To help you ensure successful installation of Windows 95, make sure that the Novell-supplied NetWare client software is running before you start Windows 95 Setup. To verify that the Novell-supplied software is running, make sure you can successfully connect to and use resources on a NetWare server. Running the Novell-supplied software helps to ensure that Setup can detect the network configuration for successful installation of Windows 95.
Also, if you currently use IPX.COM, you should upgrade to the latest versions of NetWare client software that use ODI drivers before installing Windows 95. For information about using ODI drivers versus monolithic IPX.COM, see "Configuring Network Adapter Drivers for Novell NetWare Clients" later in this chapter.
This section presents the procedures for installing Windows 95 to run with a Novell-supplied client, depending on various installation situations:
Note
The method for installing VLM support is different if VLM support was not installed previously under Windows 3.x, as described in "VLM Technical Notes" later in this chapter.
Also notice that, if the NetWare client software is not running at the time Windows 95 is installed, you must configure Windows 95 manually after Setup to work in conjunction with the NetWare client software.
By default, Windows 95 Setup automatically installs Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks if it detects NetWare software, except in the cases described in "Setting Up Windows 95 for NetWare Networks: an Overview" earlier in this chapter. You can select the Custom setup type and specify that the Novell-supplied software be retained during Setup. In this case, Windows 95 will use the existing networking configuration specified in NET.CFG for protocols, adapter drivers, and other values.
If you also want to use Client for Microsoft Networks, follow the steps in the next procedure.
If you want to use only the NETX client, you do not need to specify settings for your network adapter driver or protocols. Setup automatically adds support for the ODI adapter and IPXODI (or for IPX.COM) by reading NET.CFG.
Note You cannot install Client for Microsoft Networks as an additional network client if you are installing Windows 95 to run with an IPX monolithic configuration.
If you install the protected-mode Client for NetWare Networks and later decide to return to your original Novell NetWare NETX configuration, follow these steps.
Important Be sure to use the Network option in Control Panel to remove Client for NetWare Networks, and then to configure Windows 95 to use NETX or VLM.
For details about adding or returning to VLM, see "VLM Technical Notes" later in this chapter.
Windows 95 automatically installs IPXODI support.
Usually, you will have to reinstall Novell-supplied files at this stage, because Windows 95 Setup previously replaced these files with versions required by Client for NetWare Networks. You must also make sure that NET.CFG is present and contains correct settings, and that the required settings are present in CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT. See your Novell documentation for information about these required settings.