
NWFS is an independent open source implementation of Novell's Native 
NetWare file system on Linux.  NWFS allows Linux to mount and read files
and informaton from Native NetWare Server Hard Disks.  NWFS is a 
local file system that reads the proprietary file system formats  
of Novell's NetWare 386, NetWare 486, NetWare 5, and NetWare 6 
Operating Systems.  NWFS does not read or support Novell's NSS
(NetWare Storage Services) on-disk formats.  

NWFS is maintained by Jeff Merkey of the Utah Native American 
Church (www.utah.nac.org).  NWFS source code and utilities can 
be downloaded from the ftp.utah-nac.org.  Please direct any 
questions regarding NWFS to jmerkey@utah-nac.org or to 
jmerkey@timpanogas.org.


BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF NWFS UTILITIES AND OPERATION
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NWFS.O         Linux NWFS File System Driver
NWVOL          Volume Display Utility
NWCONFIG       Volume Create/Mirroring/Namespace/Partition Manager (ncurses)
NWDISK         Volume Create/Mirroring/Namespace/Partition Manager (terminal)
NWREPAIR       Volume Repair Utility  (incomplete as of this writing)

To query available volumes on this machine that can be mounted, invoke
NWVOL by typing:

[root@FENRISLAIR]# NWVOL

NWVOL will list all volumes detected on this server.

NWVOL
Copyright (C) 1998-1999 Timpanogas Research Group, Inc.
All Rights Reserved

NetWare Volume(s)
[SYS            ] sz-00003751 blk-65536  F/D-0000/0001  (OK)
 NAMESPACES  [ DOS   LONG  NFS  ]
 COMPRESS-YES SUBALLOC-YES MIGRATE-NO  AUDIT-NO
  segment #0 Start-00000000 size-00001BA9
  segment #1 Start-00001BA9 size-00001BA8


To mount a NetWare Volume named "SYS" to a pre-exisitng mount point
(directory) called /SYS, type:

[root@FENRISLAIR]#
[root@FENRISLAIR]# mount sys /SYS -t nwfs -o SYS
[root@FENRISLAIR]#

To dismount, type:

[root@FENRISLAIR]#
[root@FENRISLAIR]# umount /SYS -t
[root@FENRISLAIR]#

You should copy the utilities into the /usr/bin directory.  If you want to
change any volume configurations, you should only do so with the driver
unloaded and all volumes dismounted.  See NWCONFIG
for very complete help on how to manage NetWare volumes.

