ca.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: SKLEPZI@SSB1.SAFF.UTAH.EDU (Steven Klepzig)
Subject: DX2 processors & Netware
Organization: University of Utah
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 16:38:10 GMT

I've got an IBM PS/2 95 for my server and finally have permission and 
funding to upgrade the processor.  I've heard conflicting stories about 
these clock doubling chips and servers.  Some say that these processors are 
ineffective in speeding up the server (I don't remember the reasons given 
for this).  Others say that these processors give some performance increase 
but not equivalent to the "real" processor.

So, does it do me any good to move my server from an 80486-33 to 80486DX2-50 
or 80486DX2-66?  Should I try to get the $$$$ to move to the 80486-50 
instead?  It'll cost me almost 3 times as much to go to the 486-50 as the 
DX2-66.

I don't want to sit on this too long (they might change their minds and take 
the $$$$ back) - yet I don't want to waste the money either.

All help & suggestions are appreciated,
Steven Klepzig (sklepzi@ssb1.saff.utah.edu)
From: mikef@som.yale.edu (Michael Fanara)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Can I alter volume sizes?
Keywords: novell volume alter lazy
Date: 21 Dec 92 14:06:20 GMT
Organization: Yale University School of Management

In Novell, you can always add space to a volume, but you can never decrease it.

Mike Fanara
Net Administrator
Yale School of Management
Mikef@homey.som.yale.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: cazier@gothamcity.uucp (David J. Cazier [I-NET])
Subject: Proprietary UNIX
Organization: Software Technology Branch - NASA/Johnson Space Center
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 23:47:27 GMT

I think we can only hope that UNIX is kept VERY open if Novell 
successfully buys USL. There is obviously good and bad in that
scenario. Much can be lost for those of us who have battled for
open UNIX.

I feel that the Feds will probably move cautiously toward UNIX/POSIX
under the new situation. AND that could be viewed as a setback.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: PAge counter for NW 2.15 or 3.11
From: osterber@husc8.harvard.edu (Richard Osterberg)
Date: 22 Dec 92 20:57:51 GMT

Does there exist any way at all to count the number of pages printed to
network printers by a given group or login ID under netware 2.15 or 3.11?
Thanks.
-Rick
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: keith@novell.com (Keith Brown)
Subject: Re: Novell 3.11 as NFS Unix News Server
Organization: Novell, Inc. San Jose, California
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:22:40 GMT

In article <1992Dec29.183823.2854@amiserv.chi.il.us> brianv@amiserv.chi.il.us (Brian Vargyas) writes:
>
>I've got a interesting question regarding performance and memory using 3.11
>as a NFS news server. [...] Well, the 600MB
>disk had to move to another machine for a reason, and a 1.7GM Maxtor drive
>was replaced into the 3.11 Server. [...] the NFS news and DOS stuff.
>I still only have 16MB ram, and I calculated 22MB was required.  What will
>happen in this situation if I don't add more memory?

Increasing the size of the disk (actually the volumes) increase the
size of the File Allocation Tables that are held in core by NetWare.
The bigger these get, the less space is left over for cacheing file
data. One of two things will happen if you don't add more memory.
Either the volumes won't mount (the RAM/DISK size differential has to
be out of wack in a pretty major way for this to happen) or you will
have a smaller and thus less effective disk cache.

>Will NFS eventually run out of memory?

No. Once NetWare NFS has parked itself in to server memory it should be happy
for the duration. It largely uses the various buffers that already exist
around it in the OS (LSL buffers, disk cache etc....). Its dynamic memory
requirements are quite small.

>Even if I put in 22MB of ram..will all those TONS of little news files
>do anything bad to the memory?

No. Lots of little files being open and closed rapidly and randomly may
cause some thrashing in the directory cache but I have serious doubts
that any single application could cause a problem here by itself. The
directory cache is optimised for loads that 250 DOS clients running
Windows off of the server might place on it. Handling a UNIX news
server should be a piece of cake.

>Has anyone used their server as a Unix news server?

Personally, no. I might have done though, were I the IS guy round here.

>Is this a pratical thing for me to be doing?

Sure.

>I am assuming the logical thing here would be to add another 16MB ram and
>take this machine to 32MB ram...

Well, doing this certainly wouldn't hurt anything.

Keith
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Keith Brown                                       Phone: (408) 473 8308
Novell San Jose Development Center                Fax:   (408) 473 8990
2180 Fortune Dr, San Jose, California 95131       Net:   keith@sjf.novell.COM