IPX not compiled in Hamm distribution?
OK, new user here. I've searched through as many resources as I can
to find an answer for this question but I must be overlooking it.
My local Linux hand-holders are not able to answer my question.
I recently did two installations of Debian Linux 2.0.34, the "Hamm"
distribution. BTW, many congrats to all Debian participants for
the slick installation methods - since I was attempting to put
Linux on an old '386 with a very small hard drive and no CD, the
handful-of-floppies install followed by the ftp-connected dselect
was very impressive.
At some point, I wanted to attempt to use the ncpfs utilities to
try mounting Netware servers. When I had problems, at some point
I of course needed to try using ipx_configure, but regardless of
the arguments I used with it I generally got:
ipx_configure: socket: Invalid argument
My Linux hand-holder, who uses ncpfs a lot, took me through
a bunch of directories and concluded that IPX support was not
included in whatever kernel I had.
I recalled that there were a number of optional modules that
could be installed in the kernel by the Debian installation
routines, and assumed I missed requesting IPX. So I did a clean
re-install, and saw that indeed, ncpfs support was an optional
module for inclusion in the kernel. I requested it and when
I later got to the dselect selections, I requested the ncpfs
and ipx packages. But even early on in the Debian installation
routine, I saw times when the scripts called ipx_configure themselves
and the same error appeared.
Am i using the wrong distribution, or missing something in installation,
etc. etc. Any pointers on this? Thanks!
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