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From: geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: Novell and PC-NFS
Summary: Why not both?
Message-ID: <1577@east.East.Sun.COM>
Date: 14 Feb 90 13:32:43 GMT
References: <554@massey.ac.nz>
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Reply-To: geoff@east.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top)
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Organization: Sun Microsystems PC-NFS Engineering
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Quoth GEustace@massey.ac.nz (Glen Eustace) (in <554@massey.ac.nz>):
#We have a fairly large local area network supporting PCs, about 250 so
#far.  These PCs run the Sun Microsystems PC-NFS product and are servered
#from several Unix machines, a Pyramid, a Sun386i and 4 DECStation 3100s.
#
#One of our departments wants to put in there own departmental LAN and
#they want to go with Novell, but they don't want to lose access to the
#services we provide on the Campus Network.

Well, they could always run both Novell and PC-NFS :-) This is not [yet]
an officially-supported configuration, Glen, but a countryman of
yours has made it all work using the packet driver interface: (Andrew, I
hope you don't mind me quoting you):

# From ASLEEMAN@waikato.ac.nz Tue Feb  6 17:59:27 1990
# Subject: pktd.sys with NOVELL - Tis Magic
# To: geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM
# X-Vms-To: IN%"geoff@hinode.East.Sun.COM"
# 
# Geoff,
# 
# I have just installed the new version of pktd.sys. Things seem to be working
# very well so far. Thank you for your effort in making the changes. It is
# really appreciated.
# 
# Andrew Sleeman
# asleeman@waikato.ac.nz
 
[I then asked about detailed configuration and memory usage, and he wrote:]

# From ASLEEMAN@waikato.ac.nz Tue Feb  6 19:09:04 1990
# Subject: pktd.sys & Novell Config & Mem-usage
# To: geoff@East
# 
# Geoff,
# 
# I hope this helps.
# 
# config.sys :
# 
#   FILES=40
#   BUFFERS=20
#   install=dos\share.exe
#   device=\net\pcnfs\pcnfs.sys /f40
#   device=\net\pcnfs\sockdrv.sys
#   device=\net\pd\pktd.sys
#   device=\net\pcnfs\ansi.sys
#   shell=c:\dos\command.com c:\ /p /e:1024
# 
# autoexec.bat :
# 
#   set prompt=$p$g
#   set path=c:\net\pcnfs;c:\unixbin;c:\bin;c:\dos;c:\bat
#   c:\net\pd\wd8003e 0x60 0x3 0x280 0xd000
#   net start rdr wally *
#   net pcnfsd truth
#   c:\net\novell\packet
#   c:\net\novell\net4
# 
# Output From chkdsk :
# 
#     655360 total bytes memory
#     438656 bytes free
# 
# Yes it does seem to be consuming a wee bit of space, but on the other hand 
# it is going to add an lot of flexibility to our networking environment for
# those people who insist on using networked PC's without full time dependence
# on our main VAX Cluster. Thanks.
# 
# Andrew

Geoff Arnold, PC-NFS architect, Sun Microsystems. (geoff@East.Sun.COM)
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