From: "Andrew Kane" 
Subject: Re: Netware 5.0 3-user won't install!
Date: 1999/06/07
Message-ID: #1/1
References: 
NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Jun 1999 04:48:54 GMT
Newsgroups: fido.novell,umich.novell,umn.local-lists.novell

I've installed Netware5 about a dozen times now on a bunch of different
machines.  It cannot be done with less than 64MB RAM.  The GUI interface
just won't work.




> 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.