Re: Novell and linux

Randy Chapman (chapman@u.washington.edu)
Tue, 21 Nov 1995 11:29:05 -0800 (PST)


You can also investigate getting Caldera (http://www.caldera.com),
which includes a commercial, licensed NetWare client. The software
is, unfortunately, not free (although I think there is a free but
less compatible version).

--randy

On Tue, 21 Nov 1995, Eric Hester wrote:

> about the only way to do that (I assume you mean how can you make you
> linux box a CLIENT), is to install dosemu, compile ipx support into your
> kernel and turn on IPX_SUPPORT in the dosemu.conf. After that you have
> to compile the ipx_interface program (in the ipxutils dir of the source
> of dosemu) and then run ipx_interface add eth0 802.2 then load up dosemu
> and run NETX at the dos prompt like normal to connect.... you dont have
> to load the odi drivers .. the ipx support in dosemu emulates both the
> card odi and ipxodi.....I have never tried it with 3.12, but it works
> great with 4.1.. This of course is a crash course on doing it, but its
> not that hard at all..
>
> On Sun, 19 Nov 1995, Matthew T. Churilla wrote:
>
> > This really isnt just a kernel problem but it does sortof apply to linux
> > kernels. Can anyone tell what I need to load or what I need to do in order
> > to link my linux box into a network running novell netware?? I am currently
> > running linux v1.3.37 and v1.3.41 so an answer for either will work. I
> > would apperciate any information that will bring me closer to a solution to
> > this problem. Ohhh ya and I am connecting to novell v3.12.
> >
> > -Matthew Churilla
> >
>
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