From: YCHAVEZ@vmtecqro.qro.itesm.mx (Yandro Chavez Rubio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: DRDOS Problems.  I need some help from NOVELL
Date: 28 Sep 92 22:41:19 GMT
Organization: Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey, Campus Queretaro

Hello guys,
 
     Well, I work at Technologic of Monterrey, and we work with NOVELL products
, and we want to work with DRDOS multiusers.  So I'm gonna explain everything b
elow.  We send a letter to DRDOS account at Novell.com and nobody answered.  Pl
ease, if somebody can help us, I'll apreciate so much.  The explanation of the
problem is below.
 
TO :      Anybody who can help me.
 
RE :      MULTIUSER DOS (Your recent correspondence to me (Sept 3rd) by Fax)
 
FROM :    JORGE RAMIREZ ( MONTERREY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, QUERETARO CAMPUS)
 
 
  If you don't mind, please send me MONICA'S E-mail address and deliver this
letter to her, or if you can help me I'd apreciate it.
 
  This letter is related to a problem with DR Multiuser DOS 5.0. I used the
  3 1/2 " disks.
  In the next lines I explain you the problem.
 
  I am testing the DR Multiuser DOS on a IBM PS/2 35 SX without terminals
attached. This computer has installed a Ethernet card NE1000 in order to
attach it to a Novell Network, but I can not login to a file server because
when I load NET3.COM, the shell responds "file server could not be found".
  I tried with another IPX and NETX but DR DOS does not load the IPX. As
a result I can not login nor attach to a Novell File Server.
 
  I tried again with another machine (a PS/2 55 SX with a Arcnet Card) and
that time the login was done, but the system was not operating correctly.
For example, with a DIR command, the system (sometimes) paused at the middle
of the result of the command, requiring a keypress to continue. Another
example, I changed to another DOS session and the system hung up.
 
  What can I do to solve the problems ?
  Autoexec.bat ?,  Cconfig.sys ?
 
** A user that has several DOS sessions, can have a different simultaneous
attachment (to Novell Network) for each one of the sessions ?   Can several
users do it simultaneously ?
 
   Thank you in advance.
 
        JORGE RAMIREZ.
 
 
 
===============================================================================
Operative System:
  DR DOS Multiuser  Release 5.0  09/91
         +    3 1/2" Disks (Serial # 2015-0000-601736)
         +    5 1/4" Disks and Outside Box (Serial # 2015-0000-001736)
 
    Autoexec.bat
       Path = a:\
       Suspend = Off
       Prompt $p$g
 
    CConfig.sys
       Set Comspec=a:\command.com
       Break On
       Lastdrive= E
       Iddle = Off
       Country = 001,437,a:\Country.sys
       Install = a:\Keyb.com LA
===============================================================================
Computer:
  IBM PS/2 MODEL 35 SX
  TYPE 8535-043
  S/N 78-DFKTV
Monitor:
  IBM PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 COLOR DISPLAY
  TYPE/MODEL 8512-001
============================================
F:\USERS\JRAMIREZ>VER
 
IBM Personal Computer - Versi 
F:\USERS\JRAMIREZ>C:\CUTCP\IPX -I
Novell IPX/SPX  v3.10 (911121)
(C) Copyright 1985, 1991 Novell Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
 
LAN Option: NetWare NE1000  v3.02EC (900831)
Hardware Configuration: IRQ = 3, I/O Base = 300h, no DMA or RAM
 
F:\USERS\JRAMIREZ>NVER
 
IPX Version: 3.10
SPX Version: 3.10
 
LAN Driver:  NetWare NE1000  v3.02EC (900831) V1.00
             IRQ = 3, I/O Base = 300h, no DMA or RAM
 
Shell:       V3.26 Rev. A
DOS:         MSDOS V3.30 on IBM_PC
 
FileServer: QRO_ADM1
Novell NetWare 386 V3.10 Rev. A (6/13/90)
 
FileServer: QRO_ADM2
Novell SFT NetWare 286 TTS V2.15 Rev. C (08/22/89)
 
FileServer: QRO_ADM3
Novell SFT NetWare 286 TTS V2.1 (4/4/88)
 
F:\USERS\JRAMIREZ>
 
==================================================================
 
                             **********************
                             *   System Summary   *
                             **********************
 
              --------------------- Computer ---------------------
                Computer Name: IBM PS/2
                Built-in BIOS: IBM, Wednesday, September 25, 1991
               Main Processor: 80386, 20 MHz
            Math Co-Processor: 80387
                Video Adapter: Video Graphics Array (VGA)
                   Mouse Type: None
 
                --------------------- Disks ---------------------
              Hard disks: 40M
            Floppy disks: 1.44M
 
               --------------------- Memory ---------------------
                  DOS Memory:    639K
             Extended Memory:  1,408K
             Expanded Memory:      0K
 
             --------------------- Other Info ---------------------
                    Bus Type: ISA (PC/AT)
                Serial Ports: 1
              Parallel Ports: 3
               Keyboard Type: 101-key
            Operating System: DOS 3.30
 
 
                              *********************
                              *   Video Summary   *
                              *********************
 
               --------------------- Display ---------------------
            Video Display Adapter: Video Graphics Array (VGA)
                     Monitor Type: Analog Color
               Current Video Mode: 3 (Color, 80x25)
 
              --------------------- Character ---------------------
               Maximum Scan Lines: 400
                   Character Size: 9 x 16
             CGA Cursor Emulation: Enabled
 
               --------------------- Memory ---------------------
                     Video Memory: 256K or more
            Video Segment Address: B800 (hex)
                  Video Page Size: 4,096 Bytes
 
 
                               *******************
                               *   CMOS Values   *
                               *******************
 
             --------------------- Hard Disks ---------------------
              Primary: type 127
            Secondary: None
 
 
            --------------------- Floppy Disks ---------------------
              Primary: 1.44M, 3 1/2"
            Secondary: None
 
 
          --------------------- Installed Memory ---------------------
                Base:   640 KBytes
            Extended: 1,408 KBytes
 
 
 
             --------------------- CMOS Status ---------------------
                     CMOS Battery: Operational
                        CMOS Time: Valid
 
            Fixed Disk Controller: OK
                Configured Memory: Correct
             Configured Equipment: Correct
 
                         Checksum: Correct
 
 
                          ****************************
                          *   Disk Characteristics   *
                          ****************************
 
              --------------------- Drive C: ---------------------
                             LOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
 
                Bytes per sector: 512
             Sectors per cluster: 4
              Number of clusters: 16,339
             Sectors per cluster: 4
              Number of clusters: 16,339
                 Number of FAT's: 2
                        FAT type: 16-bit
           Media Descriptor Byte: F8 Hex
                FAT start sector: 1      Sectors Occupied 128
           Root Dir start sector: 129    Sectors Occupied 32
               Data start sector: 161    Sectors Occupied 65,360
 
                            PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
 
                       Sides: 5
                      Tracks: 771
           Sectors per track: 17
                Drive number: 80 Hex
 
 
 
              --------------------- Drive D: ---------------------
                             LOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
 
                Bytes per sector: 512
             Sectors per cluster: 8
              Number of clusters: 1,787
             Sectors per cluster: 8
              Number of clusters: 1,787
                 Number of FAT's: 2
                        FAT type: 12-bit
           Media Descriptor Byte: F8 Hex
                FAT start sector: 1      Sectors Occupied 12
           Root Dir start sector: 13     Sectors Occupied 32
               Data start sector: 45     Sectors Occupied 14,304
 
                            PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
 
                       Sides: 5
                      Tracks: 169
           Sectors per track: 17
                Drive number: 80 Hex
 
 
 
                            ************************
                            *   Partition Tables   *
                            ************************
 
                    Starting           Ending         Relative  Number of
   System Boot Side Track Sector  Side Track Sector   Sectors    Sectors
   DOS-16 Yes   1       0    1     4     770   17          17     65,518
   DOS-12 No    1     771    1     4     939   17          17     14,348
 
 
                               ******************
                               *   Disk Speed   *
                               ******************
 
This       :
Computer   +*****************************************  8.3
           :
Compaq     :
386/33MHz  +******************************************  8.4
           :
IBM AT     :
286/8MHz   +**********  2.1
           :
IBM XT     :
88/4.77MHz +*****  1.0
           :
           +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+---
                1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10   11
                                         Disk Index
               Average Seek: 13.65 ms  Track-to-Track Seek: 0.0 ms
                   Data Transfer Rate: 888.8 Kilobytes/Second
 
 
 
 
                                    Calibrate
                             Norton Utilities, 6.01
                        Thursday, July 30, 1992 12:46 pm
 
                            *************************
                            *  Report for Drive C:  *
                            *************************
 
                            LOGICAL DISK INFORMATION
                     -----------------------------------------
                        Media Descriptor:  F8
                         Large Partition:  No
                                FAT Type:  16-bit
                           Total Sectors:  65,518
                          Total Clusters:  16,339
                        Bytes Per Sector:  512
                     Sectors Per Cluster:  4
                       Bytes Per Cluster:  2,048
                          Number of FATs:  2
                     First Sector of FAT:  1
               Number of Sectors Per FAT:  64
                First Sector of Root Dir:  129
           Number of Sectors in Root Dir:  32
           Maximum Root Dir File Entries:  512
               First Sector of Data Area:  161
 
 
                            PHYSICAL DISK INFORMATION
                     -----------------------------------------
                            Drive Number:  80
                                   Heads:  5
                               Cylinders:  771
                       Sectors Per Track:  17
                           Starting Head:  1
                       Starting Cylinder:  0
                         Starting Sector:  1
                             Ending Head:  4
                         Ending Cylinder:  770
                           Ending Sector:  17
 
 
                                RELIABILITY TESTS
                     -----------------------------------------
                      System Memory Test:  Passed
                       Controller Memory:  Passed
                  Controller Reliability:  Passed
                            Disk Mapping:  Passed
                    Allocation Integrity:  Passed
                     Diagnostic Cylinder:  Passed
                        High Speed Timer:  Passed
                               CMOS Test:  Passed
 
 
                                   SEEK TESTS
                     -----------------------------------------
                      BIOS Seek Overhead:     3.68 ms
                          Track-to-Track:     1.81 ms
                             Full Stroke:    24.19 ms
                            Average Seek:    13.76 ms
 
 
                               ENCODING TECHNOLOGY
                     -----------------------------------------
                              Drive RPMs:   3,600
                            Sector Angle:    8.52d
                         Controller Type:      AT
                           Encoding Type:    ARLL
 
 
                                 INTERLEAVE TEST
                     -----------------------------------------
                        This computer is equipped with a
                       'translating' hard disk controller.
                       These controllers don't report the
                     true disk characteristics.  Therefore,
                    the optimal interleave can't be computed.