Installing Netware
You have two options from which you may choose when setting up a
workstation:
- Novell NetWare Client
- Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks
You may download the Novell NetWare Client from www.novell.com
To install Netware Client 32 for Windows NT 4.0:
- Login to Windows NT as “Administrator.”
- Right-click on Network Neighborhood and select Properties.
- Go to the Services tab and click on Add.
- A new window titled “Select Network Service” will appear. Highlight
the selection Client Service for NetWare and then click on OK.
- Specify the location of the Windows NT install files and click on Continue
to proceed. This is the CD-ROM in the directory I386 (An example is E:\I386).
- The appropriate files will now install and bring you back to the main
window, titled “Network.” Click on the Close.
- A window will now appear that informs you that you will need to reboot
your computer to activate the changes. Click on Yes to reboot.
- When your computer has finished rebooting, login as “Administrator”
again.
- Now, a box labeled “Select NetWare Logon” will appear. Click on the
bubble next to Default Tree and Context. In the Tree
field, enter u-wisc and in the Context field enter soe.madison,
then click on OK to continue.
- Windows NT will now come up with a window saying that the user is unknown
and if you really want to use soe.madison as your default context.
Ignore it and click Yes to continue.
- Now, double-click on the Network Neighborhood icon and then
double-click Netware Compatible Network. A large number of machine
names should show up in the window that appears. Select the machine named soe_ed
by double-clicking on it. If you do not see a list of names, try clicking on
Entire Network and then NetWare Services.
- A window labeled “Enter Network Password” will appear. Enter your
login name and password in the appropriate fields and then click on OK.
- A window labeled soe_ed will now appear. Go to the following
directory from this point: \\soe_ed\v1\download\clients.
- Now, double-click on the folder C32nt that is in the Clients
folder.
- In the C32nt folder, double-click on the folder called i386
and then double-click on the icon labled Setupnw.
- After running the program Setupnw, a window labeled “Novell
NetWare Client 4.0 Installation” will appear. Click on the button labeled Continue
to begin installing the software.
- A window labeled “Software License Agreement” will now appear. Click
on Yes to continue.
- The license agreement window will now be replaced by a box asking if you
would like to install Client 32 and remove the Microsoft Client Service for
Netware. Click on Yes to continue.
- Client 32 will now install itself. After it has finished installing, you
will be asked to reboot your computer. You do not want to do this yet. Click
the button labeled Close to get back to Windows NT without rebooting.
- In the folder labeled C32nt mentioned above, double-click on the
file called RELEASE. This will update your registery to fix some
problems with Client 32.
- Next, go back to the network properties screen by right-clicking on the
icon Network Neighborhood and selecting Properties.
- In the “Network” window, click on the Services.
- Click on Novell NetWare Client For Windows NT and then click Properties.
- In the window that pops up, go to the Client tab and fill in the Preferred
Tree and Server with the appropriate information.
- Also on this screen, click Add on the bottom of the screen. This
will bring up another window that asks for the Tree Name and Default
Context. In the Tree Name field enter u-wisc and in the
field under Default Context put the appropriate information and click
on OK.
- Click the Login tab, then check the box next to Display
connection page.
- Also on the Login tab, check the box next to Display Script
Page and then click OK.
- Click on Close in the “Network Properties” box and reboot your
computer.
- When your computer reboots into Windows NT, go to the tab labeled Scripts
and in the field labeled Login Script enter NT_Login_Script2.
- Now, change back to the Login tab, log in to the network, and hit Enter.
- A window will now appear asking to log into the Workstation. Do this and
you will be logged in.