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From: kfho@plains (Vampire )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: <<< Help ! >>>
Date: 12 Jan 93 07:59:39 GMT
Article-I.D.: ns1.C0qE7F.D5u
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network
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Is anyone out there have similar problem on NW2.2..
The inccident happened when I installing NW2.2 server..  
I was installing from harddrive..I was trying to install non-dedicate  
mode, it keeps giving the follow message 

abend : Improper ROM parameter table for DISK Controller.

and hang there..is it a hardware compatiblity problem..
I was using those cheap IDE controller, but those controller
works when I installed NW3.11 


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From: dak@boomerang.com (David A. Kearney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Mac crashing when deleting file over netware
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 13:48:51 PST
Organization: Boomerang Information Services
Reply-To: dak@boomerang.com (David A. Kearney)
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v2

Greetings,

We're having a strange problem with our macs and our netware file
server.  The Macs (an fx and a ci) are running 7.1, and both have asante
ethernet with 5.01 driver installed.  The 3.11 Netware server is running
3.011 NFM NLM.

Whenever we throw a file in the trash the mac crashes (freezes dead!).
 Not even a system error... it just dies.

Any clues?

Thanx for any help

Dave
 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: (W. Manzius-Breiderhoff)
Subject: re: Pktdrv exp16 + Netware Lite ?
Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 12:55:43 GMT


In article <jverde.3.0@bugs.inescn.pt> jverde@bugs.inescn.pt (Isidro Vila Verde) writes:
>Hello
>Is that possible?
>I am trying use LSL + Crynwr PD + ODIPKT + IPXODI 
>but ODIPKT return a error : 'Cannot get MLI control entry'
>
>What is wrong ?
>
>My plan is run NWlite and TCPIP simultaneous, i thing that is possible using
>pktmux, but first I need run NWlite.
>
>If you can help me send mail to jverde@porthos.inescn.pt now that 
>bunny.inescn.pt (a PC machine) is not ready to received mail.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>Isidro
>
>

Hi,

With the following configuration it shoud be work:

1. Load TCP/IP Packet Driver 
2. Load PKTMUX 
3. Load PKTDRV twice  -> one for TCP/IP, the other for IPX
4. Load LSL 
5. Load PDETHER (instead of packet driver you've got with NWLITE)
		this is a inteface which enables ipxodi running
		over your TCP/IP packet driver, it's available
		on FTP-Sites, but I don't remember where...
		IMPORTANT!!! See net.cfg settings below !!!
6. Load IPXODI



NET.CFG File

_____
# Setup the 3C509 card
Link Support
 Buffers 4 2048
#
Link driver PDETHER
 INT 66
 FRAME Ethernet_II	
 Protocol IP 800 Ethernet_II
 Protocol ARP 806 Ethernet_II
 Protocol RARP 8035 Ethernet_II
_____

The INT-No in the LINK-DRIVER SECTION is an interrupt on
which one PKTDRV is running. (Use PKTSTATS to see current 
PKTDRV-List !)
 


With this configuration everything shoud work fine !!!

hope this helps,

bye (wmb)

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From: rogerk@queernet.org (Roger B.A. Klorese)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,bit.listserv.novell,comp.arch.storage,comp.periphs
Subject: Re: Server Fault Tolerant H/W Sources Sought
Date: 5 Jan 93 03:49:38 GMT
Organization: QueerNet

In article <199301042217.AA07305@tuna.wang.com> MICHAEL.WILLETT@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Michael Willett") writes:
>There's a lot of USENET interest in the new RAID 7s from local RAID
>vendor, Storage Computer, in Nashua, New Hampshire. 

Not counting your fluff postings, there has been virtually no USENET interest
in these products, and what little there has been hasn't been positive.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: <none>
From: ebs@lilly.com (Eric B. Stauffer)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 20:56:01 GMT
Distribution: world,local
Organization: Eli Lilly and Company
Keywords: AS/400 Connectivity via TCP/IP

I would like to connect a Netware 3.11 LAN to an IBM AS/400 using TCP/IP so 
that I can run Rumba 5250 in Windows 3.1 over Novells IP stack. The AS/400 
has niether a token ring or ethernet card installed. Is this a large task? 
Currently, most of the users are accessing the 400 via an IBM 5250 card and 
IBM Work Station Emulation software. If anyone could shed some light on this 
I would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
  Eric


 Eric B. Stauffer - Clinical Research Information Systems
 Eli Lilly & Comapny, Indianapolis, IN 46285 
 Internet: ebs@lilly.com
 

Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: joet@dcatlas.dot.gov (Joe Trott)
Subject: Re: Netware AUTOEXEC.NCF
Keywords: NW3.11
Organization: U.S Dept. of Transportation
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 18:35:20 GMT

jmbrown@netcom.com (John M. Brown) writes:

>Hi, I know this is a STUPID question!!

>I am trying to load two instances of the SMCPLUSS.LAN lan card driver
>One instance is for the NORmal IPX frame and the other is E_II for TCP

>Here are the lines

>load tcpip
>load smcpluss port=300 memory=d0000 int=a frame=ETHERNET_802.3 name=SMCIPX
>bind IPX to SMCIPX net=990
>load smcpluss port=300 memory=d0000 int=a frame=ETHERNET_II name=SMCTCP
>bind IP to SMCTCP addr=129.1.0.3

>This all loads fine except that when the SECOND instance is loaded
>the server prompts me, asking if I want to load another frame type??

I believe you're getting this because your second instance is replacing the
first rather than being in addition to it.  Change the memory and port
numbers for the second card so they are different from the first.  Make 
sure the  int=a  parameters evaluate to something different too (I assume
the 'a' means Autodetect or some such).

-JTT

Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.programmer
From: merce@xenitec.on.ca (Jim Mercer)
Subject: DRDOS6 and Turbo C++ (or any other caveats)
Organization: Reptilian Research, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:09:16 GMT

i've run into a problem with DRDOS and Turbo C++ 1.0

it seems that turbo is gobling memory and not freeing it.

is there some inconsistency in memory allocation/deallocation with DRDOS6?

is there a group, mailing list, or archive of caveats for DRDOS6?

it is my intention to rid our facilities of MS-DOS, because of their
hideous licensing requirements, and total lack of control on versions of
MS-DOS 5.0.

any configuration hints or experiences would be appreciated.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: esyeo@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg (esyeo@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg)
Subject: IPX over NDIS drivers (NWNDIS)
Organization: Nanyang Technological University - Singapore
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 10:37:00 GMT

Hi, I'm looking for IPX drivers that works with NDIS.  Think it consists of 
the following:

      NWNDIS.OBJ
      NWNDIS.LNK
      NWNDIS.LAN

With the above, IPX.COM can be generated using WSGEN, and this IPX.COM works
on the NDIS driver.

Can somebody tell me where I can anonymous-ftp these?

Thanx.

Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: muhr@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Muhr)
Subject: New IPX?
Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 10:30:17 GMT

When installing Windows 3.1 I get the message, that the IPX driver is
out of date. Where do I get the latest release? We use Novel 2.15 on
Ethernet.
advTHANKSance -
Thomas
PS.: Please be so kind and mail your answer as I am scanning a lot of
groups
Thank you.

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From: ag129@cus.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: CD-ROMs integrated in future NetWare?
Date: 10 Jan 93 20:23:16 GMT
Organization: U of Cambridge, England


I hear rumours that a future NetWare (e.g. 4.0) will have built-in
support for CD-ROM drives attached to the server, so that extra-cost
products like SCSI-Express's NLM will become unnecessary.

Can anyone confirm or deny this?
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From: paulg@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Paul A Gunderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,bit.listserv.novell
Subject: ATPS problem
Date: 7 Jan 1993 15:03:39 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: paulg@csd4.csd.uwm.edu


I have Netware for the Macintosh 3.011.  According to the documentation, I
am supposed to be able to turn off the 0 serverity errors with the following
console command:

	atps -s

The trouble is, this doesn't work.  There seem to be just as many useless
messages as in the earlier versions of this NLM.

Does anyone have an explanation for this behaviour?  I would like to cut my
error log down to the real meat.

Thanks in advance,
----
Paul Gunderson
paulg@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: Steve@donald.demon.co.uk (Steve Gilbert)
X-Mailer: //\\miga Electronic Mail (AmiElm 1.11)
Organization: Private Internet/Usenet node.
Reply-To: steve@donald.demon.co.uk
Subject: Queue 2 Queue
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:08:19 +0000

How do I move a print from one novell print Queue to another? Is it easy?

Thanks,

Steve.

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From: ficchi@condor.navsses.navy.mil
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: netware 2.15c to 3.11 upgrade
Date: 6 Jan 93 21:48:18 GMT
Organization: NSWCCD, Naval Ship Systems Eng Sta, Phila PA

I currently have a 386 file server running netware 2.15c and i want to
upgrade to 3.11 without having to re-enter bindery information.
What do I need to know in order to make this transition as easy
as possible.    Thank you.   Adrienne Ficchi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: richb@jti.com (Richard Braun)
Subject: Windows login capability?
Organization: Jupiter Technology Inc. / Waltham, MA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 16:06:17 GMT

Three or four people at my company rotate the task of answering the
phone at the receptionist desk.  There is a PC on the desk, running
Windows 3.1.  We use Pegasus mail for interoffice messaging.

I've run into a problem with novice users under Windows not really
knowing whether they're logged in or under what username they're logged
in; this obviously leads to confusion (and all kinds of questions to
me:  why doesn't my printer work, etc).

Does Novell provide any Windows-native support for 3.11 yet?  I'd really
like a nice login/logout dialog box, and a status display showing the
current connection.

-rich
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networkingi,comp.sys.novell
From: altman@cs.sunysb.edu (Jeff Altman)
Subject: Re: Problems with Novell and VDM's
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, State U of NY at Stony Brook
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 18:59:36 GMT

Christoph Weber-Fahr [KIT] (weber@rhrk.uni-kl.de) wrote:
: Hello,
: 
: I am running the Novell Requestor (+NSD202) on an OS/2 2.0 (GA+SP).
: 
: I am quite actively using "Private" VDMs. My problem is, that I am looking 
: for a way to properly terminate them after use. Whenever I simply exit,
: they leave an open connection. These connections sum up until some watchdog 
: kills them. Sometimes I have up to 10 connection slots occupied such.
: 
: When I try to unload netx for vdm's, it terminates with a strange 
: "version error" message (although it loaded fine directly before).
: 
: Is there another method to kill a VDM's connection before exiting it ?

As far as I am aware, there is not.  The Open Connections will remain open
until the file server detects that they are no longer in use.  Unless somebody
has written a command line version of FCONSOLE which would allow you to 
terminate the current session, but that would probably require supervisor
or at least console rights.
From: markw@wc.novell.com (Mark Wittenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Compatibility with Mac Sys 7.1?
Date: 6 Jan 93 19:45:14 GMT
Reply-To: markw@wc.novell.com
Organization: Novell, Inc.

In <1993Jan6.190848.12509@novell.com> dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman) writes:

>You shouldn't find any troubles using the NCC or DA when using System 7.1.  You
>will find some difficulty when using the UAM and the 32bit addressing feature
>(available with System 7.x), but that actually is Apple's bug, not ours.  I seem
>to remember that they (Apple) had fixed the problem with 7.1, so that problem
>may be gone too.


Just to confirm:

The version of AppleShare that Apple distributed with 7.0 had a bug that
caused our UAM to fail in 32-bit mode.  The version distributed with 7.1
does not have that bug.

The NCC and the DA don't have any problems with 7.0 or 7.1, in 24-bit or
32-bit mode.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: mike@childsoc.demon.co.uk (Michael Bernardi)
Subject: Re: Netware NFS, Banner printing 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Children's Society
Reply-To: mike@childsoc.demon.co.uk
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.18)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:17:29 +0000

>|> : According to the Netware NFS docs, when printing from (an RS6000 under
> AIX)
>|> : unix to a Novell print queue, you cannot disable banners IN UNIX. Is it
>|> : possible to disable banners in Netware? (ie for user GUEST)?
>|> 
>|> The suppression of banner is done only by the Unix host when printing from
>|> Unix. This cane be done with AIX with either the lpr -h or lpr -J/nb
>|> commands.
>|> 
>|> I am not sure where you referenced this issue in the nfs manual.
>|> 
>
>I had to solve this problem by renaming lpr to lpr.orig and writing a
>substitute lpr that would include the -h option.  I did it in Perl.

Thanks for all the help. The lpr -J/nb option actually did the trick and we
can now print from RS600 without banners.
Mike
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 London, WC1X 0JL, UK    Voice: +44 71 837 4299    Charity Reg. No. 221124
From: mndot@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: NAS & TCP/IP
Date: 5 Jan 93 21:25:47 -0600
Organization: Minnesota State University System

In article <OKKOLA.70.726158598@katk.helsinki.fi>, OKKOLA@katk.helsinki.fi (Tapio Okkola) writes:
> We have NAS with eight modem lines in. Network Support Encyclopedia says 
> that I can have tcp/ip connection over nas with one additional nic and 
> LanWorkSpace for Dos. Have anyone tried it? Will I have just one connection 
> or what? :-)
> 
> ****************************************************************
> I Tapio "Siili" Okkola        I                                I
> I Universitas Helsingiensis,  I                                I
> I Computing Centre &          I                                I
> I Dept. of Computer Sciences  I                                I
> I okkola@katk.helsinki.fi     I +358-0-708 4279 work           I
> I okkola@cc.helsinki.fi       I +358-0-757 2293 home           I
> **************************************************************** 
-- 
We have this configuration running on one of our Access Servers.  This works
fairly well as long as there is not much else happening on the access server. 
We have found a number of problems with TCP/IP and novell 3270 emulation
running in the same access server.  For light duty use this should work well, I
would look at another alternative if it is to receive heavy use.

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 Network Analyst                  308 Transportation Building
 +1 612 297 1289 Voice            St. Paul Mn, 55155
 +1 612 296 0975 Fax              mndot@msus1.msus.edu
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  The views expressed are mine and not necessarily those of my employer.
From: slwjf@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Home work test
Date: 6 Jan 93 10:02:32 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

Hi! 
Sorry this is a homework assignment by DR. Doupnik. 
I am really regretful for the bothering.
I will leave now!
From: bill@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Bill Swartz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: NetWare C Interface
Date: 8 Jan 93 15:11:04 GMT
Organization: Temple University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]



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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: ed@ednext.ucs.sfu.ca (Ed Hargrave)
Subject: Invalid extended attribute in directory entry
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:07:00 GMT

I'm having a problem mounting a volume on one of our Novell file servers.

The machine is an IBM Model 65 with 16MB Ram and and IBM SCSI card.  There are  
two disk drives attached, a Quantum PD425 and an Imprimis 94601-15.  We are
running 3.11 with DOS, Mac and NFS name spaces.  The server is serving a 
small research lab the contains Macs, OS/2 and Dos PCs and a NeXTstation  
running version 3.0 of NeXTstep.

The Imprimis drive suddenly dismounted itself and refuses to remount.  I don't
know if there was anything on the console when this happened but there was 
nothing in the system error log.  When we try to remount the volume we get the
message "Invalid extended attribute in directory entry".  I have run vrepair  
several times but we still can't mount the volume.  I can't find any reference  
to this error message in my docs.  I would be greatful for any ideas as the  
users last several months work is on this disk and of course they haven't been  
doing regular backups.

Thanks In Advance

Ed Hargrave
Systems Consultant
Academic Computing Services
Simon Fraser University 
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: fisher@ncselxsi.uucp (Chuck Fisher)
Subject: Recommendation for FAX/modem on Novell
Organization: National Computer Systems, San Jose, CA 95131
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:14:13 GMT

Can anyone recommend a FAX/modem that can be shared on a Novell
network.  The FAX/modem software should be able to image ASCII text
and formated output from applications such as WordPerfect, 1-2-3,
Ventura Publisher.  Ideally the software should be able to support HP
LaserJet type of output.  PostScript compatibility would be a plus.

Thanks,
Chuck
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From: andy@atlas.kingston.ac.uk (Andy Gulliford)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Netware 3.11 Console Error Messages
Date: 12 Jan 1993 12:17:04 GMT
Organization: Kingston University
NNTP-Posting-Host: isengard.king.ac.uk
Keywords: interrupts

In article <1993Jan11.215438.12961@pubnet.com> paul@pubnet.com (Paul Telles) writes:
>From: paul@pubnet.com (Paul Telles)
>Subject: Netware 3.11 Console Error Messages
>Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 21:54:38 GMT
>We are running Netware 3.11 (250-user) on an Everex 486/33e EISA megacube
>and constantly get messages like the following on the console...
>
>1/11/93 9:49am: 1.1.140 Primary interrupt controller detected a lost hardware interrupt
>
>And in the file server error log, they look like so...
>
>1/11/93 9:49:11 am  Severity = 1.
>1.1.140 Primary interrupt controller detected a lost hardware interrupt

I had this problem on one of our servers back along. It was due to the
the printer calling interrupts. I changed the printer server configuration 
with pconsole, selecting not to use interrupts and the problem went away.

-Andy.
 

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,bit.listserv.novell,comp.arch.storage,comp.periphs
From: cecchi@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Del Cecchi)
Subject: Re: Server Fault Tolerant H/W Sources Sought
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 14:22:47 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM Rochester

In article <199301042217.AA07305@tuna.wang.com>, MICHAEL.WILLETT@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Michael Willett") writes:
|> On the comp.sys.novell news group, Thomas P. Morris at the
|> UNC School of Public Health, CAIS (tmorris@sph.unc.edu)
|>                                   (tom@sphvax.sph.unc.edu)
|>                                   (tom@uncsphvx.bitnet)
|> writes:
|> 
|> 
|> >In terms of storage needs, I would expect to need to upgrade to
|> >c1.5 GB storage in the next year (not including mirror or duplex
|> >drives), with up to 3GB needed in the longer term...Options we are
|> >looking at...:
|> 
|> >-some form of RAID hardware....
|> 
|> >So, What am I looking for? - Hardware recommendations
|>                             - Vendor recommendations
|>                             - Prices
|>                             - End-user (system manager) experience with
|>                               such systems
|> 

1.5 GB is only one drive, worth about 2500 or 3000 bucks.  Do you really need 
the fault tolerance?  MTBF of modern drives is in the hundreds of thousand hours
range.  RAID seems like swatting flies with a sledge hammer for this app.

-- 

Del Cecchi  
cecchi@vnet.ibm.com