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Date:         Tue, 29 Dec 1992 13:07:27 EST
Reply-To:     Novell LAN Interest Group <NOVELL@SUVM.BITNET>
From:         "Yoke, Charles" <CYOKE@WVNVM.BITNET>
Subject:      Is update BNETX available?

We purchased the "original" Workstation for DOS/Windows that contained
the first go round of BNETX.COM.  As we painfully found out, this one did
not work very well with Windows (timing problem I believe).  I have heard
that a newer version of BNETX.COM is available.  Is that true?  Does it
solve the timing problem with Windows?  Is is available on the Internet
or through Netwire?  Please respond to me directly.  Thanks in advance
and Happy New Year!
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From:  Alexander I. Kozhuryakin <root@city.krasnoyarsk.su>
Subject: Problems with FIJITSU M2263E on file server NW 2.X
Reply-To: root@city.krasnoyarsk.su
Organization: City Administration of Krasnoyarsk
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 92 12:14:23 +0300
Summary: Problems with Fujitsu HDD M2263E 
Keywords: Problems

        Hello everybody !
        May be somebody can help me ?

        We have NOVELL local area networks on our factory. On 6 of 7 of
our servers we have FUJITSU M2263E disks.
        Our installer first try to use HDD controller NCL 5355 with this
disk. But it was not working. Then he replace NCL to ADAPTEC ACB-2322D.
We have now file-servers : DFI TOP-286 (16Mhz, 4MB RAM on motherboard)
with ACB-2322D and M2263E and NW 2.12 (NW 2.15). It is problems what we
have:
 1. During low-level format from on-controller BIOS we have strange messages
"ERROR REPORTED (ERROR CODE=FF) REFORMATTING THE TRACK" every 16 cylinders
if interleave is 1:1 or less then 16 if interleave is more then 1.
 2. NOVELL's program COMPSURF died after one or two hours of sequential
disk test with message "CONTROLLER CHANNEL 0, RESET ERROR".
 3. If we use all available disk space as network drive, server crashed
at least one time a day due to DIR or FAT errors on volumes SYS,VOL1,VOL2.
        We made drive splitting on ACB-controller (divide M2263E on two
disks with 1023 and 631 cylinders respectively). Then formatting drive C
with DOS. After software installation only on drive C it working properly
long long time. But we have now network disks with 380 Mb only.
        If it is not so hard for you, please answer for my questions:

   1. What kinds of controllers we must use with M2263E ?
   2. What i must to do with disk that not working now in 286 machine.
      And what's happen with this disk.

        Sorry for my bad english. Thank you.
      E-mail: root@city.krasnoyarsk.su

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Date:         Mon, 21 Dec 1992 10:12:05 EST
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From:         Ray Todd Stevens <RAY@SAFETY.NWSCC.SEA06.NAVY.MIL>
Subject:      SNMP work station software (Freeware wanted)

We have a number of SNMP devices that we desire to manange.  Ther
problem is the budget.  We could desperately use a SNMP word station
software  that is free of change.  Any universities out there have
anything like this???
Ray Todd Stevens
Contractor
Resource Protection Dept NSWC Crane Div.
Ray@safety.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil
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      854-3293  854-3482

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Date:         Mon, 21 Dec 1992 08:31:31 -0600
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From:         Joe Doupnik <JRD@USU.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: ALARMING Server Statistics... !!!

>Hi,
>I have the foll. query :
>We have 2 NW 3.11 servers with the foll. stats...
>                        Server A                        Server B
>
>Uptime                  31 days                         19 days
>NIC                     NE2000                          NE2000
>Pkts. sent              11,384,917                      11,307,471
>Pkts. rcvd.             11,210,981                      11,249,449
>ChecksumErrors          73                              168
>TotalCollisionCount     10,179                          12,451
>UnsupportedFramePkt.Cnt.502,002                         302,498
>EnqueuedSendsCount      159,077 (!!!)                   107,689 (!!!)
>
>
>All other stats. are either 0 or not supported.
>
>Now, what are my worries here ?  Is the EnqueuedSendsCount number
>alarming (Please consider the UPTIME of each server) ?  We are running
>IPX/SPX as well as TCP/IP (most of it is TCP though)
>but should this matter ? (I guess it does)
>Do I need to re-boot the server (i.e bring it down) so that the buffers
>are cleared or is ther no need for alarm at all ???
>Please advice.
>Thanx in advance.
>Ajay.
----------------
        No, leave it alone. The enqueued send counts means what it says:
queued for sending. And that means the server core was generating outgoing
packets faster than they could be sent on the wire. Your collision count
is a bit high so check for excessive traffic on the wire, and maybe a
flakey connector in the system. For what it's worth, running NFS on the
server can make the enqueued count climb fast, because the core part is
generating a flurry of packets faster than the lower levels can export them.
Over a 90 day period I've seen a server have 10^6 enqueued counts, running
NFS.
        Joe D.
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Date:         Mon, 28 Dec 1992 15:46:29 EST
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From:         "Mitchell J. Edelman" <mjedelma@SSA.GOV>
Subject:      Autoexec.ncf and network info

Hi, Novellers

        When checking out a 3.11 server, I noticed that autoexec.ncf
loads 3c503 and binds ipx to it with these lines:
load 3c503 port=300 mem=dc000 int=3 frame=ethernet_ii
bind IPX to 3c503 [port=300 mem=dc000 int=3 frame=ethernet_ii} net=102

with no other network cards installed and no other ipx bindings in autoexec.ncf

but the network information for the server lists this for the card:
3c503 [port=300 port=700 mem=dc000 int=3 frame=ethernet_ii]

and I have absolutely no idea where the port=700 is coming from.

a) since we are experiencing severe slowdowns on this server with workstations
        having 3c503 boards, I wonder if this might have anything to do with it

b) Where did that extra port setting come from??

Thanks in advance for any information you might be able to provide on
either of these mysteries -

        A very puzzled
        Mitch Edelman
        mjedelma@ssa.gov
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Date:         Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:25:12 CST
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From:         Scott Swanson <scott@IMSA.EDU>
Subject:      Looking for NetWare 2.x file utility

Hello.  I am looking for a file utility, compatible with NetWare 2.2,
that will allow me to move a file tree from point A to point B on a
volume while preserving trustee rights for all directories and mac
attributes for all files.

In case that's not clear, a specific example: On volume FOO/BAR:, I
want to move a subdirectory structure as follows:

from ->  FOO/BAR:\BOGUS\TREEROOT\...
to ->    FOO/BAR:\TREEROOT\...

Is there something out there that I can use to do this?  I'd prefer a
shareware/freeware solution, but will consider all possibilities.

I tried FILER, but it clobbered rights and ownership.  I'm looking for
suggestions -- any leads or info would be appreciated!

  Thanks in advance,

  >> Scott Swanson
     System Super Glue
     Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy
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Date:         Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:25:53 -0600
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From:         Rich Molettiere <richm@CWIS.UNOMAHA.EDU>
Subject:      One last check

I need to remove an 80mb Mac name space volume and enlarge the other
volume of the partition from 220 to 300mb.

Both volumes have been backed up, the Mac files moved to another
server.

Is the process - and please understand my caution - as simple as
load install, deleting the volume and then enlarging the existing
volume?  Is so, data on the "to be enlarged" volume remains
untouched, right?

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Date:         Wed, 30 Dec 1992 11:10:16 MST
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From:         lw_flw@LEWIS.UMT.EDU
Subject:      Tape Drives -- What Kind, How Big?

1.  We are considering buying bigger server with tape drive included.  I have
read on this list some negative comments about sytos, and one or two about
Maynard software.  Could anyone cheerfully recommend a brand and model?
2.  We would probably buy a 500Mb hard drive in server.  What size tape drive
should I buy?  Is it better to buy a tape drive that would backup the entire
server, or to buy a smaller size?  I want the backup to be done automatically,
and don't understand how you could buy a smaller size without being there to
feed in the next tape.
Thanks for the help so many of you have given.
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From: ccewch@nuscc.nus.sg (Wong Chee Heng)
Subject: SCSI confusion
Organization: National University of Singapore
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 05:56:56 GMT

Sorry, this question may not really suitable here. I am trying to put
a few SCSIs card into a server (PC), and connect some CD-ROM drives and 
hard disks to them. I have to set the LUN (logical Unit Number) and 
the SCSI IDs. Both range from 0-7, may I know what actually it means?

Thanks in advanced.

--
Wong Chee Heng
Systems Programmer
ccewch@nuscc.nus.sg.
From: anneklin@acs.bu.edu (Patricia Anne)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.novell
Subject: Hunting for a driver for an SMC PC-500 Arcnet card.
Date: 30 Dec 92 13:40:40 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA


I'm looking for a Novell driver (preferably ODI) for the SMC PC-500
Arcnet board.  I've nosed around Splicer, but I haven't seen anything
that looks like it might be what I'm looking for.

I'd appreciate any and all help.  Please mail me if it wouldn't be too
much trouble, though, since the volume of this list means I don't
necessarily have the chance to read everything...
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Date:         Mon, 21 Dec 1992 09:26:49 +0100
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From:         S87405095@HSEPM1.HSE.NL
Subject:      Sorry for the dutch mail to this list.

 hello novellers,

 sorry i was replying to a mail in my mailbox that was in dutch, i then
 assumed it was sent to me directly and not via the list. but when it went
 away it said sent to novell@suvm.bitnet and it was too late.

 the mailis about the novell security problems for those who find words in it
 that the understand. i will make an english (better) vesrion soon when
 everything has cleared up a bit around here.


 sorry again......

 signed jan verhoeven    s87405095@hse.nl
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Date:         Wed, 30 Dec 1992 08:58:29 MST
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From:         Richard Brown <rbrown@GOLDNG8.UNIVNORTHCO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Remote Access

Just remember that Cross Connect is a text only solution.  Otherwise
it seems to work fine.

(Also be aware that dial-in access requires proprietary software for
each person at additional cost.)
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Date:         Wed, 30 Dec 1992 10:58:37 MST
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From:         lw_flw@LEWIS.UMT.EDU
Subject:      Arcnet to Ethernet

Thanks to all who responded to my questions about possibly changing from
Arcnet to Ethernet.
I presently have workstations with no hard drive.  They boot from eproms
(proms?).
We use Arcnet now.
If I do change to Ethernet, do I have to purchase new eproms in order for
the workstations to boot without a floppy boot disk?
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Date:         Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:49:42 CST
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From:         Frank Boimare <SC0HASS@VM.TCS.TULANE.EDU>
Subject:      HP3x.PDF and Printing

I have been trying to get a LJIII (with PDP PacificPage/XL PostScript)
to print thru my ZEOS 486DX-33 EISA server with no success.  I have tried
all of the standard solutions, some more drastic ones (changing the I/O
card), and all of the suggestions offered here to no avail.  An LJII,
however, works fine.

I was wondering if perhaps I need a more current version of HP3.PDF (mine
is 4827 bytes and dated 12-18-90) or I should try the HP3SIPCL.PDF (mine
is dated 1-21-91 and is 5037 bytes).

Any thoughts on this? (What are the current versions of these files?)

Thanx.

Frank Boimare
sc0hass@vm.tcs.tulane.edu   ...tcsvm.bitnet
From: murphy@PCMAIL.SCHEV.EDU (mmurphy)
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Subject: Btrieve failure
Date: 29 Dec 92 16:09:55 GMT
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Hello fellow netters,
     I have recently tried to install Netware NFS and ran into a problem.
Using the INSTALL NLM, under 'Product Options' I get an error that halts the
server. The Abend follows.

     Loading Module BTRIEVE.NLM
          Netware 386 Btrieve Record Manager
     Unable to open Transaction file

     Abnormal NLM Termination in:
          Netware 386 Btrieve Record MAnager

     12/28/92 2:15 PM: 1.1.14 Module did not release 4 resources
          Module: Netware 386 Btrieve Record Manager
          Resource: Service Connection Task
          Description: Service Connection Task Numbers

     12/28/92 2:15 PM: 1.1.16 Module did not release 253000 resources
          Module: Netware 386 Btrieve Record Manager
          Resource: Btrieve Memory
          Description: Cache Non-Movable Memory (Bytes)

     System Halted
     Abend: Invalid Opcode Processor Exception

          Running Process: Instal Process

QUESTION:  Is there a patch for the BTRIEVE.NLM or the INSTALL.NLM that
addresses this kind of failure or is this specific to my system and/or
configuration?  I have not made it very far looking for information about
this kind of error.
                                   Thanks in advance for any kind of help!

MICHAEL B. MURPHY
Sr. Electronics Technician
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
Internet: murphy@pcmail.schev.edu
PH# (804) 225-3149
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Date:         Wed, 30 Dec 1992 16:34:00 LCL
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From:         NOVTECH <NOVTECH.BSACD1@MHS.UNC.EDU>
Subject:      REQUESTER IPX PACKET SIZE

Here at the Business School we are running 5 servers one at a remote site
under 3.11 connect via broadband.  Our mail system DaVinci is on one of the
four at the B school.  Before OS/2 and the Requester we just ran the
statement IPX o,tbz=1130 and everything was fine, (This was necesary
because we would get ERROR RECIEVING FROM NETWORK bla bla bla).  Using the
tbz fixed all until now the requester and the OS/2 system does not seem to
work with remote applications.  TCP/IP and everything else runs great.  The
workstation is an IBM PS/2 mod 95.  We are running token ring.  Any leads
would be greatly appreciated.  I have tried numerous times to send to the
list I hope this one works.

Jeff Mills
Computer Systems Consultant
Kenan-Flagler Business School
Univ. of  North Carolina
MILLSR.BSACD1@MHS.UNC.EDU
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Date:         Fri, 1 Jan 1993 15:49:08 HST
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From:         Charles Aoki <CAOKI@UHUNIX.BITNET>
Subject:      TCP access with Arcnet

What is needed to have a station on an Arcnet segment of server on a IP/IPX
ethernet backbone to access telnet/ftp services throught the backbone?

TIA...
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Date:         Tue, 29 Dec 1992 14:24:33 EST
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From:         Brett Warthen <BRETT@INFINITE.MHS.COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject: Re: execute only flag

FORWARDED MESSAGE from Jane Hesler (MAIL@CSERVE
JH> {INTERNET:HESLER%VCUVAX.BITNET@suvm.acs.syr.EDU}) at 12/29/92 12:26 PM
JH>
JH> Anyone on the net with a backup tape that supports Netware can backup
JH> all PC software flaged ROS.  Why can't Copy inhibit work on the PC
JH> side? The X solution is intolerable. Novell needs to address this
JH> serious problem.  Will Netware 4.0 take care of it?
***** NOTES from Brett Warthen (BRETT @ INFINITE) at 12/29/92 12:58 PM
Because it is a DOS issue!

To copy a file, all a program has to do is open the file for reading, it
then reads until the end of the file, and writes the file out to a new
destination.

As long as a user has read access to a file, then a COPY is possible. How
can NetWare distinguish whether the read access is copying the file or a
legitimate read by an application?

They tried a trick with the "Execute-only" attribute, which would only
allow reading a file as part of the DOS execute program API...but that
causes problems with any program that uses overlays...like any Windows
application.

It's a DOS limitation...so aside from deleting all copy utilities off of
your network, and patching COMMAND.COM to get rid of the COPY command,
there's nothing that can be done to prevent a copy.

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Date:         Tue, 29 Dec 1992 12:48:00 EST
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From:         Charlie Reitsma <REITSMAC@DENISON.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: execute only flag

>I think you will find that there are architectural limitations in
>the DOS API that preclude the existance of an X flag, having nothing to
>do with NetWare.  How is DOS to know whether you are reading or
>executing a file?  For those programs whose overlays are
>contained in the executable, and do their own overlay management,
>how is DOS going to know if an overlay is being read to memory,
>or read to memory and then written to another medium?  I imagine
>the DOS COPY command and all other commands implementing such
>functionality could artificially observe an X flag convention,
>but anyone could issue a few DOS interrupts and copy the file anyway.

Right and the last time I set Copy Inhibit on a Macintosh I was able to get
around it by using Stuffit to put the file on my diskette.
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Date:         Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:46:40 -0600
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From:         Rich Molettiere <richm@CWIS.UNOMAHA.EDU>
Subject:      Great way to start the day!

I had to down my file servers for a week to allow for extended
electrical renovation in our building.  When it came time to
boot the networks, a 2.15c running on a Model 80 greeted me with
the dreaded "double-beep."  Pressing F1, the server did an
ABEND.  I don't have the exact text here, but the message said
that the drives couldn't be found (160mb and 200mb SCSI).

I ran the REference diskette and found that the SET AND VIEW SCSI
DEVICES option reported the 200mb drive as a 2048mb drive (not bad
for the $600 I paid for the 200mb!).  A later attempt to config
reported the 200mb as a 24mb drive.

I've had suggestions that the battery could be bad.  Remember the
server had been down for 1 week.  Also that the SCSI drive BIOS chip
could be bad.

Any ideas?

I have until Monday the 4th to get the server up for the start
of school.

Just remembered, if I unplug the 200mb drive, rerun the
Reference diskette to config as a 160mb only system, the SCSI
error message is not reported, althought NetWare refuses to boot
because it is still expecting the 2nd drive.

Rich

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** Rich Molettiere            AppleLink..................K2241 **
** Technology Coord.          CompuServe............73417,2314 **
** Omaha North High School    Fax.................402 554-6287 **
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Date:         Wed, 23 Dec 1992 10:07:07 +0000
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From:         Paul Manning <pcm@MCS.LE.AC.UK>
Subject:      Another Windows Solution

We've just acquired a program called WinLogin from Microsoft, which enables
far greater control over Windows on a network than previous - allowing
central control over Windows startup based on groups, workstation type,
user, and environment variables. It looks the sort of packge which
Microsoft should have shipped with Windows 3.1 from day 1.  Cost:  30 per
server from Microsoft Upgrade Centre.

I won't say anymore about it until I've evaluated it properly, but it must
be a step forward.
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   Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
   University of Leicester
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   U.K.
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