>Has anybody had problems with file corruption on Novell 3.12 Servers, Win95/98 workstations using Microsoft Client 32? The corruption I've seen is there are 2 bytes missing at some point in file and 2 extra bytes at some later point. This is causing the records where the 2 missing bytes through the records containing the 2 extra bytes appear to be shifted and appear corrupted. (shifts data between fields) Total file length is OK as is the total records.
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>Rec Data
>1 '1234567890'
>2 '1234567890'
>3 '1256789012' && missing 2 bytes (may occur anywhere in file)
>4 '3456789012'
>5 '3456xx7890' && extra 2 bytes (may occur anywhere and be any value)
>6 '1234567890'
>etc.
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>Any help on this, or is it just an isolated network problem?

I have experienced several problems with Novell's Client 32/Intranetware/whatever it is now. I suggest you use Microsoft's client to access Novell servers. If you need NDS support, there is an .exe available from Microsoft.

If you need information on this, just look at the MS or Novell knowledgebase. There are several articles about data corruption with Novell's client.

We have a ticket with Novell and one with Microsoft about the issues we have uncovered.

Wayne