Re: DOS Woes

In article <BE8172BF.11F7%Craig@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Craig N. <Craig@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Ok, hopefully someone can help me out here. I have a client, running in a
>dos based environment with novel. The systems are packard bell 486 25 Mhz.
>And, they are a CAD design firm, sad.
>
>Ok, here is the deal, the server doesn't back-up anymore, and they have tons
>of money on the file server, which they cant loose. How do I move this data
>off the network so I can transfer it into a new XP environment? I threw a
>hard drive into a workstation, and the smallest I could get was a 40 gb, it
>recognized it as a 260 Mb drive, and I copied the data over, when I plugged
>it into my XP machine, it didn't recognize a partition or anything. I am
>attempting to do a recovery on the drive, but so far it's not going to well.
>
>Anyone have any suggestions? CD-Burning isn't an option, at least not with a
>system from '93, and I cant connect into the network with my XP machine or a
>mac, even tried the novel clients. So, Ideas?
>


What's wrong with the backup ?

Why isn't an XP machine talking to your NW server ? If it'a an oldie
it's probably IPX and XP doesn't install IPX by detault. If you
installed the NW clinet it may expect a modern IP version of NW
server. IMO you need to read the release notes for the NV version and
NW clinet for XP to see what's required. You might look at Novell's
XP client, if they make one and see what the requirements are. There
are a zillion little reasons why you can't talk.

A google for "ipx xp netware client" comes up with lots of hits
that may give a clue.

As a last resort if you can get a copy of NT4 install it with the NW
client and it will probabably talk to any NW server NW5 or earlier.
You can put a burner on it and make some backups.

--
a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m

Don't blame me. I voted for Gore.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: What doesnt lend itself to OO?
    ... >> proxy and instructs the server to constuct the real object. ... rather than client code. ... If 'clock' is instantiated in the server, ... > for the server interface at the OOA level. ...
    (comp.object)
  • This is going straight to the pool room
    ... or not the client has privilege to do what they're trying to do, ... The server environment is this: ... 3GL User action Routines that Tier3 will execute on your behalf during the ... Routine Name: USER_INIT ...
    (comp.os.vms)
  • [Full-Disclosure] R: Full-Disclosure Digest, Vol 3, Issue 42
    ... Full-Disclosure Digest, Vol 3, Issue 42 ... SD Server 4.0.70 Directory Traversal Bug ... Arkeia Network Backup Client Remote Access ...
    (Full-Disclosure)
  • Re: What doesnt lend itself to OO?
    ... > rather than client code. ... no way to do that without also touching the object with clock semantics ... will not encapsulate both clock semantics and network semantics. ... The server can do whatever it wants ...
    (comp.object)
  • RE: Fax monitor incoming + outgoing calls?
    ... problem between the client computer and the SBS server. ... Client is using the internal IP address of the SBS server as the ... To the folder redirection GPO issue: ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)