On-Line Transaction Consultants home page http://www.otcnetworks.com/ (yes, know
it sucks, it was done years ago in MS Frontpage and I have not made any attempt
to update it. I never claimed to be a
web page designer or html expert).
NetWare RAM recommendations: nwram.htm
Server hardware recommendations: servermb.htm
NetWare server parameter
settings: nwsettings.htm
TimeSync, NTP, Time Drift issues: timesync.htm
Client speed tips: nwclient.htm
IDEATA driver info: ideata.htm
Make sure you have set the gateway address as the
default gateway in INETCFG -> Protocols -> TCPIP -> LAN Static
Routing. Then, from the console prompt you should be able to PING
gateway_IP_address and PING 192.233.80.11 (www.novell.com). Once those are
working, you should be able to set up NTP (as long as you donít have a firewall
blocking TCP/UDP port 123.
(sample using 192.168.x.x reserved
private IP address range)
load mydriver.lan frame=ethernet_ii
name=mycard_EII [port=xxx] [int=x] [slot=xx]
LOAD TCPIP
BIND IP mycard_EII ARP=Yes
Mask=FF.FF.FF.0 Address=192.168.1.101 GATE=192.168.1.1
NetWare tracks deleted files and automatically purges
the oldest deleted files as needed when free space is needed for other uses.
However, there is an overhead associated with this tracking (directory cache
buffers, CPU time, etc.), so I recommend you take steps to keep the overhead to
a minimum.
I recommend you flag print queues, backup queues, and
other directories used only for temporary files for immediate purge.
Then, I recommend using TOOLBOX.NLM and CRON.NLM to
schedule regular (i.e. nightly) purge of selected files and directories. I
create a .NCF file with a series of TOOLBOX purge commands, then schedule it
with CRON. Eliminating the tracking of temporary files or less critical files
may make it possible to salvage useful data for a longer period of time, and it
reduces the overhead of tracking deleted files.
Below is a sample .NCF file.
# nightly purge process for deleted files
#purge files over 180 days old from SYS volume
purge sys:\*.* -q -a -d=180
#purge files over 180 days old from DATA volume
purge data:\*.* -q -a -d=180
#purge files from deleted directories over 60 days
old
purge sys:\deleted.sav\*.* -q -d=60
purge data:\deleted.sav\*.* -q -d=60
#purge temp files from SYS volume
purge sys:\*.tmp -q -a
purge sys:\~*.* -q -a
purge sys:\etc\tmp\*.* -q -a -d=7
purge sys:\system\DS*.DIB -q -a -d=30
#purge files from queue directories over 1 days old
purge sys:\queues\*.* -q -a -d=1
purge data:\queues\*.* -q -a -d=1
#purge temp files from DATA volume
purge data:\*.tmp -q -a
purge data:\~*.* -q -a
Here's a CRONTAB entry to schedule it.
#purge old deleted files from server at 3:30am
(server local time) every day
30 03 * * * MYPURGE.NCF
Alternatively, you can use one of
these utilities for managing deleted files:
AutoPurge commercial
CleanVol Freeware
For Older Novell service packs,
clients, and patches, try any of these locations (Credit Barry Schnur for the
list). Some may be out of date:
Try these first:
http://www.salfordsoftware.co.uk/software/downloads/novell.html
http://kd002.kud.com/ftp/pub/netware-4.11/patches/
http://www.lss.ksu.edu/download/novell/
http://www.lss.ksu.edu/download/private.htm
ftp://ftp.maxdata.de/Network_Software/Novell_Netware/
Try these alternatives
http://www.vobis.de/bbs/support/brett08/index.htm
http://wwwr.idg.se/natkom/servpack.htm
http://www.gyakg.u-szeged.hu/netbasic/ftp.bas
http://www.lss.ksu.edu/download/novell/
http://www.lss.ksu.edu/download/private.htm
http://kd002.kud.com/ftp/pub/netware-4.11/patches/
http://www.snw.info.hu/INTERNET/DOWNLOAD/
ftp://ftp.maxdata.de/Network_Software/Novell_Netware/Novell_Netware_4.xx/
ftp://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/pub/novell/nw411/
ftp://ftp.hsh.no/pub/archive/ftp.novell.com/nwos/inw411/
ftp://ftp.braz.ru/pub/netware/updates/
http://www.bham.ac.uk/is/novell/
http://www.chasetown.staffs.sch.uk/technical/novell/clients/clients.html
http://ftp.mplik.ru:81/pub/Novell/Index.html
http://www.snw.info.hu/download/patch/NW5/
http://www.utcc.ac.th/ftp/netware.htm
http://www.gruppe-ass.at/EDV/SW/News/UPs/Novell/SPs-NW50.htm
http://www.sytk.fi/pub/novell/supportpacks/nw5/
http://support.comimpex.cz/NOVELL/NW/NW5/
http://novell.net-burg.com/Support/NetWare/NW5SP5_ENG/nw5sp5_eng.html
http://pub.vse.cz/pub/novell/netware/nw/nw5/
http://www.geocities.com/herb_bread/pk411it3.zip
http://www.chasetown.staffs.sch.uk/technical/novell/clients/clients.html
http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/mirrors/novel/nw/nw51/
http://robinson.rz.tu-ilmenau.de/other_os/novell/updates/nsbs51/
http://robinson.rz.tu-ilmenau.de/other_os/novell/updates/nw51/
http://www.ucns.uga.edu/~ucns/lans/novell/patches.html#NetWare%205.1