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In http://netwire.novell.com/servsup/client/win95/vlm.htm Novell write:

Detailed Step-by-Step Installation/Configuration
Instructions

  1.Launch Windows 95 and open My Computer 
  2.Open Control Panel. 
  3.Open Network. 
  4.If there are any network components in the Network Configuration
    property sheet, remove them. This is accomplished by highlighting a
    component and clicking Remove. If there are no network
    components installed, skip to step 5.
        After Windows 95 makes the required modifications, select No
        when asked to restart your computer. 
  5.The workstation now must be rebooted in MS-DOS mode so the
    VLM client install can be run.. Click on Start, Shut Down. Click
    Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode? and click Yes. 
  6.At the DOS prompt insert the NetWare Client for DOS/MS
    Windows diskette #1, change to A: and enter Install. Enter the
    required information in the NetWare Client Installation screen. 

From where does one acquire the NetWare Client for DOS/MS Windows diskette #1?

  7.When the NetWare Client for DOS/MS Windows installation is
    complete, reboot the machine. The following series of error
    messages may be displayed when Windows 95 loads. 
        Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run Windows
        or a Windows application. 
        The Windows registry or system.ini file refers to this device
        file, but the device file no longer exists. 
        If you deleted this file on purpose try uninstalling the
        associated application using its uninstall or setup program. 
        If you still want to use the application associated with this
        device file try reinstalling that application to replace the
        missing file. 
        C:\windows\system\vmm32\vnetbios.vxd Press a key to
        continue. 
    If these errors occur, press any key to continue. The next step is to
    configure Windows 95 to run with the VLMs. Once Windows 95 is
    configured to run with the VLMs, the errors will no longer occur. 
  8.Once Windows 95 has loaded, open My Computer, Control Panel,
    Network once again. 
  9.The Network Control Panel should not have any network
    components installed. If there are network components installed,
    remove them. 
 10.Click Add 
 11.Click Client 
 12.Click on Novell. You will see two options under Network Clients. 
 13.Click Novell NetWare (Workstation Shell 4.0 and above [VLM]),
    then click OK. 
 14.Click on the Identification tab. You must type in names for your
    computer and the workgroup it will appear in. You must also type in
    a short description of your computer. 
 15.Click OK. Windows 95 will setup to run with the VLMs. While
    Windows 95 is being configured you may receive dialog boxes
    asking for you to insert a disk. If you are displayed a screen with the
    message:
        The disk labeled 'Novell NetWare 4.x Windows driver disk' is
        now required. This disk is provided by your computer
        manufacturer. Proceed by clicking OK 
        These files were installed when you installed the NetWare
        client for DOS/MS Windows. If the dialog states: "The file
        'filename' on Novell Netware 4.x Windows driver disk could
        not be found.", 
        enter the path c:\windows\system directory in the "Copy files
        from:" box and click OK. 
        If the dialog states "The file 'filename' on Novell Netware
        DOS driver disk could not be found.", 
        enter the path c:\nwclient in the "Copy files from:" box and
        click OK. 
        A System Settings Change dialog box will be displayed when
        the configuration process is complete:
        Click NO to restart your computer. There is one more step that
        needs to be performed. 
 16.Open a DOS box, and modify the c:\nwclient\startnet.bat or
    autoexec.bat to include the following commands: 
        F: 
        login (servername\username is optional) 
        When you reboot the workstation you will be prompted to login
        while Windows 95 is initializing. 
        In some cases, Windows 95 will insert lines in the autoexec.bat
        to load the Novell ODI drivers even though the client is
        already being loaded from another batch file such as the
        startnet.bat. Check your autoexec.bat and verify that the ODI
        drivers are not being loaded twice. 

Does this all mean that when Win95 starts it will shell to a DOS box and 
perform STARTNET.BAT, logging the user in through the DOS-box rather than from 
the Client for NetWare Networks popup window inside Win95?

 17.To reboot the machine. Click Start, Shut Down. Then click Restart
    the computer and click Yes. 
 18.The machine will reboot. You will be prompted to login from a
    DOS/text screen while Windows 95 is initializing. 

Exactly my point. We do NOT want to log into the network from a DOS/text 
screen. We WANT to log into the network from Win95. Must we now wait until 
Novell launches their new Client 32 for Windows 95 package before these logins 
will be possible?



Thanks!
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Ian Samson
Johannesburg, South Africa
e-mail: IDS@zeus.HSRC.ac.za