Skip to Content

Scratch on a Novell Network

« How do I...?
No replies
Amos Blanton
Member

Greetings all -

Here is a helpful summary of the steps required to install Scratch on a Novell Network,  generously provided by Bill Pickle from Bellevue Public Schools, Bellevue, NE. I'm posting it here so that School IT experts can find it...

Hi,
>
>
> I was asked to load Scratch on a Novell network that has netware6.5 servers.
The instructions on your site do not include how to install and run Scratch in
a Netware environment. We use the Netware Application Launcher (NAL) to
deliver apps to userd. I got it to work and thought you might like to know how
I did it.
>
>
> Here is how I got it to work:
>
>
> installed program on a windows workstation. copied the Scratch folder to the
netware server. created an icon in the NAL. in the run options the path to
file: (for example) \srv olderscratch.exe just below this line is
Prameters: this must be set to \srv olderscratchscratch.image
>
>
> Without the parameter set the program asks for the location of the .image
file. The applications run from a hidden server share in our environment, so
students can not browse to the app location.