NCR S16 manual Rebooting the Server and Creating a Primary DOS Partition

Rebooting the Server and Creating a Primary DOS Partition

Rebooting the Server and Creating a Primary DOS Partition

To reboot the server, and create a primary DOS partition, follow these steps:

1.Insert the DOS boot disk into Drive A.

2.Reboot the server.

3.To create a primary DOS partition, do the following:

∙Using the FDISK program from the DOS disk, install a 15 MB PRIMARY DOS partition on the existing hard drive and make it “active.” Your machine will then reboot.

∙If storing more than the “normal” amount of driver and executable files on the local drive (C:, for example), you may need a larger DOS partition.

4.Using the FORMAT program from the DOS disk, use the following syntax to make the C: partition bootable:

FORMAT C: /S /U /V:NW41SERVER [use any 11-character label]

When completed, reboot the system. After the system begins its boot process, remove the DOS disk.

5.Reboot to test system files. NetWare does not use any external memory management or software caching.

Verify no HIMEM, EMM386, or SMARTDRV lines exist in the CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT files.

6.Insert your NetWare 4.1 CD-ROM into the drive label-up. Keep your NetWare 4.1 License disk close by, because it will be read by your flex drive during the installation.

7.You may want to create a DOS subdirectory to contain DOS utilities to use them without having to insert a DOS disk.

You are asked later if you want to automatically start the NetWare file server initialization upon boot (creation of an AUTOEXEC.BAT file).

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