> Has anyone faced problem to launch FB on Novell ?
> As far as I understand there is no FB version for Novell, so solution
> would be, I imagine, to emulate linux, or something...

As I read the information on www.novell.com the "Open Enterprise
Server" should be capable to run Firebird on - if You are interested
continue using an novell-server you should give it a try.

Elmar