Novell NetWare 3.11 Operating System Patches
Novell have just released version 6 of the operating system patch kit
for NetWare 3.11.
311PT6.ZIP contains 33 patches for Novell NetWare 3.11. Version 6 of the
kit supersedes all previous releases of the 3.11 OS patches distributed by Novell (under
the names 311PT1.ZIP, 311PT2.ZIP, 311PT3.ZIP, 311PT4.ZIP and 311PT5.ZIP).
Version 6 of the patch kit includes all the patches found in previous
releases, and one new patch.
The new patch is as follows (text taken from the release document
311PT6.DOC):-
GETRFIX.NLM
1311 04-22-92 3:38p |
This patch fixes an abend caused by a driver requesting a
valid linked request, which has been changed by another process. A zero is now returned to
the calling process instead of abending the server. |
Also, the patch ELRDFIX.NLM has been REMOVED from the patch kit. This is
because of 'possible data corruption with this patch loaded in conjunction with running
VREPAIR'. All servers running this patch should therefore have the patch unloaded.
As with previous versions of the patch kit, Novell do not require that
any of the patches in the archive be loaded UNLESS problems are experienced, in which case
the appropriate patch to overcome the problem encountered should be loaded. There is a
full readme document in the archive that explains what all the patches are and what they
fix. In particular, any patches to fix ABEND or disk FAT errors should be checked before
reporting problems to Technical Support.
Version 6 of the NetWare 3.11 Operating System patch kit is available as
a single archive, 311PT6.ZIP (51608 bytes), and can be obtained from Authorised Novell
Distributors, from the Novell NetWire service, or from the Apricot Technical Support
Bulletin Board System (in file area 37).
Novell have also released a direct patch for the NetWare 3.11 SERVER.EXE
'loader'. The loader is a section of the operating system that contains hardware dependent
code. It is this piece of code that is responsible for much of the initialization that
occurs when NetWare 386 is first executed. The patch fixes a number of problems that have
been seen on some PS/2 machines, along with a few other hardware specific issues. All the
fixes are fully documented in the archive containing the patch.
The SERVER.EXE loader patch, XLOAD.ZIP can be found in file area 37 of
the Apricot Technical Support Bulletin Board System, and is also available from Authorised
Novell Distributors or from the Novell NetWire service. The file is 33,340 bytes long.
Please note that the server MUST be closed down to apply this patch.
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