MySQL Manual
2 MySQL Installation
2.1.4 Installing MySQL on NetWare
As of version 4.0.11, the MySQL server is available for Novell NetWare in binary package form. In order to host MySQL, the NetWare server must meet these requirements:
- NetWare version 6.5, or NetWare 6.0 with Support Pack 3 installed (You can obtain this at http://support.novell.com/filefinder/13659/index.html). The system must meet Novell's minimum requirements to run the respective version of NetWare.
- MySQL data, as well as the binaries themselves, must be installed on an NSS volume; traditional volumes are not supported.
The binary package for NetWare can be obtained at http://www.mysql.com/downloads/.
If you are running MySQL on NetWare 6.0, we strongly suggest that you use the
--skip-external-locking option on the command line. It will also be
neccesary to use CHECK TABLE and REPAIR TABLE instead of
myisamchk, because myisamchk makes use of external locking.
External locking is known to have problems on NetWare 6.0; the problem has been
eliminated in NetWare 6.5.
