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lippens

Hello, managed to get the software loaded. Does anyone know what NIC driver would work in any version of VMWare or other virtual machine?

lippens

Never mind, figured it out.

FreeShipping

@lippens said:
Never mind, figured it out.

At least tell people what the solution was...

ntwizard

It depends on which version of VMWare Workstation or ESX you are using.

planettomato

its probably the pcnet32 ii (10mbp) nic, considering what poor pre-gigabit offerings VMware has to offer

nerdburt

Here is what seems to work. This was VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND but was worth it! VMWare so far not a solution but found a way with 86box. This works with 2.15C NonDedicated Netware, hope to test with other versions some day.
Computer Type: AMI WinBIOS 486 HDD: IDE VLB 80MB HDD
RAM: 8 MB RAM NIC: Western Digital Ethercard IRQ 3, IO 280H, RAM D000 Install drivers from
http://files.mpoli.fi/hardware/NET/NOVELL/ NJ21_312.ZIP
1993-08-26 00:00 123K WESTERN DIGITAL ETHERCARD PLUS - FAMILY LAN ADAPTER DRIVERS FOR USE WITH NOVELL ADVANCED NETWARE 286 VERSION 2.1X AND 2.2. AND FOR USE IN WORKSTATIONS WITH NETWARE 386 VERSION 3.0 AND LATER

If anyone else gets these working, please let us know! It is quite nice to see running after all these years. Would love to see this in VMWare, but seems unlikely.

vbdasc

Versions 2.2 and 2.1x of Netware 286 (including 2.12 which is not offered here) are reasonably easy to install and use in 86box. What is tricky is to make the networking work. As the previous commenter said, emulated Western Digital/SMC LAN adapter works, 3Com Etherlink II (3c503) works too, I had no success with others. I haven't tested Netware 2.0a yet, but I don't have high expectations about it due to its weird driver model compared to 2.1x/2.2 , and the corresponding lack of drivers.

davidmarquesneves

Novell Netware 3.12 runs on 86Box, with the following configurations:

[Machine]
machine = dataexpert386wb
cpu_family = i386dx
cpu_speed = 40000000
cpu_multi = 1
cpu_use_dynarec = 0
fpu_softfloat = 0
time_sync = local
pit_mode = 1
fpu_type = 387
cpu_waitstates = 1
mem_size = 4096

[Video]
gfxcard = mach32_isa

[Input devices]
mouse_type = none

[Sound]
fm_driver = nuked

[Network]
net_01_link = 0
net_02_link = 0
net_03_link = 0
net_04_link = 0
net_01_card = novell_ne2k
net_01_net_type = pcap
net_01_host_device = \Device\NPF_{4F0920CA-9620-42C9-822E-84756F5EA089}

[Storage controllers]
fdc = fdc_at
hdc = ide_isa
cassette_mode = load

[Ports (COM & LPT)]
lpt1_device = dot_matrix
serial2_enabled = 0

[Hard disks]
hdd_01_parameters = 63, 16, 516, 0, ide
hdd_01_fn = 254mb.vhd
hdd_01_speed = ramdisk
hdd_01_ide_channel = 0:0
hdd_01_vhd_blocksize = 4096

[Floppy and CD-ROM drives]
fdd_01_turbo = 1
fdd_01_check_bpb = 0
fdd_02_type = 35_2hd
fdd_02_turbo = 1
fdd_02_check_bpb = 0
fdd_01_type = 35_2hd


[Novell NE2000 #1]
base = 0300
irq = 3
mac = fe:a4:7d
bios_addr = 00000

[Cirrus Logic GD5434 (ISA) (Diamond SpeedStar 64 Rev. A3)]
memory = 2