Dear Lenard,

Now what steps I have to connect with Novell server 5.00?


Pl. give brifness steps ...



Regards
Vipul Patel...

RTFM: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

And/or see: http://justlinux.com/forum/archive/i.../t-105780.html

Dear Lenard,

First of all I am sorry for again help need from you. I red all above documents but could not get proper procedure for IPX protocol.

When I installed both rpms and then went for IPX_configure I have got same error that

Socket:Address family not supported by protocol.

When I give commands /sbin/lspci - I can't see any IPX line in eth0 or eth1. When IPX protocol not installed How can we configured it?


That is my thinking... I also went sites of How to Install IPX protocol in Linux but not get proper solutions.

What can I do now ? Pl. give help.

Regards
Vipul Patel
India.

Try:

sudo mkdir /mnt/novell (or /mnt/whatever)

sudo chown username:username /mnt/novell (replace username with your real username on the linux box)

Edit (as root) the /etc/fstab file and add a line like:

NOVELL_share/USERNAME /mnt/novell ncpfs noauto,rw,user 0 0

(replace NOVELL_Share and USERNAME with your Netware share and username information)

Now you should be able to mount the share (as root or using su/sudo) with the command:

mount /mnt/novell

You umnount (as root or using su/sudo) it by using:

ncpumount /mnt/novell.

Repeat for each novell_share you want to use, make each mountpoint (/mnt/novell for example) unique.

FYI: the command /sbin/lspci lists the hardware and not filesystems, kernel modules or protocols for the hardware. Try something like;

/sbin/modprobe grep ipx

Dear Lenard,

I am unable to connect to Novell server. I have made all changes what you have suggessted here.

/sbin/modprobe grep ipx - shown FATAL: Module grep not found.

When I gave mount /mnt/novell - Error: can't find /mnt/novell in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab.

While I gave command like this /sbin/modprobe -l

I did not get any IPX entry in /lib/modules/2.6.9-5.EL/kernel/drivers/ directory.


Now What Can I do ????

bye
Vipul

Everything you need to know and do has been referenced by example and links within this thread. As a suggestion please contact Red Hat and/or Novell support to resolve this issue or hire someone to perform the configuration.

The fact that you referenced the 2.6.9-5.E kernel suggests to me that you are using an old evaluation version of RHEL4 and do not have any support or subscription to RHN. As a suggestion get legal and get updated.

Dear Lenard,

Eventually, I got connection to Novell server 5 in RHEL4 WS of kernel-2.6.9-5.EL. We have registered licence software for RHEL4 WS.

But instead of connecting support for RHN. One your link through I had compiled kernel with Source rpm and changed in menuconfig part of NCP File System,IPX Protocol activated and after all the procedure,I finally got connected with Novell through GUI Novell Client.FYI , I am newbie for Linux system.

Thanks again for leading me to Linux Enviornment positively.

Regards
Vipul Patel
Ahmedabad
India.