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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Novell NetWare and PCNFS (coexist ?)
Message-ID: <1991Apr4.201455.47278@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 91 02:14:55 GMT
References: <1664@hagbard.dc.luth.se>
Organization: Utah State University
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In article <1664@hagbard.dc.luth.se>, Per.Winberg@dc.luth.se (Per Winberg) writes:
> Hello
> 
> We are trying  to run PC-NFS (ver  3.01) and Novell  (Ver 2.11 and 3.10)
> but we can't make them coexist. Can  somebody help us with this small problem.
> What we want to do  is to access drives on  Novellservers, and on the SUN-Unix
> at the same time, without reconf. and  reboot our MSDOS-workstations. It's so
> annoying.
> 
> Our LAN-configuration
> 
> From the workstation-view, we are connected to a MultiPortRepeater, and from
> the MPR to SUN-server (PC-NFS), and our Novell-servers.
> We are using 3COM503 and 3COM523 ethernetcards.
> 
> Where can we get the right drivers ?
> 
> How shall  we set up the  workstations for this ?
> 
> Do we have to use econfig ?
> 
> Do we have  to go through  a bridge/router ?  (Packetdrivers ver 1.8)
> 
> Could we use PKTD.SYS in PDNFS.ZIP, the last lines in the docs, says something
> about "If...then we could coexist with Novell.".
> 
> WHAT SHALL WE DO ????????
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Per Winber, Computer centre, University of Lulea, S-951 87 Lulea, Sweden
> Tel: +46 920 91 778 (direct) +46 920 91 000 (operator). Fax: +46 920 972 88
> 
> Domain:  per@dc.luth.se         Path: {uunet,mcsun,sunic}!dc.luth.se!per

	One thing you can do is an anonymous ftp to my VMS VAX, netlab.usu.edu
129.123.1.11, and look in the [.pcnfs] directory for comments on the
situation and a spiffed up pktd.*.
	What I found was that I could make PC-NFS and Novell coexist at the
Packet Driver level, but they would not at the DOS redirector level. The
incompatibility was assigned to SUN's corner because the similar redirector
of AT&T StarGROUP did work fine with NetWare. My PC-NFS version is 3.0.
	Since then SUN has issued a new version of PC-NFS, which I am told
addresses these and other issues. So you might want to talk with SUN about
the new version.
	Joe D.