I feel appropriately schooled.
--
Billy Cravens
HR Web Development, Sabre
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"David L. Penton" wrote:
> <short_ot_explanation>
> Novell is a platform, like windows, based on a Unix kernel (notice when you
> boot a Novell box you must mount the filesystem) and all administration is
> remote. It has its own file system, not FAT12, 16, or 32 (NFS - network
> file system). There is no GUI on a Novell box. DOS/Windows would never
> have been on a Novell box. You are probably thinking of the administration
> being on Windows (nwadmin.exe) but you can admin a Novell box from other
> platforms as well. Novell boxes typically have an uptime longer than 1-2
> years [or hundreds of percents longer than any M$ box], because memory
> management is quite a bit different, and a GUI does not kill performance.
> </short_ot_explanation>
>
> David L. Penton, MCP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Billy Cravens
>
> Forgive my ignorance, but I thought Novell ran on DOS/Windows (if it's that
> old,
> likely it was a DOS box).
> So it would be an MS box.
>
> --
> Billy Cravens
> HR Web Development, Sabre
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > David,
> >
> > Don't mean to burst your bubble, but it was probably running Novell and
> not NT.
> >
> > Loyd Campbell
> >
> > "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 04/10/2001 12:24:13 AM
> > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > That's a great story! When did you ever hear of M$ staying up 4 years all
> > by itself?
> > Almost like a Unix box.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "C. Hatton Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > ** Server 54, Where Are You?
> > >
> > > The University of North Carolina has finally found a network
> > > server that, although missing for four years, hasn't missed a
> > > packet in all that time.
> > >
> > > Try as they might, university administrators couldn't find the
> > > server. Working with Novell, IT workers tracked it down by
> > > meticulously following cable until they literally ran into a
> > > wall. The server had been mistakenly sealed behind drywall by
> > > maintenance workers. - John Rendleman
>
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