From: "g b fox" 
Subject: Re: Netware 5.0 3-user won't install!
Date: 1999/05/31
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I tried to install it o a 486 133 with 32 ram could not get it to install
All so tride it with p100 32 ram still would not install up the ram to 64 it
installed ok but is was slow


Tekctrl wrote in message ...
>Recently picked up Netware 5.0 3-user demo for eval & testing.  The
>Readme "recommends" it be installed on P-100 W/64Mb RAM, but doesn't
>state that as the minimum requirements.  Since I don't need speed, just
>functionality, I tried to install it to a 486DX-100 w/32Mb with nothing
>else on it.  The installation hangs the PC about ten seconds from start;
>" . . . . . . . . . . " with no err msgs.  PC has to have a
>hard-boot to unlock.  Had FDisk'd the HD (6.2Gb) & loaded minimal DOS
>6.2 files to get it booting and all works fine as long as I'm not
>installing Netware 5.0.
>
>Has anyone seen this before?  Suspecting that not seeing 64Mb may be the
>prblm, but don't want to just throw memory at it if it's something else
>altogether.  Tried to ask Novell about it, but their response left a Lot
>to be desired ("We don't support that.  Try posting your problem to a
>newsgroup."), even tho' I bought it directly from them.
>
>Any suggestions would be Very helpful.
>
>J. L. Hickman
>