NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:  Updated v5.1 Server Java Installation Files
TID #:  2957541
README FOR:  nipt1.exe

SUPERSEDES:
NIFT1.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCTS and VERSIONS:
NetWare 5.1

ABSTRACT:

This patch addresses problems experienced when doing an inplace upgrade from
NetWare 4.x to NetWare 5.1 on some hardware configurations.   The installation
program will generate a fatal error when it gets to the module that launches
the Java based GUI.  This only applies to an Inplace Upgrade from NetWare 4.x
to 5.1.  The New Server installation works fine without this patch.

After the fatal error occurs, look at the SYS:NI\DATA\NI.LOG file and scroll
down to the bottom and you will see 3 fatal errors, the first one being "Fatal:
Unrecoverable error in driver.mainHallway()."




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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

1.  Download and run NIPT1.EXE, which will create a NI.ZIP file.
2.  On your target server, create a subdirectory at the root of the C: drive
and name it NWUPDATE.  Place the NI.ZIP file into the C:\NWUPDATE directory. 
(Do not unzip NI.ZIP, the server installation program will do that).
3.  Run INSTALL.BAT from the NetWare 5.1 CD, or reboot the server from the
NetWare 5.1 CD and follow the installation prompts.

ISSUE: 

This file fixes a problem with how the NetWare 5.1 installation program handles
an entry in the NetWare 4.x PRODUCTS.DAT file.

Towards the end of the NI.LOG file you will see the following Fatal errors:
Object: Driver@1c32714e
Informational: In the root state of installing NetWare 5. 
______
Object: Driver@1c32714e
Fatal: Unrecoverable error in driver.mainHallway(). 
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Object: Driver@1c32714e
Fatal: null 
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Object: Driver@1c32714e
Fatal: java.lang.NullPointerException
   at
com.novell.application.install.InstallProduct.CompareVersionStrings(Compiled
Code)
   at
com.novell.application.install.InstallProduct.preSelectionAnalyze(InstallProduc
t.java:833)
   at
com.novell.application.install.InstallContainer.nodeAnalyze(InstallContainer.ja
va:1021)
   at com.novell.application.install.InstallNode.processNodeChildren(Compiled
Code)
   at com.novell.application.install.InstallNode.registerChoicePanel(Compiled
Code)
   at
com.novell.application.install.InstallNode.registerPanels(InstallNode.java:2380
)
   at
com.novell.application.install.Driver.registerCustomPanels(Driver.java:1921)
   at com.novell.application.install.Driver.mainHallway(Compiled Code)
   at
com.novell.application.install.WizardFrame.serviceOnNext(WizardFrame.java:276)
   at com.novell.application.install.WizardFrame.run(Compiled Code)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:466)

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Fatal errors           3
Recoverable errors     0
Unknown errors         0
Warnings               2
Informational messages 27
Total logged messages  32
*** Close log 08/03/2000 10:59:30 EDT ***

*** LOG END MARKER, DO NOT REMOVE ***

Products Selected:
NetWare 5.1 [NetWare]
Inplace Upgrade - NW51S [NetWare --> NetWare 5.1 --> Server 5.1]

Self-Extracting File Name: nipt1.exe

Files Included          Size         Date          Time
..\
     NIPT1.TXT   (This file)
        NI.ZIP       3661764    8-14-2000    1:11:42 pm



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