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Re: Installing Linux on a 10Base-T ethernet



> If you are thinking of installing Linux on the existing file server, 
> you probably can only boot Linux or NetWare one at a time, but not 
> concurrently running both operating systems. However, if you want the 
> coexistance of NetWare NOS and Linux install on one of your 486/DX 
> workstation, you might or might not need to run "something" on your 
> NetWare fileserver.
> 
> 1. If you want the Linux workstation to access files located at your 
> NetWare fileserver, you have two options : a. To run dosemu (Dos 
> Emulation) program at your Linux workstation, and run netx.exe or 
> vlm.exe from that Linux workstation, and you shall be able to attach 
> and login to your NetWare fileserver. In this case, you don't have 
> to run anything at the NetWare fileserver. b. Get a copy of Caldera 
> Network Desktop (a commercial Linux), and use the NetWare client 
> built-in which support NetWare 3.1X and NetWare 4.X NDS. Trust me, 
> you will like the GUI Desktop and userfriendly GUI NDS tools, if you 
> are going to upgrade to NetWare 4.1 in the future. More info of 
> Caldera on http://www.caldera.com
> 
> 2. If you want to mount the Linux filesystem at a NetWare volume, you 
> probably have to get NetWare NFS or NetWare NFS Gateway (I can't 
> remember which one). It is an NLM to be loaded on the NetWare file 
> server.
> 
> 3. If you want all your workstation to access Linux without running 
> TCP/IP stack on each workstation, you can use FireFox NOV*IX. It has 
> a TCP/IP to IPX/SPX gateway NLM to be loaded on the NetWare 
> fileserver and all NetWare client can use just IPX/SPX to access the 
> TCP/IP host (Linux).
> 
Just another add-on to my previous posting regarding the ways to 
connect your NetWare OS with TCP/IP hosts.

4. Use SOSS (Stan's Own Server System). It is an NFS Server for DOS, 
you can run NetWare client & this SOSS server together, and let the 
gateway (SOSS) act as an NFS Server to NetWare. Hence it is possible 
to mount the NetWare drives on the UNIX client. The program is 
located at ftp://hilbert.wharton.upenn.edu/pub/tcpip/soss.zip

Found this from one of the HOWTO file... :)

Hope learn from all of you!

Cheers,
Yew-Han.

 
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