ncplib BSD 5.2.1-R - it crashes

2004-09-13 Thread DA Forsyth 
hiya

I'm in the prcess of setting up a FreeBSD machine in order to replace 
an existing Novell 3.12 server.

I thought I could use 'ncplib' to connect to the Novell server and in 
this way transfer the data directly.

fat chance
I get a series of 'flag 12' kernel panics and it reboots itself.
this happens instantly when I try a 'ncplogin' but can also happen 
spontaneously.

To get to this point I
compiled IPX into the kernel
setup /boot/loader.conf to load the if_ef, nfs, and ncp modules
put an infonfig line in /etc/rc.conf to setup the ipx protocol on the 
network card.

all that appear to be happy with life, unless I try to USE it. -:

now, I thought I'd install the port (I was just using what installed 
when I installed FreebSD5.2.1-R fro CD last week) but none of the 
mirrors have the file ncplib-1.3.4.tar.gz

what now?



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Re: ncplib BSD 5.2.1-R - it crashes

2004-09-13 Thread Daniel Bye 
On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 12:25:29PM +, DA Forsyth wrote:
 hiya
 
 I'm in the prcess of setting up a FreeBSD machine in order to replace 
 an existing Novell 3.12 server.
 
 I thought I could use 'ncplib' to connect to the Novell server and in 
 this way transfer the data directly.
 
 fat chance
 I get a series of 'flag 12' kernel panics and it reboots itself.
 this happens instantly when I try a 'ncplogin' but can also happen 
 spontaneously.
 
 To get to this point I
 compiled IPX into the kernel
 setup /boot/loader.conf to load the if_ef, nfs, and ncp modules
 put an infonfig line in /etc/rc.conf to setup the ipx protocol on the 
 network card.
 
 all that appear to be happy with life, unless I try to USE it. -:
 
 now, I thought I'd install the port (I was just using what installed 
 when I installed FreebSD5.2.1-R fro CD last week) but none of the 
 mirrors have the file ncplib-1.3.4.tar.gz

I've just been able to fetch the tarball from here:

ftp://ftp.butya.kz/pub/nwlib/ncplib-1.3.4.tar.gz

Fetch it manually, put it in /usr/ports/distfiles and you should be
away.

Dan

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