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From: blake@nevada.edu (Rawlin Blake)
Subject: Re: Disk Gone bad / WP5.1 -Reply
Organization: University of Nevada System Computing Services
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 18:30:54 GMT

In article <00964EB5.353F8200.6567@saueld.edu> lee@SAUELD.EDU writes:
>Date:         Fri, 11 Dec 1992 08:17:49 CST
>From:         lee@SAUELD.EDU
>Subject:      Re: Disk Gone bad / WP5.1 -Reply
>Hi all,
>
>I'm having some of the same problems myself here.  But in my case it
>only seems to happening more when a person has a large file that is
>filled with graphics.  It does happen some with smaller files but not
>as much.  My configuration here is as follows:
>
>Novell 286 SFT ver. 2.12
>Fileserver Zenith 386/33 w/12meg of Ram
>Running ARCNET on UTP & STP
>90 nodes between two buildings
>DOS ver 3.21, 4.01 & 5.0
>netx ver 3.26
>ipx  ver 3.10
>nodes Zenith 386sx w/1meg ram
>      Zenith 8088  w/640k ram
>WP5.1
>
>Also it seems that if the person saves the file first to a hard drive
>and then copies it to the floppy then problem does not occur.
>
>
>Lee Perez
>Computer Lab Supervisor
>South Ark Community College
>Phone (501)862-8131
>Internet:  lee@saueld.edu

This is the canonical fix for the corrupted WP 5.x file problem. Always save 
to a hard drive!!!!

BTW, I've documented this occuring on Zeniths, IBMs, Gateways, NECs and 
others I can't think of right now. These machines were ISA, EISA and MCA; 
networked and not networked; 8088s, 80286s, 80386s and 80386sxs; CGA, EGA, 
VGA; 88 key keyboard & 101 key keyboard; DOS 3.10, DOS 3.20 DOS 3.21,
DOS 3.3, DOS 3.31, DOS 4.00.

I have been unable to determine any fix other than NOT saving to a floppy.

It does occur more often on 5.25" disks, and when the fast save option is 
turned on. 
---
Rawlin Blake    blake@nevada.edu

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From: hmn@stud.hsn.no (HKON AASEN)
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Subject: Mail-'gateway' between two nets???
Date: 11 Dec 92 19:50:23 GMT
Organization: Nordland College

Is it possible to set up a mail-gateway between two nets????
My situation is as following:

At the school were I'm supervisor,(and also a student(getting paid for 
doing supervisor-stuffs)) we've got two nets, one for the students and one 
for the office-poeple ( an 'administrative' net).
Since they're storing marks and other confidential stuff on the admin.-net,
we dont want to make it possible to login to the admin.-net from the student-
net.
What I wanted to do, since my boss' office-machine are in the admin.-net, is 
to setup a mail-gateway between those two nets. But as mentioned before, I'
ll not make it possible for the students to attach the admin.-server, because
if that's possible, any smart ones, will soon be trapping users and 
passwords, and that would'nt be nice at all!!!

Please anyone, help me!!!!!!!

aasen_h@babbage.hsn.no
or:
hmn@snake.hsn.no
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:50:20 MST
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From:         lw_flw@LEWIS.UMT.EDU
Subject:      Packed File is Corrupt

We have a Novell 3.11 386 server with 9 workstations.  Several
people were logged on, including one person using WordPerfect.

The next person who tried to get into WordPerfect received the
message "Packed File is Corrupt".

The message occurred after typing the batch file command to take the
person into WordPerfect.  The person was then bounced back to the
Main Menu.  The Menu is just a DOS text file, and the menu selections
are simple DOS batch files.

Everyone who tried to get into WordPerfect got the same message.  Other
programs ran okay.

I deleted all the WordPerfect temporary files, purged them, downed
the server, now it seems to be okay.

Do you have any suggestions on why this happened, or what I could do
to prevent it.

I apologize if I'm not supposed to post this type of message; it looked
like a Novell problem, not WordPerfect.
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From:         juhasz@MIAT0.VEIN.HU
Subject:      Re: S.O.S.
              17 Dec 92 11:19:31 EST." <9212180237.AA06857@miat0.vein.hu>

TO: Gail Chernosky

Thanks for replying. I did try to boot from floppies, it hung up  when
working from disk OSEXE-2. The same happened when running VREPAIR. We
have one 650 MB disk one NetWare partition with 3 volumes: SYS, VOL1,
VOL2. The drive is ESDI but it behaves as an AT Bus drive in the
server. The server is a dedicated 386 AT.

If you can give any further advice, it's appreciated.

Thanks, Zoltan
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Date:         Fri, 18 Dec 1992 10:16:10 -0600
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From:         Mauro Jose de Souza <maujos@JARAU.INF.UFRGS.BR>
Subject:      Re: TCP and 3.11

On 17 Dec 1992 12:22:16 -0500 (EST), YA40000 wrote:

Bill:

>
>lsl
>ne2000
we have ne2000 but you should use the driver for your specific card.
>ipxodi
>odipkt 1 96  <== What is this?
it's a Packet "virtual" at least l see it that way, then you can load
any TCP/IP software that suport packet drivers from Clarkson University.
Using NCSA for example you can emulate a terminal in a unix box from your
Novell workstation ( even if your workstation is a diskless ).

>netx
>

>What is the address of the ftp server for the newest clarkson telnet
>software.

Code and prebuilt driver are available via anonymous ftp from
Clarkson at sun.soe.clarkson.edu 128.153.12.3
directories pub\packet-drivers

>Thanks in advance.

>-- Bill (YA40000@FERRIS.BITNET)
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From:         "Richard A. Freeman" <MNHAD014@SIVM.BITNET>
Subject:      ADIC SCSI tape drive and software

From: Richard A. Freeman

Greetings to all and especially those who chose to read this note!

One of 3.11 servers has been very succesfull EXCEPT with its tape
backup system.  Present is an ADIC 1300, 4 mm DAT, SCSI running
from a workstation with the ADIC Dataright software.  We have run
versions 3.2 and 3.3 of this software and are getting the 3.31 at
present.

Our problems are with the restores, both full and part.  The backups
go fine with no errors and on looking at the data on tape it's there,
but using the Dataright to retrieve it or restore it is a crap shoot!

I'm asking if anyone else is using Dataright and is successful OR to
ask recommedation for software that would work with the mentioned
ADIC hardware.  I tested the hardware and it works well within the
parameters I have.  Also if there are drivers so I could try NBACKUP.

Thanks!
Richard A. Freeman, Computer Specialist
N.M.N.H., Smithsonian Institution
BITNET    MNHAD014@SIVM     or    FREEMANR@SIMNH
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Date:         Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:33:48 PST
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From:         sga <ANDERSON@PEPVAX.BITNET>
Subject:      Xyplex, SLIP, IP Tunnel, Terminal Servers

        We are interested in getting the new Xyplex Terminal 9000 series
terminal server for our campus.  We are interested in using this as a dial-in
for our Novell Servers as well as for our other hosts.  If you have used
Xyplex products in the past, I would be interested in your response to their
products.

        We are interested in using SLIP and IP tunnelling for entry ways into
all of our hosts.  I would be interested in finding out what some of you are
doing along this arena.  If you would write me directly, I will summerize for
the list.

Thank you for all of you input (in advance)

Scott Anderson
Manager, Network Communications
Pepperdine University
Malibu CA
anderson@pepvax.pepperdine.edu
From: peterb@SVENGALI.US.DG.COM (Peter Ballantyne)
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Subject: Color network printers
Date: 16 Dec 92 13:27:37 GMT
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We are planning to add a color Postscript printer to our network
(3.11) and wondered what experiences list members may have had with
printer vendors' NICs.  We are leaning towards the TI Phaser III
PXi based on its paper specs, but it is not clear what interface
they use.

Any info would be welcome...

thanks in advance, Peter
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 13:53:36 GMT
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From:         Rod Wilson <Rod.Wilson@BARCLAYS.CO.UK>
Subject:      Re: Assistance needed - Novell error messages

> Folks,
>
>   When loading the software to attach to the server (IPTUNNEL) I am getting
> error messages, and the workstation will not connect.  These messages were
> not recieved with the earlier versions of IPXODI and NETX.  The  current
> versions of the software I am trying are: NETX.EXE v3.31, IPXODI.COM v2.00,
> and LSL.COM v2.00.
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
>
> The error messages:
>  1. IPXODI-200-31: Invalid "BIND" statement on line 33. Requires a board
> number. Entry was ignored.
>  2. SHELL-331-58: Missing or invalid value for "CHECKSUM" parameter was
> specified on line 30. Entry  was ignored.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> My NET.CFG file reads (numbers included for readability):
>
> 32.  Protocol IPX
> 33.     Bind            IPTUNNEL
> 34.
>
Hi Steve,

I had a similar problem when upgrading to the later versions. I had
to change the 'Protocol IPX' statement to 'Protocol IPXODI'. This
seemed to work.

Hope this helps.



Rod.Wilson@barclays.co.uk      "My opinions are my own
Barclays Bank Plc               and do not reflect those
England                         of my company".
From: REITSMA@EDTE.UTWENTE.NL (Ab Reitsma)
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Subject: CHARON40 changing 'replyto' address in distribution list
Date: 16 Dec 92 14:04:10 GMT
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X-Mailer:     Pegasus Mail v2.3 (R4).

I am trying to set up a distribution list for an email conference.
Everything works fine except for the reply address when you send a
message to the list. Instead of replying to the whole list you reply
to the sender of the message only.

According to the pegasus mail documentation the default replyto
address can be set by placing a

  \replyto mail-address

at the beginning of the distribution list.
I have tried this, but it does not seem to work with charon.

Does anyone knof if this can be done, and if so, how?




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Ab Reitsma                         University of Twente
mail: reitsma@edte.utwente.nl           the Netherlands
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From:         Brian Cassidy <BPC@UNB.CA>
Subject:      Adaptec 1640 in Model 95

I am attempting to install an Adaptec 1640 card in a PS2/95
as part of the installation of an HP Jetstore 5000. This is
a DAT tape backup system which comes bundled with an Adaptec
SCSI card and Arcserve 4.0. This is a NW 3.11 system.

The adaptec driver is loaded with the command:
    load aha1540.dsk slot=8 verbose=y

This produces the following messages:
AHA-154x/1640 ASPI Manager & SCSI Disk Module for NetWare 386
Version 2.1
Registered Device(s)
!!! NO SCSI DEVICES FOUND TO REGISTER !!!
microchannel slot#       8
interrupt level         15
DMA Channel              5
Host Adapter SCSI ID     7
Optimization Mode        2

It appears that the adapter card is found but not the tape drive.
Cheyenne tech support could not help. They suggested calling
Adaptec and so far I have been unable to reach them.

Brian Cassidy <BPC@UNB.CA>
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Date:         Wed, 16 Dec 1992 13:51:53 PST
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From:         Mike Morris <kla!M_Morris%pid.csd@SUN.COM>
Subject:      Re: EMail package that supports autoforwarding, etc...

=> I'd like to get some info from the list folks on a Novell-based
=> email package that supports the following items:
=>
=>      - autoforwarding (to valid internet addresses)
=>      - uses the Novell bindery for security (no logging into a mailbox)
=>      - has an SMTP gateway available
=>
=> We are currently using Pegasus mail to do all the above, but, like
=> many large organizations, we have been directed to purchase a
=> 'commercial, off the shelf' product. Notework, Da Vinci, and MS
=> Mail, and could not find one to support all the above

AAARGH!!!! My company too!

I've recently been promoted to a management position; does anyone know
how long it will take for all of my brain cells to wither completely
away?


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Date:         Fri, 18 Dec 1992 12:05:37 -0700
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From:         Jay Brophy <ccjbroph@ANTELOPE.WCC.EDU>
Subject:      AUTOEXEC.NCF will not execute.

Hello.

        We have a file server that will not load and execute the
AUTOEXEC.NCF file on bootup.  The commands can be manually entered at the
prompts, and the server can be brought on line.  An update from 3.1 to 3.11
was recently done, at which time the problem started.
        We are using an Adaptec AHA-1540 Host Adapter in a NorthGate 486
with 16MB memory.
        SYSCON Supervisor options, edit AUTOEXEC.NCF recognizes that the
file exists.  A NDIR of SYS:\SYSTEM shows the file exists, but it won't
execute on booting the server.  Has anybody had and solved this problem.

Thanks,

Jay Brophy
Academic Computer Coordinator
Casper College
Casper, WY  82601
internet:  ccjbroph@antelope.wcc.edu
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From:         A02DAG1@NOC.NIU.EDU
Subject:      Re: Pmail/Disk Quotas

-=> messy that way.   What I wish was that there was a clean way to have
-=> quotas on directories instead of the whole volume.

Have looked into setting directory disk space restrictions? We use it
to limit users (students) to 360k in their \MAIL directory without
limiting the size of the print jobs they can produce.

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David Gersic                                       a02dag1@noc.niu.edu
The better the four-wheel drive, the farther out you get stuck.
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 11:12:00 EST
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From:         "Bob Smith,
              Kent State - East Liverpool Campus" <BSMITH@KENTELIV.BITNET>
Subject:      Addtl. Buildings

Fellow Netters,

We're planning to expand our thinnet to a second building about 300 feet
away.  I got the phone company to help me look at what would be the best
way to get there from here.  They tell me a direct fiber link is out
because we need to cross 2 city streets, power company owns the poles,
etc.  They say the best option for us is a T1 circuit.  I agree that a
T1 would be nice, but I'm wondering if it's not overkill.  We will have
a limited number of users in that building - 5 or 6 initially, possibly
20 or so down the road.  Most of the usage will be word processing and
email, and we plan to run TCP/IP to access our VAX and the Internet
when we can get funding to do that (another project).  I wondered if
a 56 Kbs line would be sufficient.  The installation is a few hundred
bucks cheaper and it's $200-300 cheaper per month.  Still, I need a
link that will handle the load.

I'm also aware of micro wave, laser, radio links, etc., for cableless
links, but I'm not sure which way to turn.

Is anyone doing anything similar who could give me some recommendations
or comments?

Thanks for any input you can send.

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From: jsdph@acad3.alaska.edu (Dennis P. Harris)
Subject: Re: ODI Driver for Everex Speedlink Card
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41.UAC
Organization: University of Alaska - Fairbanks
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 09:51:00 GMT

In article <MAILQUEUE-101.921218152852.256@cannes.barclays.co.uk> writes:
> 
>   I am urgently after an ODI driver for the Everex Speedlink MCA
>   Ethernet Card.
>

i tried to get ODI drivers for an everex speedlink 16 last summer, and everex
tech support said they had no ODI drivers, nor plans to write them.  given
everex's financial problems and layoffs, i think you have an orphan card.  i
junked the one my client had and installed an intel etherexpress16 instead,
because i'm certain they'll still be in business 5 years from now, and the
cards are software configurable.  at $130 each, it wasn't worth any more
billable time to my client to mess around with it.


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dennis p. harris				  bitnet: jsdph@acad3.alaska.edu

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From:         Joe Doupnik <JRD@USU.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: large file problems

>We have been having problems with Foxpro 2.0 dbf files becoming
>corrupt on a Netware 2.15C Lan.  According to Microsoft Tech support
>there is a netware problem that causes large files to become corrupt
>(they say this can happen to any large file, not just dbf files).
>They also say that this can be solved by 3 Netware patches, hotfix,
>fatfix, patchman.  These files are supposed to be on compuserve, but
>I can't find them there.   Is this a known Netware problem or is
>Microsoft blowing us off?   The file in question is about 3 meg
>and 43,000 records.   Thanks for any help.
>
> Kevin McGowan  kpm@zeus.rti.org
---------
        On the next to last comment: I guess you will always be saying that
about the next to last answer unless you get in there and root out the facts
from local experiments. All the patches are available from master ftp site
        ftp.is.sandy.novell.com         which happens to be broken today, again
so try my fallback
        netlab2.usu.edu
Look at the whatis.nn files at the top of my novlib directory tree.
        Joe D.
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Date:         Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:21:30 -0600
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From:         Rich Molettiere <richm@CWIS.UNOMAHA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: UPS for Novell 3.11

Without a doubt, American Power Corporation's line of UPC's, especially
when used with their "PowerChute" software.  PowerChute will sense loss
of electrical power, broadcast a message to all users, and - after a
pre-determined time - safely down the server.  On top of that, it will
restart the server when normal power is resumed.

You can't beat it.

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On Mon, 14 Dec 1992 lw_flw@LEWIS.UMT.EDU wrote:

> The power went out twice this past week.
>
> What kind of Uninterruptable Power Supply unit is recommended
> for a Novell 3.11 386 server?
>
> Thanks for your suggestion.
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From:         Allen Lung <lung@EOS.ARB.CA.GOV>
Subject:      Server Management

Im looking for a good book on File Server Optimization.  Any
Recomendations ?