Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!mucs!logitek!martino From: martino@logitek.co.uk (Martin O'Nions) Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell Subject: Re: Novell/Unix compatibility Message-ID: Date: 16 Jan 91 15:21:42 GMT References: <5937@spdcc.SPDCC.COM> Organization: Logitek Plc. Lines: 54 rbraun@spdcc.COM (Rich Braun) writes: >I have a few questions regarding Netware in an DOS/Unix development >environment. Currently our company has numerous MS-DOS systems >connected to Novell file servers, and has just bought some 386 systems >running SCO system V Unix. I want to put the whole set of source code >under a single source code control system which can be accessed by both >DOS and Unix users. >1. When is Novell going to have its TCP/IP gateway software ready? > Will it be able to handle NFS filesystem mounting, electronic > mail, printer queue service, and all the other doo-dads I'm used > to with TCP/IP? Like everyone else out here, I keep hearing that the IP product will be here Q1, but I'll believe it when I see it. Rumour has it (from Novell) that the first NFS product will be one sided - UNIX (tm) machines will be able to NFS mount NetWare, but not vice versa. Printing is still uncertain, since NFS itself only relates to file sharing. Any offers for lpd? >3. Does Netware run under the VP/ix DOS emulator package from SCO? > With what LAN cards? Server and client are both extremely hardware-bound - you are unlikely to have success in this area. >4. Is there a Netware implementation on any other host besides DOS, > specifically any flavor of Unix? DG for the Aviion, Altos for the 5000/4000, HP for I can't remember what, and also for SCO Unix and NCR for the Tower are the best bets at the moment. SCO are promising an in-house version, but won't give a date. >As you can guess, Netware is new to me. I'd never heard of it until >recently, and I've gotten the impression that Novell has really taken over >the PC LAN market only within the last few years. At the risk of sounding sarcastic, the PC LAN market is only a few years old, so the recent rise of PC networking companies is not that suprising. Networks of one form or another have been around for ages, but the boom only realy started in '84/'85 in this sector of the industry. Being new to the product is something we all go through at some point - keep posting! Martin -- DISCLAIMER: All My Own Work (Unless stated otherwise) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin O'Nions Logitek Group Support martino@logitek.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------------------- There's been an accident they said/Your servant's cut in half - he's dead! Indeed said Mr Jones, then please/Send me the half that's got my keys. (Harry Graham - Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes)