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NetWare 6.5 evaluation kit download now available

Try NetWare 6.5 today! You don't want to miss out on our business continuity and virtual office solutions. In addition, we've taken measures to ensure NetWare is an open source platform with web application service support.

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You may download the NetWare 6.5 evaluation software from Novell free of cost. You will be required to subscribe to Novell's site through Novell Login to download NetWare 6.5. Once you are logged in, you will see a list of files to download.

Download NetWare 6.5 

The evaluation kit includes the following:

Download File Name
NetWare 6.5 CD 1 (Operating System) NW65os_eval.exe
NetWare 6.5 CD 2 (Products) NW65prod_eval.exe
Novell Branch Office Branch _Office.exe
DirXML Starter Pack NW65_DirXML.exe
NetWare 6.5 Demonstration Image (Digital Airlines) DigiAir.exe
Novell Client Software Novell_Client.exe
NetWare 6.5 Documentation NW65Doc.exe
NetWare 6.5 Partner Products Guide NW65_Partner.exe

Important Note: The NetWare 6.5 install requires both the OS (CD1) and Products (CD2) CDs, so be sure to download both of these. The other CDs which are part of the NetWare 6.5 evaluation kit can be downloaded and installed separately.

While burning each ISO to a CD image, if your software asks you to specify options, please note the following:

  1. Burn the CDs as ISO2 format
  2. "Finalize" the burn
  3. Use the default label names for each of the CDs

For additional help, please reference our Downloading and Managing Software page.

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