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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!hookup!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!van-bc!uniserve!usenet From: tom@uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Mount a NetWare volume in NetBSD? Date: 14 Dec 1995 23:27:59 GMT Organization: UNIServe Online Lines: 33 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4aqbtv$8mj@atlas.uniserve.com> References: <4a1ako$jm9@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au> <4a627t$5gu@atlas.uniserve.com> <4ah6bs$36h@zk2nws.zko.dec.com> <4aovob$g6@server.cs.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: tapehost.uniserve.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.6 In article <4aovob$g6@server.cs.vt.edu>, ceharris@mal.comy says... > > In article <4a627t$5gu@atlas.uniserve.com>, tom@uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius) writes: >: The hard part is the Netware core protocol. Those who >: understand it, can't tell anyone becuase it is protected by >: non-disclosure. >: >: Netware will not be supported unless: >: >: - hell freezes over, and Novell releases the specs, or >: - someone reverse enginneers it (which is a bit difficult) > > - or Novell sees dollar signs (i.e. begins to perceive the free-u*ix- > on-PCs as a lucrative market), and makes a port of their UnixWare > package available for FreeBSD, Linux, and/or NetBSD. If IPX support > is already in the kernel, the rest of the porting task shouldn't be > so bad. I believe that if enough people were interested, and those > people began calling Novell's marketing people asking when a port to > FreeBSD/Linux/NetBSD was going to be available, we'd see UnixWare for > free u*ix before too long. How would you port Unixware to run under other OSes, as Unixware is a full Unix product? If you are talking about porting just the Netware client stuff, it would likely be a big job, as the client probably uses streams, or SYSV TLI. Either way, it doesn't matter. Not even Novell cares about Unixware, that's why they sold it to SCO. Tom