>Your loss.
>
>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.
>One of the application developers at work wanted a low end backup "server"
>for a database which needed about 10 gig of space.
>
>No problems, I said - we'll just grab a desktop, replace the standard 6.4
>gig drive with a 13 gig one, and away we go.
>
>Easier said than done. NT _refused_ to install - all sorts of symptoms
>from fdisk displaying "Maximum size for partition is 0 Mb" on a 13 gig
>drive to installing proeprly but refusing to boot.
>
>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).
>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.
>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.
Jon
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