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Netware 6 Installation

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by rabuhoff

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When I run the Install program for Netware 6 beta 3 on a test server, I get the following message:

This Pentium class machine lacks some required CPU features. Netware 6 cannot be run on this machine!

Here are the specs:

AMD K2-266
256 Mb RAM
2 Gb IDE HD (bootable 200 Mb DOS partition, remainder upartitioned)
24x CD-ROM

The program does not write a log file or supply more specific info. The hard drive may be under-sized, but I can't tell for sure from the error message. Has anyone installed Netware 6 beta 3 on a 2 Gb hard drive? I'm wondering if a BIOS upgrade would resolve this, a larger hard drive, or a faster CPU.

Bob Abuhoff

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by rabuhoff

Cyrix didn't work with Netware 5, but AMD did (this was my test server for Netware 5). That tells me that this PC should work OK.

by weluvm$?

Buy a server!

Trying to run a network operating system (Novell or Windows) on a glorified desktop PC is asking for trouble. My advice, if you are serious about 'serving',would be to stick to Intel and use a well known manufacturer - Compaq or IBM preferably, but if money is a problem the try Gateway or Dell.

by chrislbusch

you must have a k62 400 or higher or a Pentium 2 333 or higher
I installed with a k62 400 with 64 megs of ram and it gave me the same error message, but still installed, then I added 128 ram and it ran fine.

by rabuhoff

You're right - Novell couldn't clear this up. I'm having no problems now with an AMD 800 using 256 Mb of RAM. Minimal configs are generally not a good idea, but they're important for test servers, Novell should know that!

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