[rescue] Novell Netware

[Stefan Skoglund]

mC%n 2019-09-02 klockan 18:28 +0200 skrev Liam Proven:
> On Sat, 31 Aug 2019 at 17:27, Doug McIntyre <merlyn at geeks.org> wrote:
> 
> > I can't find much information about it on www.microfocus.com (the
> > current holder of the remnants of Novell)
> 
> I work in the documentation team at SUSE, which is now independent
> but
> was part of Novell some years ago. I even  have a VM with Netware 6.5
> SP8 on this machine, the last version of Netware.
> 
> I will have a poke around and see if we've got copies of the Netware
> docs anywhere. I might even be able to get them open-sourced if so,
> although no promises on that front.
> There's some stuff on Netware 6 here:
> 
> https://www.novell.com/documentation/nw6p/
> 
> E.g. here's the Setup Guide:
> https://www.novell.com/documentation/nw6p/pdfdoc/setupenu/setupenu.pdf
> 
> The chances are probably slim for anything older than Netware 6. We
> still have a lot of "current versions"  -- SUSE Linux Enterprise
> Server (SLES) was the official successor product to Netware and we
> have over a dozen versions of that current and in support, so there's
> a huge volume of old stuff. That means we have to be quite proactive
> on pruning the even  older, out-of-support stuff.
> 
> I'm willing to be we do have paper versions but that might be all.

Any software ? I have a HP LC II server with no usage (well being a
hercules box is one) and three classic Laser printers (LJ4/LJ6/LJ6p)
so installing Netware and printer sharing is one thing to ponder (i
haven't worked with Netware at all.)