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NetWare 5.1 Server Installation Guidelines
NetWare 5.1 Server Installation Guidelines
Support
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This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products:
General Installation Notes
General Installation Notes
You can install NetWare 5.1 in a virtual machine using the standard Novell NetWare 5.1 CD-ROM.
Note: VMware recommends you install NetWare 5.1 on a host with at least 384MB of memory.
Preparing a Linux Host
Preparing a Linux Host
If you are going to create and run this NetWare virtual machine on a Linux host, change the host's color depth to 256 colors (8-bit color) before you create the virtual machine and install the guest operating system.
Creating and Configuring the NetWare Virtual Machine
Creating and Configuring the NetWare Virtual Machine
- Create a virtual machine. For the most part, you can choose your own settings, except as noted below.
- For the type of configuration, select Custom.
- For the guest operating system, select NetWare 5.
- Keep the memory setting for the virtual machine at its default of 256MB.
- Be sure to create an IDE virtual disk. It should be no smaller than the default size of 4GB.
- If you created this virtual machine on a Linux host, open the configuration file (<netware>.vmx) in a text editor and add the following line:
gui.iconLEDS = false
This removes all the LED icons in the virtual machine window, which prevents the virtual machine display from appearing incorrectly when you power it on while the host is in 256-color mode.
- Install the guest operating system and VMware Tools, then the Nw5-idle.nlm idler program. See below for details.
Installation Steps
Installation Steps
To install NetWare 5.1 in a virtual machine, take the following steps.
- Insert the Novell NetWare 5.1 CD into the CD-ROM drive on your VMware Workstation host and power on the virtual machine.
- Read and accept the license agreement.
- Create a new boot partition. The guest operating system reboots. The installation continues.
- To configure IP networking, do one of the following:
To work around this, open the System Console (press Ctrl-Esc) and type set allow ip address duplicates=on
Press Alt-Esc to return to the installation.
- If you chose host-only networking for the virtual machine, look up the host machine's IP address.
At a command prompt on a Windows host, type ipconfig /all
At a command prompt on a Linux host, type ifconfig
Note the host's IP address for VMnet1 and change the last octet so it is greater than the last octet in the IP address of the host.
For example, if the host IP address is 192.168.160.1, then the virtual machine's IP address is 192.168.160.###, where ### is any number greater than 1 and less than 128.
For the subnet mask, enter 255.255.255.0.
For the router gateway, enter the host's IP address (192.168.80.1 in this example).
- If you chose network address translation (NAT) for the virtual machine, look up the host machine's IP address.
At a command prompt on a Windows host, type ipconfig /all
At a command prompt on a Linux host, type ifconfig
Note the host's IP address for VMnet8 and change the last octet so it is greater than the last octet in the IP address of the host.
For example, if the host IP address is 192.168.160.1, then the virtual machine's IP address is 192.168.160.###, where ### is any number greater than 2 and less than 128.
For the subnet mask, enter 255.255.255.0.
For the router gateway, enter the NAT service's IP address (192.168.80.2 in this example).
Note that with Network Address Translation, there are two IP addresses in use on the host:
The IP address assigned to the interface for VMnet8 shows up in the ipconfig output with a 1 in the last octet.
The IP address used by the NAT device itself always uses 2 as the last octet.
- Finish the installation by following the on-screen instructions.
After you finish the installation, install VMware Tools and load the Nw5-idle.nlm idler program.
VMware Tools for NetWare 5.1 Guest Operating Systems
VMware Tools for NetWare 5.1 Guest Operating Systems
Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For details, see the manual for your VMware product.
As you install VMware Tools, be sure to load the CPU idler program. NetWare servers do not idle the CPU when the operating system is idle. As a result, a virtual machine takes CPU time from the host regardless of whether the NetWare server software is idle or busy. To prevent unnecessary slowdowns, VMware recommends that you load the NetWare CPU idle program, included with VMware Tools, as you install VMware Tools.
Known Issues
Known Issues
Disconnecting VMware Tools ISO File
Disconnecting VMware Tools ISO File
After the virtual machine reboots while installing VMware Tools, make sure the virtual machine releases the VMware Tools ISO image. Choose Edit > Removable Devices > CD-ROM, and if the CD-ROM's configuration shows the VMware Tools ISO image, change it back to Use physical drive.
Pentium 4 Host Page Fault
Pentium 4 Host Page Fault
During the installation of the guest operating system on an Intel Pentium 4 host, you may encounter a Page Fault error. If this error occurs, you must apply a NetWare 5.1 patch on the host machine. For details, see support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2958220.htm.
Support Pack 5
Support Pack 5
If you installed NetWare 5.1 Support Pack 5 in your guest operating system, you cannot mount the CD-ROM. To mount a CD-ROM with the support pack installed, do one of the following:
- Set the primary hard drive to IDE 0:0 and the CD-ROM drive to IDE 0:1.
- Copy the original driver files (IDEATA.DDI and IDEATA.HAM) from the Drivers\Storage directory of the installation CD-ROM that shipped with NetWare 5.1 to the c:\nwserver directory.
Note: If you cannot mount CD-ROMs, you cannot install VMware Tools in the virtual machine.
Grabbing the Mouse Pointer
Grabbing the Mouse Pointer
If the virtual machine is unable to grab or ungrab the mouse, it may be due to a Java class not being referenced in the virtual machine. In the NetWare 5.1 guest operating system, check the xinitrc file, which is located in sys:\java\nwgfx\. Take the following steps.
- In the virtual machine, switch to the system console, then type:
load edit
- Press the Insert key to browse to the sys:\java\nwgfx\xinitrc file.
- In the file, look for this line:
java -classpath $JAVA_HOME\classes\VMWtool.jar;$CLASSPATH VMWTool -iw
- If the line does not exist, add it to the file. Press the Esc key. Save the file.
- Restart the guest operating system. In the system console, type
restart server
The virtual machine should be able to grab and ungrab the mouse now.
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