[comp.sys.novell] Building Network Shell 3.01 D

dan@versatc.versatec.COM (Dan Ching) (02/27/91)

HELP!!!!

I have Advanced Netware 2.15 and I want to get the updated shells
to run Window 3.0

I've download dswin1 through dswin4 and unzipped them into my
/generate/netware/... directories.  I run the "new, simple" :-(
shgen program, but when shgen tries to link my new ipx.com it 
complains about "An error occured while linkink IPX. Error = 9.
<Press Escape to Continue>" and then complains about "An error 
occured while configuring IPX. Error =1".

Any hints or suggestions would be appreciated.

- thanks in advance
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Daniel Ching
XES Versatec Products
(408) 982-4337

kenh@techbook.com (Ken Haynes) (02/28/91)

In article <21420@versatc.versatec.COM> dan@versatc.versatec.COM (Dan Ching) writes:
>HELP!!!!
>
>I have Advanced Netware 2.15 and I want to get the updated shells
>to run Window 3.0
>
>I've download dswin1 through dswin4 and unzipped them into my
>/generate/netware/... directories.  I run the "new, simple" :-(
>shgen program, but when shgen tries to link my new ipx.com it 
>complains about "An error occured while linkink IPX. Error = 9.
><Press Escape to Continue>" and then complains about "An error 
>occured while configuring IPX. Error =1".

The Error = 9 Message means it couldn't find a file where it expected.  Be 
sure that the .obj files are in the correct subdirectories.  Dump the 
.net descriptor files to discover the subdirectory names that shgen is 
expecting.



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trier@cwlim.INS.CWRU.Edu (Stephen C. Trier) (03/04/91)

Dan Ching (dan@versatc.versatec.COM) writes:
>...but when shgen tries to link my new ipx.com it 
>complains about "An error occured while linkink IPX. Error = 9.
><Press Escape to Continue>" and then complains about "An error 
>occured while configuring IPX. Error =1".

Ken Haynes (kenh@techbook.com) replies:
>The Error = 9 Message means it couldn't find a file where it expected.  Be 
>sure that the .obj files are in the correct subdirectories.  Dump the 
>.net descriptor files to discover the subdirectory names that shgen is 
>expecting.

Also try using a different version of MS-DOS.  There's a bug in shgen that
makes it complain about a rename when a file with the new name already
exists.  This only affects certain versions of MS-DOS, I believe.

There's also a bug with the BYU packet driver shell that causes errors
when using the new shgen or netgen.  Unfortunately, I don't remember the
details.  If you're using the BYU shell, this could be the problem.

Flame on:

Why can't Novell learn how to do decent error handling?  I am getting
seriously tired of idiotic "Oops.  This error was never supposed to
happen, so we'll just tack a meaningless number on it" errors.
"Professional" programmers should know better.  At the least, _DOCUMENT_
the error numbers!!!

Flame off.  I feel better now...  :-)

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