[bit.listserv.novell] WIN386 and NetWare

brian@XLNVAX.EXCELAN.COM (Brian Meek) (02/08/90)

> >Has anyone had any experience getting Windows 386 to work with novell
> >or ...
>
[...]
>
> 1. Disable expanded memory by setting the following value in the
>    (win386) section of your win.ini file.
>    emmsize=0
>
> 2. To use expanded memory, add the address of the network's RAM
>    buffer to your win.ini file.  The address is usually DC00 and
>    in this case you would add the following line to the (win386)
>    section of the win.ini file.
>    lastemmseg=0DC00
>

Later versions of WIN386 have a more specific method of excluding the
memory address range of your NIC.  Rather than lastemmseg=XXXXX - try
emmexclude=0DC00-0DFFF (or whatever...) to tell WIN386's EMS to avoid
your NIC's mem-space.

Also!  I've seen no one mention a recommended item on the NetWare side...
In your SHELL.CFG file, add the line "TASK MODE = 0".  This tells NETx.COM
to be aware of WIN386's virtual tasks and handle them correctly.  SHELL.CFG
must be in the default directory when IPX and NET3 are loaded.  NOTE: This
is documented in the _Supervisor's Reference_ appendix B incorrectly, stating
that the default "TASK MODE = 1" is correct for use with WIN386.  I once
confirmed this is a documentation error with someone at Novell's tech support,
and my experience says "TASK MODE = 0" makes WIN386 and NetWare very stable.

If you are using NetWare 2.0x, there is an ANET3.OBJ file available on NetWire
(CompuServe forum NOVA) that works with WIN386.

Good luck with it,
brian
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