Naturally, to install NetWare 5.1, you’ll need the NetWare 5.1 CD. If you don’t have a copy of DOS lying around, you can use Novell DOS 7.0, which you can find on the NetWare 5.1 license disk.
You can’t use the version of DOS that comes with Windows 9x. You can use any version of MS-, PC-, or DR-DOS for this partition as long as it’s version 3.3 or higher. Like earlier versions of NetWare, your server must have a small, bootable DOS partition with DOS loaded on it before you can start installing NetWare 5.1. Doing so also gives you the opportunity to make some mistakes without affecting your entire network. That way, you can get a feel for some of the new features in NetWare 5.1 before it has an impact on your production network. If you’ve never worked with NetWare 5.1, it might be a good idea to install it for the first time in a test environment. (256 MB of additional RAM is recommended for this product.)
128 MB of additional RAM if you install the Oracle8 i Data server.(512 MB of additional RAM is recommended for this product.) 128 MB of additional RAM if you install the IBM WebSphere Application server.128 MB of RAM for the standard NetWare 5.1 products.750 MB of additional free disk space if you install the IBM WebSphere Application server.750 MB of free disk space on SYS for the standard NetWare 5.1 products.(You should create a DOS partition that exceeds the amount of RAM in the server by 50 MB and has at least 35 MB available.) 50-MB DOS partition with 35 MB available.(A very fast Pentium III is recommended.) The minimum hardware requirements for NetWare 5.1 are listed below, followed by some recommendations: You should also verify that your server can run NetWare 5.1. Make sure you have several full backups of data on your server, especially your NDS tree. If you’re integrating your new NetWare 5.1 server into an existing NDS tree, verify that you’ve installed the latest support packs on any NetWare 4.x and 5.0 servers in your tree. In this Daily Drill Down, we’ll walk you through a simple installation of NetWare 5.1 on your server.īefore you install NetWare 5.1 on your server, double-check to make sure that you have everything ready. Now it’s time to get down to brass tacks: installing NetWare 5.1 on your server. In ”Introducing NetWare 5.1,” we showed you how to prepare your server and network for the latest version of NetWare. In this Daily Drill Down, John Sheesley walks you through the steps for installing NetWare 5.1. Well, it's time to get down to brass tacks: installing NetWare 5.1 on your server.
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