From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Aug 24 12:23:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA23918 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 12:23:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arl-img-1.compuserve.com (arl-img-1.compuserve.com [149.174.217.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA23913 for ; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 12:23:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by arl-img-1.compuserve.com (8.6.10/5.950515) id PAA16827; Sat, 24 Aug 1996 15:23:14 -0400 Date: 24 Aug 96 15:21:40 EDT From: Jan Knepper <106030.3360@CompuServe.COM> To: "[FreeBSD Hackers]" Subject: Novell NetWare Message-ID: <960824192140_106030.3360_JHF79-1@CompuServe.COM> Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk /* Folks, folks, you can do *all* of this from FreeBSD now. ... ... We've been running the Netcon server at Walnut Creek CDROM for a few months now and it works great as a Novell server replacement. */ Well, correct me if I am wrong, but isn't that what I told in my message? OK, I could have said it clearer... The fact is that IF a company is using Novell NetWare and also uses 'Btrieve' or any other product like that that SPECIFICLY runs on a Novell NetWare File Server there is NO WAY of replacing it with FreeBSD, Linux or what-so-ever, unless you can load a NetWare-Loadable-Module (NLM) on FreeBSD and also have the IPX/SPX communication support. I think Netcon is a nice product as far as File-Service (note *Service*) goes and may be even Print-Service. But Btrieve-Service for instance is out of the question. So, yes, FreeBSD with Netcon is a nice replacement for NetWare if you are NOT using the *extra* functionality NetWare delivers. Otherwise, there might be an NT solution... Sorry, but, "you can do *all* of this from FreeBSD now" should be, "you can do almost all of this from FreeBSD now". Don't worry, be Kneppie, Jan