novel/win9x concurent

[kalian]

Hi!
I am new to the networking field, but am trying to learn, so bear with me! My question is, can novel 5.1 and another operating system(win98 2000 etc.) run concurently on the same machine(server)at the same time? I would like to have a server/workstation.

 

[cranch]

I'm confused... Novell is an actual operating system just like 98 is. Novell CLIENT could run on your computer which would give you access to drives and other network resources. The client could be run through Win98. To my knowledge, there is NO way to run another OS on your computer, unless you are using vmware or something like that to emulate.

 

[cchan]

crach is right, Novell server, is an operating system. You could dual boot it with Windows (like how you can dual boot Linux and W2K for example) but you can't run them at the same time any more than you can run Linux and W2K at the same time.

 

[Garion]

Actually the "Linux and Win2K at the same time" is kind of a bad analogy, since you actually CAN do that with something like VMWare.

In fact, VMWare makes Novell/Win9x on the same box possible. It is, in essence, a x86 emulator that runs under Linux. You could run a VMWare instance with Win9x and another instance with Netware at the same time. They are actually partering with Novell for training centers with this exact setup.

This is, however, very complex. You need to know the ins-and-outs of Linux, Novell, and Windows. Probably not something you would probably want to take on as a networking newbie. You'd also have to have a very beefy machine - Probably 512 MB RAM, fast processor, the works.

If you did get it work, however, we'd all be very impressed! It might be cheaper (and easier) to build yourself a cheap PC to run your Novell server on, however.

- G