From: eugene_pik@hotmail.com (Eugene Pik)
Subject: Re: Netware 5.0 3-user won't install!
Date: 1999/06/08
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You can't install NW 5 with < 48 MB RAM. After you install it you can
reduce RAM to 32 MB - with small volume space.

(Novell writes that minimum requirements is 64 RAM)
Eugene

On Mon, 31 May 1999 05:45:30 -0600, "g b fox"  wrote:

>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
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>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
>>
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