I have about 150 systems here, all Dell, all tied into the Novell IP/IPX network.

I saw this CD and *needed* to get a hold of it. I was able to build a default CD and boot it on this system. Only problem is, when booted, I am only given options for Microsoft Network, and never asked anything about the Client for Novell Networks. Neither can I find any program/shortcut in the menus to load support for Novell.

Am I missing something? Has anyone here gotten NwDskPe working and can possibly give me the steps to enable it either on my current CD or by building a new one?

Much appreciated, thanks!

I added that plugin a long time ago. Very few people have asked about it so instructions and updates for it have been scarce. Since I do not have access to that type of network I couldn't create a "how-to" on getting it to work. LittlBUGer was successful (I think) at getting it to work. Hopefully he will be on soon and we can get a "how-to" put together.

Much appreciated. If any further testing is needed, on Novell/dell systems let me know. I have plenty of opportunity to do such testing here.

Well, yes, I originally asked for it for use at my work of which everything is tied in with Novell as well. I did successfully get it to work but just having the plugin wont work. You need to actually copy the client files to the CD as well. Instructions on how to do everything are HERE. Look under the Usage section... that's all I did to get it working. I hope that helps.

Crap. Cannot believe I forgot that step. I had even skimmed that page beforehand.

Curse me and my skimming habits.

Thanks, man. That should do it.


Now, as I understand it, there is an imaging program (aka ghost, but free) on the UBCD4Win, correct? Would this be sufficient for making install images, or should I add the Ghost32 plugin? (I do have several licenses of it floating around here somewhere...)

That depends, but I would choose the commercial software if you can if you have a license, as they tend to be better (most of the time).

I am not sure if this is what you are asking...but I use ubcd4win and the nwdskpe plugin to Ghost away. We keep all the images on a server and run Ghost32 from there. Works great.
Oh, we were configured for IPX (DOS and regular Ghost) but have been turning it off and the CD allows us to Ghost using TCP/IP. Not as fast as IPX but it works.

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