From: zzarly@yahoo.com (Steve & Blue)
Subject: Re: 2-user NetWare 4.11 install ---------- HELP!!!
Date: 1999/07/27
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Thanks Erik,

	I do believe I am now getting a clearer picture of what is going on
here.  You are right, I haven't mastered the fundementals.  I thought I
could facilitate some learning by being able to install it on my own
computer.  Thanks for the information.

Chris Nicolai
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:25:51 GMT, Erik Jensen  wrote:

>
>
>Steve & Blue wrote:
>> 
>> On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:56:58 GMT, rkresge@mail.redrose.omitthis.net (Roger
>> Kresge) wrote:
>> 
>> >zzarly@yahoo.com (Steve & Blue) wrote:
>> >
>> >>The version that cam with "Novell's Guide to IntranetWare Networks"
>> >>
>> >>Trying to install on my home computer.
>> >>
>> >>Tried everything I'm comfortable with trying to no avail.
>> >>
>> >>Anyone have a step by step they can email to me???
>> >>A DETAILED step by step.
>> >
>> >There's one in the product documentation, which is available online at
>> >http://support.novell.com.  Why not tell us what your problem appears to
>> >be, including symptoms and error messages?
>> 
>> Thanks for the response Roger,
>> 
>>         I'll check novell support.  I'm not sure I've actually been there
>> yet.  I think I've been everywhere else on that site.
>> 
>>         What I want to do (which may or may not be possible based on what
>> I've read at deja news and others) is make my computer a client server
>
>Problem #1 -- Novell NetWare servers are SERVERS. Not clients. PC that
>login to the servers are CLIENTS. Novell is a server-centric system.
>
> while
>> keeping Windows 98 installed at the same time.
>
>Problem #2 -- Windows 98 will probably make it impossible for you to
>install Novell NetWare on the same machine. I've NEVER seen it done,
>including with the aid of third party programs such as System Commander.
>
>>         I can get the client installed okay on my c: drive and I have a
>> second fixed disk with 2.1 GB available.  I've partitioned off about 50 MB
>> for Novell DOS.  My problem is that I can't seem to get the CD-ROM installed
>> as a DOS device. 
>
>Even if you did the client cannot exist on the same PC as the server!
>You can't use both on the same PC at the same time... and BOTH must be
>active to be useful.
>
>
> I've seen about 25 different ways to do it in the config.
>> sys and autoexec.bat and I tried a couple of them but they did not work.  I
>> fear that it is more me than the advice.  My DOS skills are weak
>
>Problem #3 -- You haven't mastered the fundamentals.
> so I didn't
>> want to try anything I did not understand and really screw up my system.
>>         If you can offer anything by way of advice it would be greatly
>> apprieciated.  Until then I take a look at support.
>> 
>
>Suggestion: since NetWare 4.11 is not (by today's standards) hardware
>intensive, put a second PC to use as your server. You could get away
>with a 486 33 MHZ, a 1 GB IDE drive, 16 MB of RAM, a 4x CD-ROM, a 1 MB
>video card  and a ISA NIC.