Friday, April 25, 2003

Painless NetWare 6.5 Install Total time to install a NetWare 6.5 beta server with all services selected around 20 minutes start to finish. The only hitch I had was in configuring my monitor and video card to work with the XFree86 server they use. That took 3 or 4 minutes by itself. Novell's iManager is a Web-based management console that looks like a real improvement on previous versions. The basic install created a 4GB partition on my 18 GB disk. I was able to create a new Data volume to use the remaining empty space with three clicks and entering the word "Data" in a text box. More impressions as I go along. 11:33:28 PM    comment []

NetWare 6.5 Beta I'm installing the beta of NetWare 6.5 right now. One of the things the installer does is give you an option of picking a specific type of system to install. Examples include a simple Web server running Apache, an application server running Novell's appserver called exteNd (aka Silverstream), a database server running MySQL, or any of a number of other options. You can download a copy and try it out yourself from:  http://www.novell.com/products/netware/beta.html#download Every Brainshare attendee was given a beta kit for 6.5 plus a nice little binder with demo copies of a number of other products. The NetWare beta kit includes a demonstration server with a business solution built around a company called digital airlines. More later... 10:53:19 PM    comment []