Accessing a NetWare disk

I have a RedHat machine that needs to mount/read a disk from a Novell
NetWare server.
Not across the network, but via a physical cable to a physical disk.

Surely someone have done this?
What kernel bits and pieces do I need?
What other tools are required, and how to do it?

I can find tons of stuff on accessing a live remote NetWare server, that is
not my problem.

Appreciate any and all pointers and advice.

Foz

On Wed, 19 May 2004 15:29:43 -0700, Frank Foss wrote:

> I have a RedHat machine that needs to mount/read a disk from a Novell
> NetWare server.
> Not across the network, but via a physical cable to a physical disk.
>
> Surely someone have done this?
> What kernel bits and pieces do I need?
> What other tools are required, and how to do it?
>
> I can find tons of stuff on accessing a live remote NetWare server, that is
> not my problem.
>
> Appreciate any and all pointers and advice.
>
> Foz
ncpfs filesystem, present in every kernel. 5" googling.

"Frank Foss" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I have a RedHat machine that needs to mount/read a disk from a Novell
> NetWare server.
> Not across the network, but via a physical cable to a physical disk.

You're looking for NWFS...

Vic.


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"The Real Slim Shady" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 19 May 2004 15:29:43 -0700, Frank Foss wrote:
>
> > I have a RedHat machine that needs to mount/read a disk from a Novell
> > NetWare server.
> > Not across the network, but via a physical cable to a physical disk.
> >
> > Surely someone have done this?
> > What kernel bits and pieces do I need?
> > What other tools are required, and how to do it?
> >
> > I can find tons of stuff on accessing a live remote NetWare server, that
is
> > not my problem.
> >
> > Appreciate any and all pointers and advice.
> >
> > Foz
> ncpfs filesystem, present in every kernel. 5" googling.

I knew about ncpfs before. From Google, as it happens...
Trouble is, all I see about it is that it supports the NCP protocol for
talking IPX (maybe also IP) to a NetWare server somewhere else.

I could not ascertain 100% if it could also allow me to access a SCSI disk
plugged in on my Linux server, hence the post.

If you are confident that ncpfs is all I need to read from the disk after I
plug it in, then thank you very much, that is what I needed to hear.

Foz

>

On Wed, 19 May 2004 18:24:14 -0700, Frank Foss wrote:

>> ncpfs filesystem, present in every kernel. 5" googling.
> I could not ascertain 100% if it could also allow me to access a SCSI disk
> plugged in on my Linux server, hence the post.

What you want to check is NWFS, as another poster pointed out. NCPFS
is for networked access, not direct media access.

Sheesh, I think you missed cross posting to alt.multimedia.xena-hercules!

Cheers!

"Frank Foss" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> I have a RedHat machine that needs to mount/read a disk from a Novell
> NetWare server.
> Not across the network, but via a physical cable to a physical disk.
>
> Surely someone have done this?
> What kernel bits and pieces do I need?
> What other tools are required, and how to do it?
>
> I can find tons of stuff on accessing a live remote NetWare server, that is
> not my problem.
>
> Appreciate any and all pointers and advice.
>
> Foz

Suspect you won't get any "directly" mounted options:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/redhat/...8-11.i386.html
provides network access (in the distro) :-(

If all you have is a separated hard disk that you're trying to plug
into a Linux box to get at the disk data directly -- have
half-heartedly looked for something like this in the past but never
found anything worth trying.

Maybe someone more persistent can chime in ...

Other option is to load Netware (eval) on a box just for this purpose
-- lots of work and likey a gotcha will getche :-(
http://www.novell.com/products/netware/eval.html

sorry,
prg
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"Vic" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Frank Foss" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)
>
> > I have a RedHat machine that needs to mount/read a disk from a Novell
> > NetWare server.
> > Not across the network, but via a physical cable to a physical disk.
>
> You're looking for NWFS...

Which will be hard to find because Novell threatened legal action against
the author a few years back. Someone should raise this issue with
them again now that they've put on their open-source-friendly face.

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Les Mikesell
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On Thu, 20 May 2004 04:03:31 +0000, Les Mikesell wrote:

>> You're looking for NWFS...
>
> Which will be hard to find because Novell threatened legal action against
> the author a few years back. Someone should raise this issue with
> them again now that they've put on their open-source-friendly face.

Further Google.com research shows that NWFS has fallen into a black
pit with twisty passages all alike. Look at the email sequence
beginning with:

http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-ke.../msg51462.html

where J Merkey washes his hands of NWFS after Novell has continually
beaten him to a pulp, year after year.

Now that Novell's left hand is open source, maybe the right one will
be too, but don't bet on it. Trying to get Novell to issue a
quitclaim has been done before.

Forget about it.

Cheers!