Free Windows Help Tutorials sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org /title> <META HTTP-EQUIV="imagetoolbar" CONTENT="no"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=ISO 8859-1"> <META name="description" Content="Hundreds of downloadable Windows help tutorials, articles and how-to guides sponsored by inkjet printer cartridges dot org."><style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=#999999 vlink=blue link=blue> <span name = "INTRA" class="pg" style="top:0px; left:5px; width:714px; height:1010px"></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:0px; left:5px; height:1010px; width:714px' class='img'> <img src="pg0001im.png" height = "1010 width = "714" border="0"> </span> <span class='nav' style='left: 10px; top: 10px'><pre></pre></span><span name = "INTRA" style='top:51px; left:507px' class="ft6"><pre><font face='Helvetica'>Problem Solving:Windows NT/2000</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:103px; left:143px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>Installing</b> <b>NetWare</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:153px; left:197px' class="ft4"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>Support</b> <b>Packs</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:248px; left:190px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Novell</b></i> <i><b>recently</b></i> <i><b>launched</b></i> <i><b>two</b></i> <i><b>new</b></i> <i><b>NetWare</b></i> <i><b>support</b></i> <i><b>packs.</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:268px; left:179px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>We</b></i> <i><b>take</b></i> <i><b>a</b></i> <i><b>look</b></i> <i><b>at</b></i> <i><b>what's</b></i> <i><b>been</b></i> <i><b>fixed</b></i> <i><b>and</b></i> <i><b>how</b></i> <i><b>to</b></i> <i><b>install</b></i> <i><b>the</b></i> <i><b>packs.</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:301px; left:576px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>By PCNA Staff</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:370px; left:77px' class="ft0"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>Y</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:374px; left:109px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ou might be forgiven for think </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:374px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>assume that it's free from corruption.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:374px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>staller will not work if the server can </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:386px; left:109px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ing that Novell and Microsoft</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:386px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The files on the PCNA CD ROM were</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:386px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>not be rebooted or the volumes will not</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:398px; left:109px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>are engaged in a constant com </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:398px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>downloaded directly from Novell, but</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:398px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>mount.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:410px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>petition to see who can produce the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:410px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>you should still virus scan them just in</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:410px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>NetWare 5 Support Pack 4 must be</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:422px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>largest support pack for an operating</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:422px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>case.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:422px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>installed through the NWCONFIG</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:434px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>system.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:434px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>If you receive error warnings from</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:434px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>utility and not through the graphical</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:446px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Although it's Microsoft that has the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:446px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the unpacker, this is probably because</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:446px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>user interface in NetWare 5.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:458px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>reputation for bloatware and huge</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:458px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>it's trying to create a file with a path</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:458px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>At the start of the installation, the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:470px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>service packs for NT, it's actually</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:470px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>name that's too long for your system.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:470px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>server SET parameters are reset to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:482px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Novell that is currently way ahead in</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:482px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>There are some very deep paths in the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:482px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>their defaults. This includes settings</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:494px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the game. Whereas SP6 for NT4 is a 34</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:494px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>unpacked version of the support pack.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:494px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>like Minimum Packet Receive Buffers.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:506px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>MB download, the latest sets of fixes</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:506px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>To avoid problems, move the EXE file</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:506px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>The previous configuration settings</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:518px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>for NetWare 4 and 5, packs 8 and 4</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:518px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>to the root directory of the drive and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:518px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>are saved to the SYS:\ENVIRO.TXT</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:530px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>respectively, weigh in at a ridiculous</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:530px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>unpack from there. Don't worry the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:530px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>file on the server. To reconfigure the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:542px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>76 and 102 MB.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:542px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>unpacking won't create any files in the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:542px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>server's SET parameters, refer to this</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:554px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>These support packs are cumula </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:554px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>root directory itself.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:554px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>file and set the parameters again.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:566px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>tive, in that they contain all fixes from</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:566px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>As mentioned, the support packs</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:566px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>After this, the Support Pack files are</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:578px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>previous support packs. So you can go</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:578px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>are cumulative and contain all cur </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:578px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>copied to the server. Newer files on the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:590px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>straight from an unpatched OS (or one</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:590px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>rently available patches and fixes for</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:590px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>server are not overwritten. The instal </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:602px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>at any other patch level) to the latest</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:602px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>NetWare 4 and 5. Although many of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:602px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>lation program checks the version of</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:614px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>version in a single step.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:614px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the patches and fixes are available for</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:614px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>each file. If two files have the same</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:626px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>If you haven't already obtained</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:626px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>separate download, the support packs</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:626px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>version, the installation program then</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:638px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>these latest support packs, you'll al </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:638px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>have been tested (with the core OS and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:638px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>checks the date of each file. This does</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:650px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ways find the latest NetWare and NT</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:650px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>alongside other Novell products) as a</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:650px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>not include TAR files, which have no</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:662px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>packs on your PCNA CD ROM, either</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:662px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>collection, and Novell recommends</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:662px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>version or date checking.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:674px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>in the Featured Files section or the re </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:674px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>that you install them as such. Don't</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:674px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>During installation of the support</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:686px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>source library.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:686px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>install individual files from the un </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:686px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>pack, a record is added to PROD </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:698px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>This article provides a brief over </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:698px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>packed support packs, as this may</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:698px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>UCTS.DAT in the Installed Products</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:710px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>view of some of the major installation</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:710px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>cause problems.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:710px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>section, and a SPACK 5.0.4 v4.0 Sup </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:722px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>issues regarding NetWare 5 SP4 and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:722px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>If you are running BorderManager,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:722px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>port Pack for NetWare 5 message ap </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:734px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>NetWare 4 SP8, and also details some</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:734px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>GroupWise or ManageWise and you</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:734px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>pears.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:746px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>of the things that have been fixed. Fur </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:746px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>wish to install any support packs for</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:746px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>You can find a full list of all the files</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:758px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>ther information is included in the in </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:758px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>these products, you should do so after</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:758px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>installed by the support pack at</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:758px; left:624px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Helvetica'><b>sup </b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:770px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>structions accompanying the packs,</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:770px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>patching NetWare itself.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:770px; left:466px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Helvetica'><b>port.novell.com</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:770px; left:551px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'> follow the link to</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:782px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>and also at</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:782px; left:130px' class="ft2"><pre><font face='Helvetica'><b>support.novell.com</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:782px; left:231px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>if you</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:782px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the service pack and then click on Long</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:794px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>follow the link to the file finder. You</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:796px; left:272px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>NetWare</b></i> <i><b>5</b></i> <i><b>SP4</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:794px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Description. Note that files destined</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:806px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>should read these carefully before up </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:806px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>for the \TOOLS directory are not in </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:818px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>grading your servers.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:818px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Figure 1 lists the major bugs in Net </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:818px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>stalled automatically. Note also that</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:831px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Ware 5 that are fixed for the first time</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:831px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>the install will unload JAVA.NLM and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:844px; left:77px' class="ft3"><pre><font face='Arial'><i><b>Unpacking</b></i></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:843px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>in Support Pack 4.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:843px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>all Java applications in order to update</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:855px; left:286px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Prior to installing the Support Pack</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:855px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>JAVA.NLM and the Javaclass libraries.</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:867px; left:91px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>First things first. To unpack the sup </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:867px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>or any updates to your server, you</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:866px; left:480px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>If BTRIEVE.NLM fails to load and</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:879px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>port packs, run the NW5SP4.EXE or</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:879px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>should ensure that you have a reliable</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:878px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>stops the install, you must load</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:891px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>NW4SP8.EXE file. Assuming it un </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:891px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>backup of the server. The backup op </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:891px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>IPXSPX.NLM. Or, install Btrieve v7 by</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:903px; left:77px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>packs without reported errors, you can</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:903px; left:272px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>tion provided by the Support Pack in </font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:903px; left:466px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>running INSTALL.BAT located in the</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:946px; left:52px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>Issue 117 (April 2000) page 3</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:946px; left:617px' class="ft1"><pre><font face='Arial'>File: P1717.1</font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:944px; left:260px' class="ft5"><pre><font face='Arial'><b>PC</b> <b>Network</b> <b>Advisor</b></font></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" class='nav' style='left: 357px; top: 1010px'><pre>Next page <a href='page0002.htm'>></a></pre></span> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1050px; left:50px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial">New!</font><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial Narrow"> </font><font size="2" face="Arial">The best sites for quality <a href="http://www.inkjet-printer-cartridges.org">inkjet printer cartridges</a> and the best sites for <a href="http://www.cheap-inkjet-cartridges.com">cheap inkjet cartridges</a></font></b></pre></span></body> <span name = "INTRA" style='top:1100px; left:300px' class="ft4"><pre><b><font color="#FF0000" size="3" face="Arial"><a href="../index.html">Windows Help Desk Home</a> </font></b></pre></span></body></html>