Installing Mac OS Client Support
It can be handy to copy the client install files onto the server. The netware install utility has an option to so.
Mount the CDROM (cd mount nw411 for NetWare 4.11) if it isn't already mounted and load the install utility
Go down to Product options
And go up to to the Other Installation Items/Products menu then down to Install NetWare Client for Mac OS:
You'll be asked to confirm the install source. This should already be correct
Files copy quickly
And then a dedicated install program runs!
Here are the options:
- Easy Install, which:
- Adds the Macintosh name space to the SYS volume
- Updates existing Mac OS volume names for use with the NetWare Client for Mac OS
- Installs the server software in the current server language
- Installs the client software in the current server language
- Loads server software at system boot time
- Custom Install, which lets you choose which of the above to do
I've chosen the Easy Install option which gives a summary of what will be done. I don't have any volumes listed as getting the Macintosh name space added because I've already added it to SYS. The Esc key closes the summary
Proceed!
Files copying...
Done! You can quit install.nlm now. If later you want to get back into that mac client installer later to, eg, rename your volumes for Mac OS users, then from this screen select View/Configure/Remove installed products,
and select NWCMAC
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).