Access shared applications on file server

[paveway]

Hi, I am very new to Netware and I have a question I hope can answer.<br>
On the client machines, one of the mapped drives is G. This drive contains all the shared applications from the file server. On the file server how do go to that drive and the directories in to modify, delete, add new programs etc. When I boot up the server I go straight into monitor, I quit out of that, and I am at a prompt from which I can down the server etc. From here how do I access the shared applications?<br>
I was told by someone that you can only do this via a remote machine not the file server itself. Again how would I do this?<br>
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Another question is that I need to add a CD-ROM drive to the file server (Netware comes on CD's so I don't know how the previous sys admin before me installed it). How would I go about that, in terms of drivers that need to be run and how do I share it so that all users can access it?<br>
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Thanks for any help.

 

[nicksheppard]

In Netware most of the administration is done from a client machine and not the file server. If you want to modify programs and directories on the file server you have to do it from a client machine. The file server just sits there being efficient - you only use it if you need to change hardware settings on the server or install a new piece of Netware specific software like Bordermanager or DHCP services.<br>
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If you have a DOS based client you need to brush up on MD, CD and Copy (or NCOPY) commands. Change onto the mapped drive and then treat it like a local drive.<br>
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If you are using Windows 95/98/NT as your client simply drag and drop through the network neighbourhood or a mapped drive in explorer. <br>
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Running the applications can be more involved in DOS since you may require search drives mapped to the application directories so the only thing to do is give it a try. <br>
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The easiest form of CD to install is just a simple IDE for installation (need a DOS mode driver which you can get from a Windows 98 start up disk if not supplied) but this will be awfull across the network. For performance your best best is SCSI but the driver for a SCSI system could be a wide selection. Try LOAD INSTALL (at the file server) to configure server drivers.<br>
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It can then be made available across the network by LOAD CDROM (at the file server). Use CD HELP to bring up help pages.<br>
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Hope this helps