C. ARCHIVES OF USEFUL FILES
C.1 How do I get to the archives?
All the archives mentioned in this FAQ list are accessible by using FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Your network must be connected to the Internet to reach these archive servers. Contact your local computer centre if you are not sure if you are connected to the Internet. Not all organisations offer unrestricted access to the Internet, so you may need to use a specific computer in your organisation to reach the FTP servers. Your local computer centre should be able to advise you of any restrictions.
To access an FTP server, issue the following command:
ftp servername
where servername is the name of your target FTP server (eg risc.ua.edu). You may need to use the IP number of the server instead (eg 130.60.4.7). Once you have connected to the server, you will be asked for your login name -- use anonymous. In many cases you will then be asked for a password. You should use your e-mail address for this. Different versions of FTP have different commands, so it is advisable to contact your local support staff for detailed information on how your FTP software operates.
Novell has also established a World Wide Web server at:
As of March 31, 1995 Novell has made available manuals for NetWare, UnixWare, and the NetWare SDK via this site. The manuals include the complete text of some 110,000 pages of Novell technical documentation in five languages plus more than 14,000 illustrations.
C.2 Official FTP sites for Novell files
Novell has designated several FTP sites around the world as "official" mirrors of the Novell FTP server. These sites are updated at least once a week from the server in Utah. The mirrored FTP sites are available through the Internet as well as through other mechanisms like JANET in the UK and BBS systems in the Netherlands. In addition to the files from ftp.novell.com these servers may contain other useful information for managers of Novell networks. This is a list of the mirrors, their URLs, IP addresses and directories.
BNUG FTP server ftp://bnug.harvard.edu *128.103.85.201*
University of Groningen ftp://ftp.rug.nl/networks/novell *129.125.4.15* This server is updated daily. It is also available via BITNET and BBS (indirect)
University of Salford ftp://ftp.salford.ac.uk/novell *146.87.255.21* Also available via JANET IP
Utah State University ftp://netlab2.usu.edu *129.123.1.44* For Netscapers: ftp://netlab2.usu.edu/sys/anonftp Dir: /sys/anonftp subdirectories follow novell FTP. Index is the top level directory in each. Also available via BITNET, SPAN, Gopher (gopher.usu.edu)
Lincoln University ftp://tui.lincoln.ac.nz/novell/novlib *138.75.90.4*
University of Alabama ftp://risc.ua.edu/pub/network/novlib *130.160.4.7* Also available via BITNET
National Research Council (Canada) ftp://novell.nrc.ca/netwire *132.246.160.4* (Actually mirrors nightly from Joe D.'s netlab2.usu.edu, thus Joe's WHATIS files, for example, are also on this mirror)
United Kingdom ftp://ftp.novell.co.uk/pub
United Kingdom ftp://ftp.mechnet.liv.ac.uk
[Thanks to Steven Carpenter for this info]
So how to find things on Novell's master FTP server (or on Netwire, Novell's Compuserve forum)? First obtain a copy of FORUM.DOS, packaged as either forum.zip or forum.exe typically in forum 01. That's a good summary but not always up to date nor explicit about filenames within archives. The Netwire archive changes daily.
A full listing of the contents of each archive file, via Pkunzip,is the set of text files WHATIS.xxx in the Netwire directory on netlab2.usu.edu. "xxx" is the name of the forum, 01 etc. That suite is regenerated every week or two. The time/date stamp is shown for each file within a .zip/.exe archive.
The Netwire archive contains over 1000 files totaling 100+MB, most are .zip/.exe collections. Thus if things were unpacked there would be tens of thousands of files. The archive is divided into forums with special purposes. Forum Novfiles contains hot items which will be moved to the numbered forums in due course. One is very unlikely to find files named RCONSOLE.NLM or similar in the archive as bare files; instead those will be within .zip/.exe archives of arbitrary filenames.
Most Netwire files are self-extracting archives, to be found with .EXE extensions.
For Rconsole, see netwire\novlib\04\rcnsle.exe, where the latest Rconsole material resides. Here is a cutout from netwire\whatis.04:
Searching ZIP: NOVLIB/04/RCNSLE.EXE Length Method Size Ratio Date Time Name ------ ------ ----- ----- ---- ---- ---- 9147 Implode 3052 67% 04-17-91 10:36 RCONSOLE.HLP 83391 Implode 45356 46% 06-19-91 13:15 RCONSOLE.EXE 3042 Implode 1451 53% 08-26-91 10:00 READ.ME ------ ------ --- ------- 95580 49859 48% 3
To be complete, "Netwire" is formally the Novell area of Compuserve. The Novell owned files are placed on ftp.novell.com for anonymous ftp access. That is mirrored by a small number of official sites.
At last, many of the user-contributed files to NetWire (Compuserve) are now available via anonymous ftp from your favorite mirror of Netwire, including from ftp.novell.com. See directory netwire\novuser which has 12 subdirectories 01..12 (11 and 12 are empty right now).
File netwire\novuser\Index and text files netwire\novuser\whatis.xx (xx = 01..12) on netlab2 indicate the nature of each directory and the contents of each zip'd archive, respectively. A variety of archiving methods have been used by contributors, so don't expect PKUNZIP to work on all.
Here is the big picture of the novuser area (file Index):
User contributed material from Compuserve, Netwire\novuser NOVUSER Library Sections 1) New Uploads 2) Disk Drivers/Patches 3) LAN Drivers/Patches 4) Comm Drvs/Patches 5) Host/Unix Dvrs/Ptch 6) Printer Utils 7) Network (Sys) Utils 8) Client WS Utils 9) Management Tools 10) Text Files/Help 11) Job Postings 12) Classifieds
The following is a list of indices for novell software on ftp.novell.com and mirrors:
/netwire/novfiles/novfil.idx /netwire/novlib/01/forum.* (may be in /02/) /netwire/novlib/01/novchg.txt (may be in /02/) /netwire/novuser/01/taplib.exe /netwire/novuser/01/tapusr.exe /netwire/novuser/01/titles.exe On the netlab2.usu.edu only mirror, you can also find the following: /netwire/novuser/Index /netwire/novuser/whatis.* /netwire/versions/novlib04.ver /netwire/versions/novlib05.ver /netwire/versions/novlib06.ver
ftp.novell.com is being moved away from the netwire library concept. The managers of ftp.novell.com advise that users should familiarise themselves with the pub2 directory tree. Information for the pub2 tree can be found in /pub2/00DIR. Each subdirectory in /pub2 also has a 00DIR index file.
C.2.1 Official GOPHER site for Novell files and Information
Novell has established an excellent Gopher-based site. It is must faster than the www site and is located at:
The links on this site are just about everything a Netware support person could ever want or need. Explore!
Useful ftp sites, along with their Novell related directories include:
ftp://splicer2.cba.hawaii.edu/files/novell ftp://splicer2.cba.hawaii.edu/files/pegasus *128.171.17.2*
ftp://cc.usu.edu/slip ftp://cc.usu.edu/tcp-ip *129.123.1.1*
ftp://risc.ua.edu/pub/network/novlib ftp://risc.ua.edu/pub/network/pegasus ftp://risc.ua.edu/pub/network/misc ftp://risc.ua.edu/pub/network/tcpip *130.160.4.7*
ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/etc/system/novell *128.252.135.4*
ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/novell *131.246.9.95*
ftp://netlab.usu.edu/novell ftp://netlab.usu.edu/netwatch *129.123.1.11*
ftp://chaos.cc.ncsu.edu/share/pc/novell ftp://chaos.cc.ncsu.edu/share/pc/utils ftp://chaos.cc.ncsu.edu/share/pc/email ftp://chaos.cc.ncsu.edu/share/pc/net ftp://chaos.cc.ncsu.edu/share/pc/manage *152.1.19.23*
ftp://ftp.novell.de/pub/NetWire ftp://ftp.novell.de/pub/unix ftp://ftp.novell.de/pub/unixware ftp://ftp.novell.de/pub/drdos ftp://ftp.novell.de/pub/sjf-lwp *193.97.1.1*
[Thanks to Mark Burgess and David Silverstein for this info]
C.4 Current NetWare program version numbers/dates
Information about the Novell NetWare software version numbers. This file is created with NW311REV version 1.10 at 2-20-1995.
You may also wish to load CONLOG.NLM early in your AUTOEXEC.NCF (and then unload it near the end of AUTOEXEC.NCF). CONSOLE.NLM will then capture all console output from the server initialization process and create a file called CONSOLE.LOG in the sys:\etc directory that you can print/study to determine the actual version number, etc. of the NLMs you are currently running. CONLOG can be obtained from ftp.mechnet.liv.ac.uk
Note: CONLOG auto-loads CLIB.NLM so make sure that you have specified your timezone stuff and loaded CLIB before loading CONLOG (see Joe D.'s AUTOEXEC.NCF file in section C.9.2 below).
[Thx Joe D.]
On the other hand, CONFIG.NLM has the advantage that it can be loaded after all other NLMs are already loaded and it will give you detailed information of your server and modules.
ftp://ftp.novell.com/.../tabnd1.exe
[Thx D.T.]
Also, try http://support.novell.com
C.4.1 Current NetWare program version numbers/dates in SYS:PUBLIC
Novell software version numbers in SYS:PUBLIC
ACONSOLE.EXE 3.75 8-06-1993 3:13p
ALLOW.EXE 3.75 5-06-1993 5:00p
ATTACH.EXE 3.75 5-11-1993 1:58p
BCONSOLE.EXE ?.?? 2-11-1991 12:00a
BREQUEST.EXE ?.?? 12-09-1993 9:08a
BROLLFWD.EXE ?.?? 10-11-1993 2:08p
CAPTURE.EXE 3.75 5-20-1993 2:59p
CASTOFF.EXE 3.75 4-12-1993 5:05p
CASTON.EXE 3.75 4-12-1993 3:48p
CHKDIR.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 8:24a
CHKVOL.EXE 3.75 5-06-1993 3:45p
COLORPAL.EXE 1.02 10-20-1987 9:33a
DSPACE.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 2:50p
ENDCAP.EXE 1.00 7-19-1989 10:55a
FCONSOLE.EXE 3.76 (940215) PTF 3-24-1994 9:08a
FILER.EXE 3.76 8-11-1993 4:05p
FLAG.EXE 3.75 5-06-1993 3:26p
FLAGDIR.EXE 3.75 4-12-1993 1:52p
GRANT.EXE 3.75 5-06-1993 11:37a
LISTDIR.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 3:51p
LOGIN.EXE 3.75 5-04-1993 3:06p
LOGOUT.EXE 3.75 4-12-1993 9:52a
MAKEUSER.EXE 3.75 4-13-1993 1:57p
MAKLOCAL.EXE ?.?? 2-11-1991 12:00a
MAP.EXE 3.75 5-07-1993 9:07a
NBACKUP.EXE 3.50 1-13-1993 8:48a
NCOPY.EXE 3.75 4-16-1993 8:43a
NDIR.EXE 3.75 4-13-1993 1:24p
NPRINT.EXE 3.75 5-05-1993 9:29a
NVER.EXE 3.75 4-20-1993 11:11a
PCONSOLE.EXE 3.75 5-06-1993 4:26p
PRINTCON.EXE ?.?? 5-24-1993 1:50p
PRINTDEF.EXE 3.75 5-04-1993 2:34p
PSC.EXE 3.75 5-24-1993 3:03p
PSERVER.EXE 3.76 8-11-1993 3:02p
PSTAT.EXE 2.00 2-11-1991 12:00a
PURGE.EXE 3.76 8-04-1993 3:05p
REMOVE.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 9:46a
RENDIR.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 9:16a
REVOKE.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 5:07p
RIGHTS.EXE 3.75 4-12-1993 7:29p
RPRINTER.EXE 3.75 5-04-1993 2:31p
SALVAGE.EXE 3.75 4-13-1993 10:03a
SEND.EXE 3.75 6-01-1993 5:11p
SESSION.EXE 3.76 (940718) PTF 7-19-1994 10:03a
SETPASS.EXE 3.75 4-19-1993 10:55a
SETTTS.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 4:55p
SLIST.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 5:05p
SMODE.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 12:35a
SYSCON.EXE 3.75 5-10-1993 12:27a
SYSTIME.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 5:16p
TLIST.EXE 3.75 4-12-1993 1:43p
USERDEF.EXE 3.75 5-05-1993 7:58a
USERLIST.EXE 3.75 5-06-1993 10:59a
VERSION.EXE 3.75 5-06-1993 9:15a
VOLINFO.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 3:16p
WANGTEK.EXE 3.50 2-11-1991 12:00a
WHOAMI.EXE 3.75 4-13-1993 12:22a
[Thx H.K.]
Also, try http://support.novell.com
C.4.2 Current NetWare program version numbers/dates in SYS:LOGIN
Novell software version numbers in SYS:LOGIN
LOGIN.EXE 3.75 5-04-1993 3:06p
SLIST.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 5:05p
[Thx H.K.]
C.4.3 Current NetWare program version numbers/dates in SYS:SYSTEM
Novell software version numbers in SYS:SYSTEM
ACONSOLE.EXE 3.75 8-06-1993 3:13p
ATOTAL.EXE 3.75 5-10-1993 4:34p
BINDFIX.EXE 3.75 4-27-1993 9:37a
BINDREST.EXE 3.75 4-16-1993 3:15p
BROLLFWD.EXE ?.?? 6-24-1991 3:36p
DOSGEN.EXE 1.20 (930419) 4-19-1993 6:37p
PAUDIT.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 4:36p
RCONSOLE.EXE 3.75 8-06-1993 3:13p
RSETUP.EXE ?.?? 9-05-1990 4:00p
SECURITY.EXE 3.75 4-14-1993 10:23a
WANGTEK.EXE 3.50 11-12-1990 9:54a
WSUPDATE.EXE 3.75 4-27-1993 3:29p
[Thx H.K.]
[ Link removed - please contact [email protected] if you know where Novell lists the most current NLMs ]
C.4.4 Current NetWare NLM version numbers/dates in SYS:SYSTEM
NLM version numbers in SYS:SYSTEM
2XUPGRDE.NLM 1.10 6-01-1993 1:44p
3CBOOT.NLM 1.03 9-30-1991 2:32p
A3112.NLM 4.10 3-29-1994 1:49p
ADAPTEC.NLM ?.?? 2-13-1991 5:07p
AFTER311.NLM 4.10 3-29-1994 1:48p
AIO.NLM 5.00 6-11-1993 2:00p
AIOACI.NLM 1.00 12-17-1992 12:14a
AIOCOMX.NLM 2.00 12-17-1992 12:09a
AIOCXCFG.NLM 1.01 12-15-1992 8:08a
AIODGCX.NLM 1.01 12-15-1992 8:09a
AIODGMEM.NLM 1.00 12-15-1992 8:07a
AIODGXI.NLM 1.03 12-14-1992 2:13p
AIOESP.NLM 1.00 1-28-1993 6:45p
AIOWNIM.NLM 1.00 1-28-1993 7:56p
BCONSOLE.NLM ?.?? 6-27-1991 2:20p
BDIRECT.NLM 6.10 1-26-1993 3:00p
BDROUTER.NLM 6.10 5-17-1993 3:48p
BREBUILD.NLM 1.10 8-26-1993 1:32p
BROUTER.NLM 6.10 8-27-1993 10:24a
BSETUP.NLM 6.10 1-07-1993 11:04a
BSPXCOM.NLM 6.10 11-24-1993 10:40a
BSPXSTUB.NLM 6.10 5-20-1993 3:51p
BTRIEVE.NLM 6.10 11-19-1993 9:48a
BTRMON.NLM 6.10 1-28-1993 2:25p
BTRVSTUB.NLM 6.10 8-27-1993 10:32a
BURGLAR.NLM ?.?? 3-02-1992 11:30a
BUTIL.NLM 6.10 10-25-1993 5:16p
CDROM.NLM 3.12 6-09-1993 4:22p
CLIB.NLM 3.12 5-19-1994 10:27a
CONLOG.NLM 1.00 4-05-1993 4:06p
DIBIDAI.NLM 3.12 6-11-1993 4:12p
DIRECTFS.NLM 1.08 7-14-1993 3:46p
DISKSET.NLM 3.11 2-14-1991 9:02a
DPTSIM.NLM 0.00 6-09-1993 2:23p
EDIT.NLM ?.?? 8-29-1990 1:25p
ETHERRPL.NLM 1.02 1-21-1991 11:12a
ETHERTSM.NLM 2.50 11-29-1994 3:34p
FDDITSM.NLM 2.13 7-07-1993 5:07p
INSTALL.NLM 1.57 8-17-1993 10:23a
IPCONFIG.NLM 2.02 2-22-1993 12:35a
IPXS.NLM 3.12 4-19-1993 8:35a
KEYB.NLM 1.00 7-15-1993 10:15a
LLC8022.NLM 4.50 12-13-1992 2:06p
MATHLIB.NLM 3.12 5-19-1994 9:12a
MATHLIBC.NLM 3.12 5-19-1994 9:11a
MONITOR.NLM 1.75 10-26-1992 9:21a
MSM31X.NLM 2.50 11-23-1994 11:41a
NFSFIX.NLM 2.00 3-04-1993 4:37p
NFSSHIM.NLM 2.00 4-19-1993 4:05p
NLICLEAR.NLM 1.04 5-24-1991 12:17a
NMAGENT.NLM 1.11 8-12-1991 11:12a
NOVADIBI.NLM 0.00 3-31-1992 12:08a
NUT.NLM 1.13 12-20-1990 8:18a
NWSNUT.NLM 4.10 6-02-1994 4:48p
PCN2LTSM.NLM 2.08 1-30-1993 11:32a
PFIXUP.NLM 1.01 4-30-1993 5:19p
PING.NLM 1.00 1-29-1993 1:13p
PINSTALL.NLM 2.01 5-07-1993 6:07p
PM312.NLM 1.21 3-24-1994 11:06a
PROTO.NLM ?.?? 2-09-1991 8:36a
PSERVER.NLM 3.76 8-11-1993 3:19p
REMFILFX.NLM 2.00 4-19-1993 4:19p
REMOTE.NLM 3.12 5-13-1993 3:13p
ROUTE.NLM 3.12 5-01-1991 8:14a
RPL.NLM 4.05 4-09-1993 9:37a
RS232.NLM 1.30 2-09-1991 7:02a
RSPX.NLM 3.12 3-29-1993 5:04p
RSPXSTUB.NLM 6.10 5-20-1993 3:51p
RXNETTSM.NLM 2.05 1-06-1993 10:04a
SBACKUP.NLM 3.12 5-18-1993 8:02a
SMDR31X.NLM 4.00 6-15-1993 10:23a
SNMP.NLM 2.08 4-06-1993 3:44p
SNMPLOG.NLM 2.00 4-05-1993 3:45p
SPXCONFG.NLM 1.00 2-12-1991 10:35a
SPXS.NLM 3.12 4-19-1993 8:26a
STREAMS.NLM 3.12 4-19-1993 8:32a
TAPEDC00.NLM ?.?? 2-13-1991 4:37p
TCPCON.NLM 2.02 1-29-1993 1:12p
TCPIP.NLM 2.02 2-22-1993 12:34a
TLI.NLM 3.12 4-19-1993 8:38a
TOKENRPL.NLM 1.02 1-21-1991 11:29a
TOKENTSM.NLM 2.50 11-23-1994 11:55a
TPING.NLM 1.00 1-29-1993 1:13p
TSA.NLM ?.?? 2-15-1991 5:03p
TSA311.NLM 4.01 6-04-1993 10:59a
TSA312.NLM 4.01 6-04-1993 10:54a
TSA_DOS.NLM 4.01 6-09-1993 4:30p
UINSTALL.NLM 3.11 12-14-1990 2:40p
UPS.NLM 1.11 12-18-1990 7:57a
VREPAIR.NLM 3.12 5-04-1993 12:50a
V_MAC.NLM 1.01 12-10-1990 7:06a
V_OS2.NLM 1.01 12-10-1990 7:10a
WANGTEK.NLM 3.11 7-18-1991 3:37p
WS_MAN.NLM 4.01 6-08-1993 4:04p
[Thx H.K.]
[ Link removed - please contact [email protected] if you know where Novell lists the most current NLMs ]
C.4.4.1 WWW Site maintaining a list of most current NLMs
http://mft.ucs.ed.ac.uk/novell/techsup/inwnlm.htm
[Thx G.J.S.] [These are the most current NLMs for IntraNetware - JEL]
C.4.5 Current VLM Client Kit program version numbers/dates
VLMs :
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AUTO.VLM 1.20 8/11/94
BIND.VLM 1.20 8/11/94
CONN.VLM 10837 02-14-95 8:08a
CONN.VLM 1.20 8/11/94
FIO.VLM 1.20 8/11/94
GENERAL.VLM 1.20 8/11/94
IPXNCP.VLM 1.20 8/11/94
TRAN.VLM 1.20 8/11/94
SECURITY.VLM 1.20 8/11/94
PNW.VLM 1.10 9/12/93
MIB2IF.VLM 1.00 17/08/93
MIB2PROT.VLM 1.00 17/08/93
NDS.VLM 1.20 8/11/94
NETX.VLM 4.20 8/11/94
NMR.VLM 1.10 9/12/93
NWP.VLM 6648 02-14-95 8:11a
PNWMIB.VLM 1.10 30/11/93
PNWTRAP.VLM 1.10 30/11/93
PRINT.VLM 1.20 8/11/94
REDIR.VLM 14793 01-17-95 11:51a
REDIR.VLM 1.20 8/11/94
RSA.VLM 1.20 8/11/94
WSASN1.VLM 1.10 17/08/93
WSREG.VLM 1.10 17/08/93
WSSNMP.VLM 1.10 17/08/93
WSTRAP.VLM 1.10 17/08/93
These are the latest, after the Novell Dos upgrades and P10U05 upgrade.
[Thanks to Chris Clemson and Hans Nellissen for this info]
On August 14, 1995, Novell released the full VLM update kit, v1.20a with TCP/IP stack, as six files at:
ftp://ftp.novell.com/pub/updates/nwos/dsclnt12
OR
For Netscapers:
ftp://netlab2.usu.edu/sys/anonftp/pub/updates/nwos/dsclnt12
OR
ftp://...YOUR LOCAL MIRROR.../pub/updates/nwos/dsclnt12
File detail is as follows:
CLIENT.TXT 5,099 02-07-95 6:07p <-- Obsolete, disregard. VLMKT1.EXE 864,039 08-07-95 9:35p VLMKT2.EXE 493,055 08-07-95 9:38p VLMKT3.EXE 1,062,892 08-07-95 9:44p VLMKT4.EXE 786,173 08-07-95 9:50p VLMKT5.EXE 899,874 08-07-95 9:53p VLMKT6.EXE 541,844 08-07-95 9:57p
[Thx Joe D. and Paul Menius]
From the 95 March issue of Novell App Notes says:
"If you are running a version of the DOS Requestor earlier than version 1.20, or if you are running a version of VNETWARE.386 dated earlier than 8-17-94, you will need to set add a TimerCriticalSection=10000 entry to the [386 Enh] section SYSTEM.INI. The VNETWARE.386 driver for the DOS Requestor 1.20 defaults to 1000, which better supports mobile products."
[Thanks to George Nesto for this info]
C.5 Current Personal NetWare program version numbers/dates
NET.EXE 1.00 17/08/93
DPMS 1.30 15/11/94
LSL.COM 2.05 10/09/93
IPXODI.COM 2.12 1/10/93
SERVER.EXE 1.23 13/07/94
VLM.EXE 1.20 8/11/94
[Thanks to Chris Clemson for this info]
C.6 NetWare Patches and Updates FAQ location
This FAQ lists the locations of patches and updates to Netware related applications. It can be accessed at:
[Thanks to Stan Toney for this info]
C.7 NetWare Free, Patching, Patches and Version FAQs locations
A list of freeware NLMs is located at:
A FAQ on patching a Netware server is located at:
A FAQ on NLM patches is located at:
And an NLM version FAQ is located at:
[Thx G.J.S.]
There is a NetWare CD-ROM containing 2,141 Public Domain/Free/Shareware programs and a database of 450 commercial add-ons available from EMS Professional Shareware, 4505 Buckhurst Ct., Olney MD 20832-1830, (301) 924-3594, Fax (301) 963-2708, [email protected].
This is a NW 3.12 startup file. Your server is probably in c:\server.312. Aic7770 is for an Adaptec 2742AT SCSI controller. Tapedai.dsk is for tape backups, and so is the reserved buffers item. This is an EISA bus server. If yours is too then please pay attention to how I handle the 64 MB in this server. 5 GB disk farm on three spindles.
set maximum alloc short term memory=32000000 set Minimum Packet Receive Buffers=100 set reserved buffers below 16 meg=200 set auto tts backout flag=on set ncp packet signature option=1 set replace console prompt with server name=OFF rem PATCH MANAGER AND PATCHES TO BE LOADED IN STARTUP.NCF LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\PM312 LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\BCKTTSFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\BHANDFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\CTRSTKFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\DHANDFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\DIRSPCFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EAACCFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EADATFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EAFLTFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EAREPLFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EASUBFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EAWRITFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\EAWRNFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\ELEVFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\GNSFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\GTALLYFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\HFFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\IOHANDFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\IPXRCVFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\LSLUNBFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\LSTECBFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\MMACCFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\PBWANFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\READQFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\REGOBJFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\RKIELFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\SIGLOGFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\SYNCMFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\TRBUFFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\RKIELFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\SIGLOGFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\SYNCMFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\TRBUFFIX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\UNLDIRFX LOAD C:\NW312\PATCHES\WRLENFIX REM load aic7770 slot=3 verbose=y max_tags=10 max_nontags=2 load mac.nam load nfs.nam load tapedai
[Thx Joe D.]
Notes: uses NFS for NetWare, APC's Powerchute, Arcada Backup Exec, Pegasus Mail. MAC namespace on vol sysmac:, NFS namespace on vol sys:, NetWare Unix Client support (for my UnixWare netlab1 machine).
file server name EDU-USU-NETLAB2
ipx internal net 817b012c
set allow unencrypted passwords=on
set reply to get nearest server=on
set maximum directory cache buffers=300
set minimum directory cache buffers=275
set maximum outstanding NCP searches=1000
set maximum packet receive buffers=250
set timezone=MST7MDT
load clib /L1 tz=MST7MDT /pb
load conlog
load nfsfix
load mathlib
rem load nmagent
load tli
load ipxs
load spxs
load ne3200 slot=1 frame=Ethernet_II name=bbone
rem
load ipxstack
load ipxrtr routing=nlsp mcast=yes
bind ipx bbone net=817b0100 nlsp=yes
load remote password
load rspx
load pserver edu-usu-netlab2
load snmp ControlCommunity=password TrapCommunity=password
load tcpip rip=no forward=no
# [See note below for bind statements in general & the following]
bind ip bbone ad=129.123.1.44 ma=255.255.255.0 ga=129.123.1.254
load rdate /p 60 /v 10 129.123.1.9 129.123.1.2 129.123.1.7
rem Appletalk v3.12, learn routes
load ne3200 slot=1 frame=Ethernet_snap name=atbone
load appletlk net=50006 zone={"CASS"}
bind appletlk to atbone net=0-0
load afp
rem
search add sys:system\mercury
load mercury
load mercurys
load mercuryc
search delete 2
rem
SEARCH ADD SYS:PWRCHUTE
LOAD AIO
LOAD AIOCOMX port=2f8 int=3
LOAD PWRCHUTE SYS:PWRCHUTE
patch
# Command to start LAN WorkGroup, NFS, and other products.
load REMFILFX
unistart
mount all
bestart
unload conlog
load monitor
Joe's tips for bind statements, to save line length & in general:
Use abbreviations for keywords and omit the optional keywords. Please see the manual for this, but ma= works for mask, no "to" is needed, and so on. DEF is not needed if GA= is used (gateway= static route to the "real router" and is the default route). Do NOT turn on RIP, please oh please. Omit ARP= too. Don't play around with your broadcast setting. As a live example, see below. It's much less than 80 columns. It's in the FAQ [Above].
load snmp ControlCommunity=password TrapCommunity=password load tcpip rip=no forward=no bind ip bbone ad=129.123.1.44 ma=255.255.255.0 ga=129.123.1.254
[Thx Joe D.]
Another tip to save extra bytes on the bind line is to use hexadecimal instead of decimal numbers in the ad= ma= and ga= options.
[Thanks to Joao Carlos Mendes Luis for this info]
rem Patches from 312pt6.exe. Pm312 etc loaded in startup.ncf LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\DAICCFIX LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\DBLDEBFX LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\GLOCKFIX LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\REALMFIX LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\RTCHGFIX LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\SPXDDFIX LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\SPXFIX2 LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\SPXNSFIX LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\UNLOADFX LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\WSMSGFIX rem other modules rem LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\IPXSOCK 101 rem LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\SERVHOPS rem LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\SYNCTIME rem LOAD SYS:SYSTEM\PATCHES\RTRTIME
[Thx Joe D.]
C.9.4 Joe D.'s Selected update/patch files for NW 3.12
Selected update/patch files for NW 3.12, all in netwire:
TCP188.EXE 155,161 11-10-94 10:43p PBURST.EXE 63,237 06-14-94 11:00p LIBUP5.EXE 657,851 04-24-95 4:30p LANDR4.EXE 238,838 03-24-95 7:02p SBACK3.EXE 280,023 04-26-95 3:42p 312PT6.EXE 74,614 04-07-95 4:21p RCONSL.EXE 68,819 05-26-95 9:09p STRTL3.EXE 172,277 07-31-94 11:00p CDROM3.EXE 117,609 07-11-94 11:00p IPXRT3.EXE 1,207,210 06-16-95 3:53p 312DU1.EXE 188,415 08-29-94 11:00p MAP312.EXE 48,964 03-13-95 6:57p AFP11 .EXE 90,487 01-30-95 5:27p SYS376.EXE 161,608 05-10-95 8:48p LOG376.EXE 74,768 03-09-95 11:40p PU3X01.EXE 453,054 11-16-94 4:48p
[Thx Joe D.]
Last Updated: April 07, 1998 / JEL