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Book: Douglas Comer's "Internetworking With TCPIP volume 1 [third edition]"
not only will this give you a thorough grounding in TCPIP, it will answer
99% of the questions you have.

Richard Letts

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Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 18:32:11 CET
From: David Hanson <afrc-mis@EMAIL.AUGSBURG.ARMY.MIL>
Subject: Re: Book info needed on NDS and Netware 4.1

>Does anyone  in Netland knows of good reference source(s) for various
>part of Netware 4.1 (NDS, server console management, 4.1 security,etc)

I liked QUE's "Using NetWare 4 Special Edition - The Most Complete Reference".
You're right about most books being only "so so to fair".  The best school
is the one of hard knocks, but sometimes the tuition is a bit high, and
the classes tend to run long...

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ETHERCAP ZIP   167092  07-14-94 Boggs, Mogul, Kent
"Measured Capacity of an Ethernet: Myths and Reality", DECWRL 88/4

found in directory misc on netlab2.usu.edu.  TRN saturates lower because one
station sending still must wait for token rotation to occur.
	Joe D.

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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 20:28:57 -0800
From: Bruce Chapman <bchapman@CLN.ETC.BC.CA>
Subject: Networking Windows 3.1

   The single all around best reference book that I have found is
Networking Windows 3.1 (QUE), ISBN # 1-56529-052-6, $21.95 Canadian or
$16.95 US. This book covers Netware 3.11 and is worth it's weight in gold
and a bargin at twice the price. Read it and you will be answering
questions, not asking them...<g>.

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Date: Sun, 30 Oct 1994 22:15:00 EST
From: Fund@PROTEON.COM
Subject: Re: Good Book for Novell 3.11 For Intermediate?

>Any suggestions for a single good book ( installation & admin )
>instead of the pie of red novell books. I borrowed
>"Novell Netware 386 - The Complete Reference" by Sheldon,
>which was quite good. Can anyone better it ?

I have been using and recommending:

   NetWare Training Guide: Managing NetWare Systems, Third Edition,
   New Riders Publishing, ISBN # 1-56205-366-3, $70.00

   It is very complete.  You can use it as a reference to pass your
   3.1x and Advanced 3.1x CNE exams should you choose.

Glenn Fund

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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 11:32:28 EDT
From: "Costigan, Mr. Thomas E." <costigat@PAHO.ORG>
Subject: Re: Good Book for Novell 3.11...

"NetWare Unleashed", by Rick Sant'Angelo, 1994, Sams Publishing
(Division of Macmillan Computer Publishing), 200 West 103rd St.
Indianapolis, IN 46290  USA

This is, without a doubt, the best current book on NW 3.x and NW 4.x that
I have seen.  It is a compendium of topics written by a gaggle of different
authors that provides comprehensive coverage to Novell NetWare and just
about every related subject (including TCP/IP connectivity, WAN happiness,
Windows whynots, etc.).  The book is not inexpensive (list price of $US
45.00) but it is worth the cost of admission (yes, it comes with a diskette
with all kinds of nifty stuff on it).  For example, want to know why Novell
is changing to the 802.3 default frame type for Ethernet packetts or need a
reference of all the VLM programes?  Its' in here!  They also have books
with the same title on the Internet, OS/2, FoxPro for Windows (that I've
seen, anyway) that all appear to well worth the price.

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QUE is a member or Macmillian Computer Publishing.

	http://www.mcp.com

Todd Koenig

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>I am looking for books on Novell Netware programming in C under DOS.

Programmers Guide to Netware - Charles G Rose

Netware Programmers Guide - Ralph Davis

Client Server Lan Programming - Barry Nance

	Adrian Cunnelly

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QUICK PATH TO NETWARE 4, by Jeffrey F. Hughes and Blair Thomas, SYBEX.

	Virendra Kumar Rode

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One of the best that I have found is "NDS Troubleshooting"
by Peter Kuo & Jim Henderson, New Riders Publishing.

	Art & Barbara Lamb
---
>One of the best that I have found is NDS Troubleshooting...

I also found this an excellent book, highly recommended!

Jaye Hendrix
---
There is an excellent excellent book out - NDS troubleshooting by
Peter Kuo & Jim Henderson  (NetWire SysOps)
Publisher is New Riders Publishing.
ISBN of the book is 1-56205-443-0.   You can order it from
MacMillian Publishing directly (800-653-6156) 

PacMan :-)

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Well, by far I still find the NSEPro (Novell Support Encyclopaedia --
Professional Volume) the most useful in all areas. Beats any of those
books that rephrase what NW manuals tell us. Don't need much else once
you have NSEPro. The NSEPro also contains AppNotes and some of the
selected Novell Research Publications.

Gerald Khoo Seng Wee

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>>I need to implement a stand-alone printer server which connects via
>>Ethernet to a Novell Netware system. Thus, I need the sources for the IPX
>>protocol stack. Can anyone point me to where such sources can be found
>>(commercially, or as freeware)?
>
>Writing for IPX is quite easy. i've just written a ton of the stuff in
>Turbo Pascal. Charles Rose' book "Programmers Guide to Netware" by
>McGraw Hill has a good chapter on it.
>
>Roy Coates
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	I think there is a small misunderstanding here.
	You're not about to get source code to IPXODI; that's proprietary
to Novell. And you don't need sources to write program to the IPX API. That
API is available readily from several sources, the master of them being
from Novell itself, and others being gleanings published on the nets. Novell's
contact point is Professional Developer's Relations (please see the FAQ for
address information, or contact your NetWare reseller).
	In addition, Novell has a large body of existing specs on printer
services, and you can obtain them from the PDP. Please keep in mind that
if you use and IPX port number it should be registered with Novell to avoid
conflicts in the field.
	Joe D.

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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 00:57:13 +0000
From: "Mr. R. Coates" <roysan@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK>
Subject: Learn TCP/IP

For those of us that can't make Joe D's TCP/IP classes, take a look at:

   TCP/IP Network Administration by Craig Hunt
   published by O'Reilly and Associates Inc
   ISBN 0-937175-82-X

The cost is good and the book makes learning TCP/IP easier than any
other text I've seen.

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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 08:08:53 CST
From: Greg Coldwell <GCOLDWEL@NAVAJO.ASTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: Learn TCP/IP

One other book that I have found to help with the mysteries of TCP/IP is:

NETWARE TCP/IP and NFS
by Karanjit Siyan
New Riders Publishing (NRP)
ISBN 1-56205-409-0

This book comes with a CD-ROM which has LINUX and NRP Electronic
TestPrep which helps with the CNE exam.  Every book I've gotten (6
total) from NRP has been really excellent on every aspect of Novell
Netware.  They concentrate heavily on preparing you for the CNE exam
by giving example test questions at the end of each chapter of most
of the books.

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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 11:55:40 -0600
From: Joe Doupnik <JRD@CC.USU.EDU>
Subject: Protocol details

	For the subset of readers interested in the details of TCP/IP
protocols, particularly when faced with massive http traffic, I recommend
looking at a new book by Rich Stevens: "TCP/IP Illustrated" volume 3,
Addison-Wesley, 1996. I have a preprint and the hardcopy is due out later
this month.
	The point to be made is what all those callers do to your server,
and Rich has many measurements (to Unix systems) and insights about TCP/IP
implementation foibles. For other managers: you really don't want to make
your NetWare servers major http servers; they will get killed by the trash
that comes in. Better by far is to use a machine (Unix) dedicated to the
task of surviving the worst that Netscape et al. can dish out (and those
programs are adept at dishing).
	This is not a cookbook or guide or gentle intro. It's hard nosed
details for folks already knowlegable about TCP/IP mechanics. For a technical
intro to TCP/IP, once over lightly, Douglas Comer's series on "Internetworking
with TCP/IP" (3rd edition, 3.5 volumes, need only volume 1) is a good starting
point.
	Joe D.

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If network protocols are not your favorite reading material and you want
a feeling for things then consider reading Andrew Tanenbaum's
"Computer Networks", 3rd edition.
	Joe D.

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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 14:35:39 -0800
From: Debbie Crowley <debmc@DELTANET.COM>
Subject: Ethernet Handbook

I just found a book called "Ethernet Tips and Techniques: For Designing,
Installing and Troubleshooting Your Ethernet Network", 2nd Edition by Byron
Spinney.  Publisher: CBM Books 1300 Virginia Drive, Suite 400, Fort
Washington, PA 19034  ISPN 1-878956-43-4. SRP: $15.00.  Having just
purchased the book, I can't critique it.  Hope this helps.

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Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 18:13:00 -0500
From: James Federline <federlin@CHEM.UMN.EDU>
Subject: Re: Book Recommendations: Netware 4.1

>Can anyone recommend good books on Netware 4.1 ? It is for someone
>intending to migrate from Netware 3.1x to Netware 4.1? Thanks.

People I asked the same question said to get Novell Press' "Guide to
NetWare 4.1 Networks"... When I sat down in the bookstore and looked at
it, it was OK, but I found Cybex's Network Press book called "The
Complete Guide to NetWare 4.1" a lot easier to understand, laid out much
better, and written with common sense, as well as with users of NW 3.x in
mind. I didn't get the same impression from the Novell Press title.

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Netware Interface for Pascal (NWTP) v0.6 is a well documented interface
with full (GNU) source code, available at:

	ftp://novftp.rc.rug.nl:/proglibs/NWTP06.ZIP

I have been using Karanjit Siyan's NetWare Professional
Reference Fourth Edition from New Riders Publishing. ISBN
1-56205-428-7 and have found it quite good, covering up to 4.1.

Ian Johnson

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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 12:36:00 +0000
From: Tim Madden-GWS <tmadden@ASPENRES.COM>
Subject: Re: BOOKS and Self Study Guides

>I was recently asked to put together a list of books and self study
>guides to train new people.
>
>What are the best:
>
>CNE Study Guides  Title, ISBN or Company
>NOVEL 4.1 + Advanced Knowledge Books
>Books that would help Obtaining a CNE on 4.1.

I've found two books to be particularly usefull,

The Complete Guide to Netware 4.1, James E. Gaskin, Sybex Press, ISBN
0-7821-1500-4

Inside Netware 4.1, 2nd Ed., Doug Bierer, New Riders Publishing, ISBN
1-56205-534-8
This one has the added benefit of Win95/Client32 support.

They both have an execellent index, and are written with a bit of
humor and real life experiences that make them more *enjoyable* to read.

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Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 16:26:38 -0500
From: Chad Barbry <cbarbry@FSPL.LIB.AR.US>
Subject: Re: LAN educational materials

>I have what I consider to be an overall basic understanding of LAN systems,
>but am seeking to learn more about how they work and what constitutes
>them.  I am looking for books or material on the Web that would be
>helpful to me.  I don't want anything too basic, like the "Dummy" books,
>nor so I want volumous technical materials for the die-hard network > engineer.
>
>I want to learn more about the descriptions of and relationships between
>hubs, routers, bridges, DNS, DSU, TCP/IP, etc.  Good diagrams are
>useful.
>
>Could anyone recommend some books and sites on the Web?   Thanks.

I like the UNLEASHED series by Sams.  NETWARE UNLEASHED or maybe even
TCP/IP UNLEASHED.  The TCP/IP UNLEASHED was surprisingly helpful.  Also
I like NETWARE FOR PROFESSIONALS by New Riders.

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Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 15:01:11 -0600
From: Joe Doupnik <JRD@CC.USU.EDU>
Subject: Re: NOVELL Digest - 27 Oct 1996 to 28 Oct 1996 - Special issue

>>>Can someone please explain to me how does one EFFECTIVLY use the debug
>>>utility after an abend ?
>
>How do I access the debug utility? I've tried on an Elonex-based server
>at work, but it won't work - am I pressing the wrong key combination of
>ALTs + SHIFTs + CTRLs + SPACE?
--------
	Two major comments on the NW debugger:
	1. Alt + LeftShift + RightShift + Escape    is the invokation
	2. Please purchase a copy of Novell's "Guide to NetWare 4.1
	   Networks", by Hughes and Thomas, Novell Press. Do it, you
	   will be happy about it. The debugger is explained therein,
	   plus many other things a manager should know but is afraid
	   to read about (and instead asks an international list).
	   Yes, it's a Novell Press book and thus the signal/noise
	   ratio is not as high as it might be, but this one is a good
	   book. If I bother to comment then there are nuggets of useful
	   information in it.

	Then, the advice is don't play with the debugger unless you know
what you are doing. The mess may be worse afterward. So either learn about
it or leave it alone and employ the usual crash crystal ball. Ditto for
dsrepair, and the above book spends time on dsrepair.
	Joe D.

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Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 01:35:59 -0600
From: Darwin Collins <dcollins@fastlane.net>
To: netw4-l@bgu.edu
Subject: Re: Visual Basic access to NDS

For Visual Basic :

	NetWare Interface for Visual Basic SDK
	Z-TECH Software
	512-495-9101

	The Developer's Suite for NetWare
	Visual Basic v3.0 Edition
	APIARY, INC.
	501-221-3699

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From: "Garry J Scobie, Ext 3360" <gscobie@ML0.UCS.ED.AC.UK>
Organization: Computing Service
To: floyd@direct.ca
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 13:33:59 +0000
Subject: A userful book

A very useful book I've just read is Novell's Four Principles of NDS
Design by Jeffrey F. Hughes & Blair W. Thomas. This is from Novell
Press and the ISBN number is 0-7645-4522-1

This should be required reading for anyone involved with designing
or maintaining NDS.

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Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 14:03:50 -0800
From: Randy Grein <rgrein@halcyon.com>
To: "NetWare 4 list" <netw4-l@bgu.edu>
Subject: Re: NDS novice book

>Can anybody reccommend a good book to put me on the right track?
>Preferrably a weight tome that covers general 4.1 admin as well as NDS
>issues.

I generally reccomend Quickpaths to Netware 4.10. Useful as both a
resource and educational guide, it's easy to find 90% of what you need in
it.

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Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 22:59:23 -0600
From: Darwin Collins <dcollins@fastlane.net>
To: netw4-l@bgu.edu
Subject: Re: NDS novice book

>>Can anybody reccommend a good book to put me on the right track?
>>Preferrably a weight tome that covers general 4.1 admin as well as NDS
>>issues.
>
>I generally reccomend Quickpaths to Netware 4.10. Useful as both a
>resource and educational guide, it's easy to find 90% of what you need in
>it.

I loved that book, however I am told that the followup to it by the same
author is:

Novell's Four Principles Of NDS.
ISBN#0-76454-522-1
Author: Jeff Hughes.

One source is:
	http://www.opengroup.com/open/books/1netware.html#0764545221

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Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 22:34:52 +0100
From: Peter Graus <peter@GRAUS.SE>
Subject: Re: Recommendations sought for integrating NT Workstation to NW

I searched www.amazon.com's database using "windows netware" and found:

Integrating Windows and Netware : A Professional's Guide (J. Ranade
Workstation Series); Edward Koop, Wayne Robertson; Paperback; $38.66;

Migrating from Netware to Windows Nt; Michael Miller; Paperback; $44.99;

Running Windows on Netware : The Definitive Source to Successfully
Integrating Microsoft Windows and Novell Netware; Stephen Saxon; Paperback;
$33.26;

Migrating from Novell Netware to Windows Nt Server 4.0; Sue Plumley;
Paperback; $26.96 (Not Yet Published -- On Order);

Netware to Windows Nt : Integration and Migration (McGraw-Hill Series on
Client/Server Computing); Wayne McKinnon, Arnold Villeneuve; Paperback;
$53.96 (Not Yet Published -- On Order)

Networking Windows 95 With Netware and Nt Server; Jeff Bankston; Paperback;
$40.49 (Not Yet Published -- On Order);

Novell's Guide to Integrating Netware Networks With Windows/Book and Disk;
Robert B. Noakes; Hardcover; $34.95 (Not Yet Published)

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Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 12:53:09 -0600
From: Joe Doupnik <JRD@CC.USU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Debugger use?

>Is there a list of command for use with NetWare 4.11's debugger?
----------
	Then to the question. As a matter of fact there is a nice thick
chapter on the debugger in the Novell Press book "Novell's Guide to
NetWare 4.1 Networks" by Huges and Thomas. That happens to also be a rather
good book for NW 4 managers. H&T are members of that "tiger team" I mentioned
the other day.
	Joe D.

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Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 13:05:48 -0600
From: John Bezy <JBezy@HCI-OMAHA.COM>
Subject: Scaling NDS

<snip>

A good reference is the book by Jeff Hughes and Blair Thomas, two of
the Novell NDS gurus, titled 'Four Principles of NDS Design', published
by Novell Press/IDG....  While published in 1996, most everything still
applies.  There were very few differences presented at BrainShare last
week by them.

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Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 09:31:21 -0600
From: Joe Doupnik <JRD@CC.USU.EDU>
Subject: Re: DSTRACE settings

>Does anyone have a site for a definitive list of the SET DSTRACE =
>settings?
-------------
	Often cited book "Novell's Guide to NetWare 4.1 Networks"
by Huges and Thomas, Novell Press.
	Joe D.

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Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 14:43:18 GMT
From: King r <kingr@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: Inheriting a NetWare 3.12 Network

There are probably several books you will need to look into. However, one
that I think is very helpful for anyone inheriting a LAN is "Managing an
Inherited NetWare Network".  It's one of those SYBEX Network Press books
(ISBN 0-7821-1745-7).  It does not give detailed information on NetWare
functions, but it tells you more or less what your objectives and
priorities should be.

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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 12:37:23 -0500
From: Jerry White <JWHITE@FIRSTREPUBLIC.COM>
Subject: NetWare Web Development -Reply

>Has anyone read this book?  What do think of it ?
>
>NetWare Web Development, Peter Kuo / Paperback / Published by Sams Net

It has been helpful to me. One thing to note: It covers NWS version 2.51,
which is not the current version.

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Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 18:01:27 -0600
From: Dave Kearns <dkearns@VQUILL.COM>
Subject: Re: Is this book any good ?

>Can anyone tell me if this book is any good as I am trying to keep
>costs down in my CNA "quest". It is the CNA Study Guide for Intranetware
>by Michael Moncur and James Chellis published by Sybex.

While I'm not familiar with the IntranetWare version, I did Tech edit
the 4.1 version (I wasn't available when this one was being done) and
it was excellent. Both authors do consistently good work so I'd have
no fear recommending this.

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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 22:33:11 +0100
From: "Arthur B." <arthur-b@ZEELANDNET.NL>
Subject: Re: Info sources, please: switches, hubs, etc on small networks

>Would you please suggest good sources of information (books, web
>sites, etc) about configuring switches, hubs, NICs and other
>components for small Netware networks for good performance.

I don't think there's a book thick enough to hold what you ask. Try:

	A sniffer
	A couple of good networking courses
	A testnetwork
	The documentation that comes with the product
	The website of the manufacturer of each product
	Periodic testing
	Long-term monitoring of the effects of modified tuning parameters
	And AltaVista...

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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 11:07:04 -0700
From: Tim Madden <tmadden@ASPENRES.COM>
Subject: Re: Elevated Rights:  > user and  < admin

>We have a large lan and a fairly large tree.  I would like to be able
>to create Operators, container admins, admins with SOME privs but not
>SE to the admin object, etc.
>
>Can anyone point me to a good place to reasearch the details?  I have
>been to the little red books and dynatext, etc. but little is found.
>I would like specifics about objects and object properties, etc...
>If anyone can recommend some reference material, I would be most
>grateful.

I teach from Inside NetWare 4.1, 2nd Ed., Doug Bierer, New Rider's
Publishing, and I think it's pretty good.  I've also read
Novell's Guide to IntranetWare Networks, Novell Press, and The
Complete Guide to Netware 4.1, Sybex.

They all have their pluses and minuses, and I think it's best to
have more than one, but I like the author's attitude and sense of
humor in the last one.

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Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 11:32:47 -0500
From: Claude Deslandes <claude@BCONNEX.NET>
Subject: FREE On-Line Novell 3.12 Guide !

Pro-Ed Software Inc. is proud to announce that their "Novell Guide"
is now FREE for the entire Internet community:
	http://www.bconnex.net/~proed
just follow the Novell Links.

Here are the chapter names:
  Chapter #0  : What is a Network ?
  Chapter #1  : Novell Tree Structure
  Chapter #2  : Login Script
  Chapter #3  : Creating Users
  Chapter #4  : Installing DOS Software I
  Chapter #5  : Menuing Systems I
  Chapter #6  : Electronic Mail
  Chapter #7  : Connecting Printers
  Chapter #8  : Installing DOS Software II
  Chapter #9  : Security
  Chapter #10 : Finally Windows...
  Chapter #11 : Installing Windows Apps I
  Chapter #12 : Installing Windows Apps II
  Chapter #13 : Workstation Installation
  Chapter #14 : Virus Protection
  Chapter #15 : Upgrading and Optimizing
  Chapter #16 : Menuing Systems II
  Chapter #17 : Utilities
  Chapter #18 : Bring Life and Fun to your Network
  Chapter #19 : Logout !!

If the Novell's books were references guide, this is your driver's guide.
A french version is available at the same site!

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