Internet client applications such as Eudora and Netscape can run off
diskless workstations under Novell. The problem is that these are TCP/IP
applications, which need a "TCP/IP stack" such as Trumpet launched before
they run. This requires assigning each machine a unique IP address. One way
to do this is by running Trumpet from a floppy with the local IP address on
it. Otherwise you will have to have software which can assign an IP address
centrally to each machine that needs to run Internet applications.
By the way, whether you have hard disks or not, both Netscape and Eudora on
a network should be run from *.ini files in the user's home directory.
Eudora takes the path to eudora.ini as an argument on the command line:
e.g. \apps\eudora\weudora.exe %path% (where %path% is the path to the
user's directory).
Netscape uses the -I switch to specify a path to netscape.ini:
e.g. \apps\netscape\netscape.exe -I %path%
This allows each user's e-mail address and mail to be stored separately
under Eudora, and e-mail addresses and bookmarks to be maintained under
Netscape (+ mail and news information in Netscape 2.0). One way to do this
is to root map a drive to the user's home directory in the login script, and
then use that drive as the path. Of course, you can also use a floppy with
a: as the path.
If you get your problems with loading your TCP/IP stacks solved and have
more questions about setting up your applications, mail me.
Joe Frantz, Internet Resource Teacher | Voice: (415)759-2950 Fax 759-2903
San Francisco Unified School District | "Technology serving a
2550 25th Ave., San Francisco CA 94116 | Community of Learners"
jfrantz@muse.sfusd.k12.ca.us