On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, Jon Biddell wrote:
> >Netware 5 is shit hot and, with the inclusion of the XFree86 GUI, can
> >potentially do _everything_ WindoZe does - including running desktop apps
> >on the server.
>
> To a certain extent (as a CNE), I have to agree... File and Print services
> under Novell has always beaten M$ OS's hands down.
I wasn't speaking as a CNE - I'm not {well, not for Netware 5 yet}. I was
just speaking from playing with it in a test tree.
> >Followed Microsoft's "technical bulletin" to the letter, downloaded the
> >updated atapi.sys driver they claim was called for - forget it. This shit
> >did NOT happen. 3 days of trying wasted.
>
> Simple fix - C: drive 2Gb FAT, everything else NTFS. Works fine on up to
> 70Gb RAID5 (biggest I have access to).
Nope.
This was an IDE drive, not SCSI. NT _refused_ to recognise the drive at
this size. I booted to Linux and created the partitions using Linux's
fdisk - and NT _still_ wouldn't work. I created the 2 gig FAT partition
with DOS's fdisk, even. NO soap.
SCSI, I've got arrays of up to 150 gig working fine - but on IDE? NO
chance. Piece of crap.
> >Grab my trusty RH 6.1 CD, stick it in the drive, boot from it, and 30
> >minutes later I had a working Linux box - including the 3C905B network
> >card, 4 meg built in graphics card and 21 inch monitor all recognised on
> >install and configured properly.
>
> A wise and elegant solution.
You betcha!
> >I'll see on Tuesday if he can run his server on a Samba machine via a
> >share. If so, I'll use bloody Linux instead of WinBlows.
>
> If he's running NT, don't forget to disable encrypted passwords, or it's no go.
I know. I bet they'll knock me back anyway.
DaZZa
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