Installing Netware 4.11

Hmm...did the install start at all, or can you even see the file system on the CD or not? As well, did you format the entire drive using FAT16? Netware needs about a gig of free, unpartitoned space for it's own file system, and for Netware 5.1, a 200MB C: drive should be sufficient (size adjusted according to personal preference, of course. I use 1 GB myself... :) ).

First create a FAT (DOS) partition of about 1 GB. Smaller is OK, but be careful. Format that partition and make it bootable.

You will need to either have a boot floppy with the CD ROM drivers (Compaq has a propriatary set) and boot to the A prompt. Change to the CD drive and run install.

The system will setup.

Again, you will need additional unpartitioned space for the Netware file system..and the NWSERVER directory will be placed on your C Drive.

That should be all it takes.

I have found that some Netware CDs can be difficult to read (especially a couple of 4.10 CDs).
I have found that the directories do indeed exist, but are not seen by some directory tools, although DOS dir/ad should display them.
You can manually force the install as follows ..
(assume CD is D:)

d:
cd \install\ibm\dos\xxx\_
select main

(I have found that the default installation batch file - INSTALL.BAT - which calls SELECT README - that displays the licence information, etc - sometimes causes a hangup)

This should get the installation underway.

JC

1. NO Netware version requires a 1GB DOS partition. The rec. size is 30MB. I use 50MB for extra safety. Never used even 30MB.
2. Compaq is proprietory. Using installation cd with native netware 4.11 or a Compaq netware? Compaq creates a "System partition" with utilities for maintenance and recovery.
The Compaq cd is bootable; check your Bios boot setup, set the cd drive as the first boot device for initial setup. Put the Compaq cd in the drive and you should be guided with easy steps in a GUI.
3. Native netware;You need: a bootable disk with fdisk.exe and format.com as well as Compaq drivers for your hardware. SCSI? Don't forget Compaq's aspicd.dsk device driver in config.sys and mscdex.exe in disk autoexec.bat to enable the cd-rom drive. Boot from the disk. Create only the dos partition. Exit fdisk, reboot. Ready to install netware. PLAN your specific setup. Careful with using .ham drivers- some systems don't function well with them. Netware 4.11 uses IPX, not IP. Need IP? Plan setup and install IP AFTER server's functioning properly. Edit config.sys file as needed and reboot. Always-one step at a time. Novell TID#2943950 minimum config.sys: Files=20, Buffers=50, Lastdrive=Z. Can be adjusted for your needs. NEVER use DOS device drivers unless absolutely needed. Consumes dos memory before server.exe runs-can cause Netware problems.
- boot from disk and run install on cd. Let netware format dos partition, and install it's version of dos. From there, should be a matter of following the prompts. If you will only be using this machine as a server, use all remaining drive space for netware partition- will be created during setup. don't rec. letting netware create default volumes. This is where your "plan" comes into play. Unless you set things up otherwise, print q's and public dir are on sys vol. I rec. min. of 1GB for the volume. enough space on sys with plenty of room to grow. Good luck.

You have control over the CD in DOS so I presume you have the correct drivers and their parameters. But there are a few issues:
-Never use a Win9x formatted diskette. Use "real" DOS, the Install will not like anything else and will freeze.
-You can boot from the Netware CD, and that will allow you to create a DOS partition as well. No DOS drivers or partition required for that, but if there is one it will use it.
-In your config.sys you use a "name" for your CD, and you refer to the same name in MSCDEX /d:... Do NOT use "CDROM", make it "CDROM01" or whatever other name you like. Install doesn't like "CDROM".

Jim

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