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From: aprzygie@iiic.ethz.ch (Antoni Bronislaw Przygienda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: ??? Compaq33L & Advanced 2.15C problems, cpu's meter faulty ???
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Date: 4 Mar 91 20:18:09 GMT
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Reply-To: aprzygie@iiic.ethz.ch (Antoni Bronislaw Przygienda)
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I lately installed a net (Advanced Netware 2.15) with a COMPAQ 386/33L as
server (Novell NE2000 in it). Questions:

	1) the server runs for 4 or 5 days normally & stops! The screen is
	   still active, but it shows no reaction on any keyboard input.
	   After reboot it works for another 4 or 5 days. The funniest thing
	   is, it doesn't fail under heavy load, but at almost no load
	   (4 or 5% & someone listing a directory for example).
	   I heard several theories from people who installed a lot of
	   Netware before (incl. the Novell dealer):
		i) the ethernet cable is not good enough (quality), so
		   installing a fast server with a lot of traffic on net
		   brings the server down ?!
	       ii) I installed the rprinter.vap on server. Someone told
		   me it's buggy ?!
	2) the "monitor"'s cpu-load-meter goes crazy. It shows first a
	   couple of asteriks & then a load of 170% and more ?! When I
	   slows the compaq by 30% it behaves normally. I looks strongly
	   the way as if the meter would have been tested up to machines
	   with 25MHz by Novell (although I can't really believe it) &
	   has kind of a time-loop in it overflowing on faster ones.

Some hints ?? I'll resume for the net


						Tony