NetWare 5.1 Server documentation covers information on how to install the operating system in a virtual machine. For additional information about the operating system, refer to the instructions included in the installation media.
NetWare 5.1 Server documentation includes the following topics:
- Installation Instructions
- VMware Tools in a NetWare 5.1 Server Guest
- Knowledge Base Articles for NetWare 5.1 Server
- VMware Compatibility Guide
Installation Instructions
You can install NetWare 5.1 Server in a virtual machine using the standard Novell NetWare 5.1 Server CD-ROM.
Prerequisites
Before you begin, verify that the following tasks are complete:
- Read General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products.
- VMware recommends you install NetWare 5.1 on a computer with at least 256MB of memory.
- If you are running NetWare 5.1 Server Support Pack 6, install the latest LSI Logic SCSI driver. For information on obtaining and installing the driver, see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1181.
- For SCSI support, download the latest LSI Logic driver.
- In the NetWare installation process, boot from the installation
CD twice-once to format the virtual machine's disk drive, and a second
time to install files from the CD.
On the reboot, you see the message Operating System not found and a dialog box with the message No bootable CD, floppy or hard disk was detected.
To boot from the CD the second time, change the boot order.
As the virtual machine boots, click inside the virtual machine window. When the VMware logo appears, press Esc. Use the arrow keys to select the CD drive as the boot device, and then press Enter.
Installation Steps
- Insert the NetWare 5.1 Server CD into the CD-ROM drive.
- Power on the virtual machine.
- Read and accept the license agreement.
- Create a new boot partition.
The guest operating system reboots. The installation continues. - VMware ESX Server. Skip to Step7.
- VMware Workstation and VMware ACE. To configure IP networking, do one of the following:
- For bridged networking for the virtual machine, enter its IP
address.
When NetWare tries to load the LAN driver (using pcntnw.lan), it fails because it broadcasts for its own IP address. This causes IP networking to fail.
To work around this, open the System Console (press Ctrl+Esc) and type:
set allow ip address duplicates=on
Press Alt+Esc to return to the installation. - For host-only networking for the virtual machine, look up the
host machine's IP address.
At a command prompt on a Windows host, type:
ipconfig /all
At a command prompt on a Linux host, type:
ifconfig
Note the host's IP address for VMnet1 and change the last octet so it is greater than the last octet in the IP address of the host.
For example, if the host IP address is 192.168.160.1, and then the virtual machine's IP address is 192.168.160.###, where ### is any number greater than 1 and less than 128.
For the subnet mask, enter 255.255.255.0.
For the router gateway, enter the host's IP address (192.168.160.1 in this example). -
For network address translation (NAT) for the virtual machine,
look up the host machine's IP address.
At a command prompt on a Windows host, type:
ipconfig /all
At a command prompt on a Linux host, type:
ifconfig
Note the host's IP address for VMnet8 and change the last octet so it is greater than the last octet in the IP address of the host.
For example, if the host IP address is 192.168.160.1, the virtual machine's IP address is 192.168.160.###, where ### is any number greater than 2 and less than 128.
For the subnet mask, enter 255.255.255.0.
For the router gateway, enter the NAT service's IP address (192.168.160.2 in this example).
Note that with Network Address Translation, there are two IP addresses in use on the host:
- The IP address assigned to the interface for VMnet8 shows up in the ipconfig output with a 1 in the last octet.
- The IP address used by the NAT device itself always uses 2 as the last octet.
- Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
- Install VMware Tools, which installs and loads the CPU idler program.
VMware Tools in a NetWare 5.1 Server Guest
For information on VMware Tools, see Knowledge base article 1014294, General VMware Tools installation instructions, at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014294.
Installing VMware Tools also installs and loads the CPU idle program. NetWare servers do not idle the CPU when the operating system is idle. As a result, a virtual machine takes CPU time from the host regardless of whether the NetWare server software is idle or busy. To prevent unnecessary slowdowns, VMware recommends that, after you install VMware Tools, you keep the NetWare CPU idle program loaded.
Knowledge Base Articles for NetWare 5.1 Server
The following link refers to knowledge base articles on operating system specific issues. See VMware Knowledge Base for a list of known issues about the operating system.
VMware Compatibility Guide
The VMware Compatibility Guide Web site lists supported guest and host operating systems and provides related support information.