AMD PCNet with Netware 3.12

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Well I found out that the AMD PCnet driver will work on Netware 3.12 on Qemu 0.9.0 with a little cajoling. So to switch from the NE2000, I first downloaded the following files:

*odi33g.exe
*odi_ahsm_svr3x.zip
*nw4-idle.nlm

From odi33g.exe, copy out the following files to your server directory

\server\33spec\ethertsm.nlm
\server\33spec\312\msm31x.nlm
\server\33spec\312\nbi31x.nlm

Your server directory should contain…

nbi31x.nlm
ethertsm.nlm
msm31x.nlm
pcntnw.lan
pcntnw.ldi
nw4-idle.nlm

Then configure your autoexec.ncf like this…

load c:\server.312\msm31x
load c:\server.312\pcntnw slot=2 frame=ETHERNET_II
bind ipx to pcntnw net=c0ffcab
load c:\server.312\nw4-idle

I’m not sure about the speed, but the idle NLM is fantastic, it means that your VM won’t run at 100% cpu…

Wasn’t that fun?

2 thoughts on “AMD PCNet with Netware 3.12”

  2. Got his working on VirtualBox; I downloaded odi33g.exe and copied the contents to C:\SERVER.312. I then used INSTALL to insert a product from C:\SERVER.312\SERVER.

    Couldn’t find the nw4-idle.nlm but I have no probs with VM utilisation anyway.

    Thanks for bringing back great memories 🙂

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