Setup FreeDOS in VirtualBox to access shared folder on Novell Server

Setup FreeDOS in VirtualBox to access shared folder on Novell Server Where I'm at we have an a few people still using an old program that requires dos/win98 to run, and so we still have a few windows 98 pcs scattered around. Long term I will get rid of the program, but as that's not possible right now I want to at least get rid of the old windows 98-powered hardware.
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"I vaguely recall the magic incantations required running a few programs in sequence like:

LSL
NIC-specific-ODI
IPXODI
NETX

The Link Support Layer, loading the ODI driver for the card, running IPX over ODI drivers, and then finally NETX to connect to the Netware server. The trick would be to find DOS/Netware drivers for one of the five cards emulated by VirtualBox. Also apparently on Mac and Linux hosts, IPX is supported only through the wired (not wireless) interface.

EDIT: I see that you have everything up through NETX working. The server would appear mapped to like drive F:? Did you have to play with LASTDRIVE in CONFIG.SYS to get the redirector working?"