Our shop was using Novell 4.11 and IPX as the protocol . What I had to do was install ipxutils2.2.0.18-6.i386 and ncpfs-2.2.0.18-6.i386. I then typed "ipx_interface add - p eth0 802.3. It sounds like you only have TCP/IP. If so then you don't need the ipxutils just the ncpfs rpm, I think.
I then created a mount point in /mnt, example mkdir /mnt/data
typed "mcpmount -S servername -V volumename -U username -f 777 -m /mountpoint" NOTE: User name must have the context in it. For example: -U username.context.servername
I hope this helps.
BTW we have since moved off Novell.