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From: jbreeden@netcom.COM (John Breeden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Netware 386 NFS capabilities
Message-ID: <1991May9.030436.20203@netcom.COM>
Date: 9 May 91 03:04:36 GMT
References: <1991May7.170934.18198@amd.com> <1991May7.232850.7748@engin.umich.edu> <620@racerx.UUCP>
Organization: Netcom - Somewhere in the S.F. Bay Area
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In article <620@racerx.UUCP> ken@racerx.UUCP (Ken Hardy) writes:
>The referenced article almost makes it sound (in a part not quoted here)
>as if NetWare can serve as an NFS server.  Is this so?  I am not one of those
>responsible for our NetWare server (being one of those Un*x bigots ;->
>

Yes, Netware 3.11 will allow Suns to NFS mount Netware file systems via
Novell's NFS NLM (Network Loadable Module). There are a few "details"
though.

1. The NFS NLM by itself is $5000!
2. You can't mount NFS file systems on a Netware server (ie: NFS files
   available to Netware users).
3. You have to put up with Novell.

Let's see...SOSS is less than $5000, can share drives either direction and
I don't have to deal with Novell!

Hummm...tough choice.



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