#NetWare 3.12 ABEND w/r3
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Some months ago we replaced our LANtastic 5.0 server with a Novell NetWare
3.12 server. That has solved the file locking problem we had with materials
during Net Render. But we now have a more serious problem: when we try to Net
Queue a project, then save the project on the modelling workstation before the
slaves have loaded their first frames of it, the SERVER crashes HARD! It gives
an ABEND (which totally and completely locks up the NetWare server without hope
of proper shutdown, which wreaks havok with our 2GB of RAID 5 storage!), with a
message similar to the following:
General Protection Processor Exception (error code 003A0000)
OS Ver 3.12 (25 user) 8/12/93
Running Process: Interrupt Service Routine
Interrupted process Server 0 (2 nested count 2) 02 process
EIP 00ED41D0
Stack: B5 18 01 00 01 0C 00 00 10 00 00 00 10 00 00 00
28 AE 06 00 08 00 00 00 9C CD DB 00 28 FB 07 00
75 0B 08 00 3A 00 00 00 31 01 00 00 90 AE 06 00
I suspect that the fact that 3DS is DOS-Extended and running in 32-bit mode
under a 16-bit DOS may be interfering with the NetWare Workstation VLM (Virtual
Loadable Module) Shell on the workstations, though I can't imagine why that
would crash the SERVER!
Anyone have any ideas on this? (Note: I will also post this message in the
appropriate Novell NetWare forum.)
I have not see that exact message but I've had Server lock-up problems related
to my 3c507 network cards.
So, I'm inclined to ask you to check your network cards and if they are
old/cheap or funky, replace them with the best card you can (actually a 3c509
is pretty good).
J-me
There is nothing 3D Studio could do that would cause the server to crash. I
assume the server is running as a standalone, dedicated, Novell server as it
should be. 3D Studio only uses the network at file system level. It does not
issue any specific call to Novell or any other network for that matter. The GP
you got was while servicing an interrupt. I would check the hardware
configuration on the server. You definitely have problems with it.