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Netware 3.2 Notes - zxnet

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Ready (April 1999)

End of Support

Discontinued on 28 February 2002 along with the 3.2 Enhancement Pack (ref).

System Requirements

Probably the same as NetWare 3.12

NetWare 3.2

Patches and notes about Netware 3.2.

This is the final release of Netware 3.x. It mostly just a minor update to v3.12 that delivers all patches released up to that point, updated drivers and a new GUI version of SYSCON (which is actually just a shareware utility Novell has licensed and bundled).

It was supplied as v3.12 plus the 3.2 Enhancement Pack CD-ROM and once installed the server still reports its version as v3.12. Apparently the only sign that a server has been upgraded to v3.2 is the list of installed patches and "32ENH 1.0 NetWare 3.2 Enhancement Pack" appearing in the product options section of the install NLM. So pretty much its just a paid-for service pack.

Because of how minor the 3.2 update is, all of the documentation and other information (aside from the patch list) for v3.12 still applies. So see the NetWare 3.12 page for more information.

Virtualisation - KVM

Just like NetWare 3.12 it runs just fine in KVM/QEMU! To see the full install process in an absurd number of screenshots, see the Installing NetWare 3.12 in KVM page followed by the Installing the NetWare 3.2 Enhancement Pack page.

Useful Information

Screenshots

Minimum Patches

These are the minimum patches Novell recommends applying as a baseline (as of 4 December 2000). Its probably best to apply them in order starting with the oldest.

Date Download Readme Notes
1999-06-08 NWPAUP1A.EXE Readme CDROM.NLM and supporting files
1999-07-24 ODI33G.EXE Readme ODI v3.3 Update
1999-09-20 LIB312D.EXE Readme NetWare 3.12/3.2 CLIB

Additional Patches

These were the other patches up on the Novell support site on 13 November 2006 (and so not necessarily considered obsolete). You may wish to browse the readme files to see if there are any worth applying. Some of the later ones certainly will be more recent than whats on the minimum patch list above.

Date Download Readme Notes
1995-06-15 pburst.exe Readme Packet Burst files for Wide Area Networks
1994-08-22 nfs193.exe Readme NFS193.EXE; NFS 1.2C Fixes and Enhancements
1994-09-20 ide.exe Readme IDE driver supports Current Parameters
1995-05-10 sys376.exe Readme SYSCON.EXE v3.76 (950411) PTF
1995-06-30 ps3x02.exe Readme Updated 2.2 and 3.x Pserver/Rprinter files
1995-09-11 plpd8.exe Readme PLPD8.EXE; PLPD 1.2C Maintenance Patch
1996-07-09 nip318.exe Readme NIP318.EXE; NetWare/IP 1.1 Maintenance
1996-09-25 smt121.exe Readme SMT121.EXE - UPGRADE FOR SMPT 1.20
1996-10-29 nam312.exe Readme NAM312.exe - MAC.NAM, OS2.NAM for NW 3.1x
1996-12-17 actkey.exe Readme Upgrade Activation Key Program
1997-07-24 tabnd2a.exe Readme Abend Troubleshooting Guide
1997-07-16 bndfx4.exe Readme BNDFX4.EXE; Bindfix.EXE for Netware 3.x
1997-07-31 vrp386.exe Readme VRP386.EXE; VREPAIR.NLM for NetWare v3.1x
1998-04-06 4xmigr2.exe Readme Envoy Document on Migration Solutions
1998-04-15 dskdrv.exe Readme DSKDRV.EXE - Third Party Disk Drivers
1998-05-14 landrv.exe Readme LANDRV.EXE - Third Party Lan Drivers
1998-05-18 tcp312.exe Readme Common TCPIP.NLM for NW 3.12
1998-10-14 cfgrd6b.exe Readme CFGRD6B.EXE - NetWare Config Reader Ver 2.67
1998-12-02 drvspc.exe Readme ODI Driver Specification Utility
1999-06-09 nwpaup1a.exe Readme NWPA.NLM and CDROM.NLM updates.
1999-08-25 312y2kp2.exe Readme 312Y2Kp2.EXE; NetWare 3.12 Year 2000 Fixes
1999-09-20 lib312d.exe Readme CLIB Update for NetWare 3.12 & 3.2
1999-11-02 ttsy2k.exe Readme NetWare 3.12/3.2 Y2K OS Patch
1999-12-08 clibaux1.exe Readme Clibaux.nlm CLIB enhancement module
2000-02-07 ldr312ft.exe Readme Updated LOADER.EXE for NetWare 3.12
2000-07-24 nlsdll.exe Readme NLSi32.dll See NOVL18547
2000-08-23 strtl8a.exe Readme Streams, Spxs, Tli, Ipxs for NetWare 3.x/4.10

Disclaimer & Comments

I'm not a netware expert, don't have any of those fancy novell certifications and have never administred a netware network; I've just played with it at home occasionally since 2004 or so. Email me if you've got any suggestsions or corrections for this page or any extra information you think is worth including here. My address is david at this websites domain name (without the www bit of course).