NetWare 5.1 / BorderManager 3.5

On 9/9/20 5:08 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: Yes and no. Yes in that it's below the problem point. :-) No in that I don't have the necessary Support Pack's to install. :-( It might have been an ambiguity on my part. I've learned a little bit since my last message. I seem to have NetWare 5.1 (SP 0) for both "Domestic" (128-bit) and "Exportable" (56-bit). But there is a catch. The exportable version is part of Novell Small Business Suite 5.1, which seems to be a superset of NetWare 5.1. I don't yet know if I can bust it down to be a more standard NetWare 5.1 without all the other unwanted NSBS stuff. I did learn that NSBS 5.1 is the "Exportable" (56-bit) version and that it comes with Exportable NetWare 5.1 Support Pack 1 as an install able option on another disk. Said Exportable NetWare 5.1 Support Pack 1 will install on NSBS 5.1. But given that it's the "Exportable" (56-bit) version, it won't install on standard "Domestic" (128-bit) NetWare 5.1. That being said, I don't really care about the 56-bit vs 128-bit. I just want stock NetWare 5.1 without all the NSBS 5.1 ... features. I'll install just the few features that I want. Aside: NSBS 5.1 includes ZENworks (Starter?) and some other things that are above and beyond stock NetWare. I don't want those ... features yet. I want to learn more about stock NetWare 5.1. The only Support Pack that I've been able to find thus far is Exportable NetWare 5.1 Support Pack 1. I've not yet been able to locate any other support packs. Well, I guess I can still get SP7 and SP8 from Novell's Patch Download. But that's beyond what works with what I'm testing with Border Manager 3.5 It's a weird nitch that I'm trying to fit in. Early Domestic (128-bit) NetWare with Support Pack > 0 and < 7. I would be very interested in contacting someone at Novell ~> Micro Focus about acquiring copies of what was freely downloadable ~20 years ago. I did take a swing (and apparently a miss) to contact someone at Micro Focus a year or so ago. But that never went anywhere. But I'm not surprised that a generic web contact us form didn't yield anything. Please ask questions that you need ~> want more information about, be it here or directly off list (your choice). Ya.... I'm not surprised. But it is making things ... tricky ... entertaining. Ya. That seems to be the way that a LOT of things have gone in the industry. It's hobbyists like myself that tend to be archiving this stuff. I'm just 15-25 years too late. I'm going through my NetWare disks (5.1 ~> 5.x ~> x.x) and getting a better handle on what version / language(s) / encryption they are. Thank you for your time Liam. I appreciate your input and help. -- Grant. . . . unix || die