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From: jbvb@FTP.COM ("James B. Van Bokkelen")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: 3c523 cards and Packet Drivers
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Date: 2 Nov 90 16:15:01 GMT
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    I have gen'd the proper shells for Novell Netware 2.15.  These shells
    work fine, I can login to the server and run applications.
    I have ftp'd the 3c523 packet drivers from Clarkson (vers 7).  I load
    the Novell shell then the packet driver and login to the network.  I
    then attempt to run a FTP product and it fails.

If this is in fact what you have done, the error is simple:  If your Netware
shell can run by itself, without loading the Packet Driver first, then it
has its own built-in hardware driver.  When you load the Packet Driver later,
both pieces of software are trying to talk to the same hardware, and you
get a crash.

What you need to do is build a Netware shell which doesn't have its own
hardware driver, instead depending on the Packet Driver (which must be
loaded before IPX.COM).  If you have our PC-210 distribution, you'll find
the BYU SHELLDRV.OBJ file on the 4th or 5th disk, along with directions
on how to link it into a new IPX.COM.

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