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:

http://www.novell.com

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:

http://support.novell.com

The links on this site are just about everything a Netware support person could ever want or need. Explore!

C.3 Other useful FTP sites

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 faq@jelyon.com 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 faq@jelyon.com 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 :
------
      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

ftp://netlab2.usu.edu/pub/updates/nwos/dsclnt12

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:

ftp://ftp.nsm.smcm.edu/pub/novell/patchfaq.zip  

[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:

http://mft.ucs.ed.ac.uk/novell/techsup/archive/freenlms.htm

A FAQ on patching a Netware server is located at:

http://mft.ucs.ed.ac.uk/novell/techsup/patchfaq.htm

A FAQ on NLM patches is located at:

http://mft.ucs.ed.ac.uk/novell/techsup/nlmpatch.htm

And an NLM version FAQ is located at:

http://mft.ucs.ed.ac.uk/novell/techsup/nlmver.htm

[Thx G.J.S.]

C.8 Off-line alternatives

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, ems@wdn.com.

C.9 Joe D.'s .NCF Files

C.9.1 Joe D.'s Startup.NCF

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.]

C.9.2 Joe D.'s Autoexec.NCF

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]

C.9.3 Joe D.'s Patch.NCF

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