A99 unter NOVELL -> allgemeine hinweise für moderne netware-clienten

[Thomas Berger]

Lieber Herr Lenzing, liebe Liste,

> Das Caching macht stillschweigend die Bemuehungen des allegro-Systems zunichte,
> die schreibenden Dateizugriffe sauber in der richtigen Reihenfolge abzuwickeln.
> Novell duerfte bei allen Dateien, wo das Share-Flag gesetzt ist, nicht mit
> Caching arbeiten, voellig unabhaengig von allegro. Offenbar ist dem nicht so.


und noch ein Hinweis:

>>>
Install Novell patch for Turbo FAT corruption. There is a bug in all 
versions of Novell NetWare, except version 3.12, needs to be patched
before using [...]. The patches are not included in Novell’s normal 
Service Packs. This bug affects random access databases with large 
data files. Examples in the Novell documentation include Btrieve, 
Groupwise, and Revelation databases.

The problem has its roots in NetWare’s caching of its file allocation 
table (FAT). Under normal circumstances NetWare uses the FAT to locate
files on the server’s hard disk. When files grow to approximately 6MB 
in size, NetWare creates a special cache to help speed up access to that
file. This special cache is called the “Turbo FAT.” Unfortunately, the 
Turbo FAT is prone to corruption in all versions of NetWare except
version
3.12. The larger your data files, and the longer your server is up, the 
greater your chances of being bitten by the bug. 

Fortunately, there is an easy fix. You must install the correct patch
for your version of NetWare to insure that you will not be affected. 
The patches are:

A.        NetWare 3.11: Install Novell’s FATFIX patch. This patch
installs
in an unusual manner. Please follow the instructions closely. It is
available
from Novell.

B.        NetWare 4, 5 or 6: Download and install Novell’s TURBOD2.EXE
file.
This self-extracting file contains two versions of the patch and
installation
instructions. Please refer to Novell’s technical document # 2960009 for
more
information
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Das entsprechende Dokument findet sich unter der Adresse
< http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?2960009.htm >
und beschreibt u.a., wie man herausfinden kann, ob es dieses Problem
ist oder ein anderes...

viele Gruesse
Thomas Berger