Setting Up and Managing Network Drives
Using NetWare Utilities to Set Up and Manage Drive Mappings
Assigning Drive Mappings for Diverse Environments
Instead of specifying drive letters such as H or G, it can be useful to use an asterisk followed by a number n to represent the nth network drive.
For example, if your first network drive is F: and you use “MAP *3:=”, then
that drive is assigned as H: (because MAP *1:=F:, MAP*2:=G:,
MAP*3:=H:, etc.). Or, if your first network drive is D: and you use “MAP *4:=”, that drive is assigned as G:.
This allows drive letters to reorder themselves automatically when local drives are removed or added or when the first network drive is changed.
This also allows users to log in from workstations with a different number of local drives than their regular workstations.
You can map a local drive (usually A: through C:) to a network directory, but you cannot access the local drive until you remove the network drive mapping.
You cannot map a redirected drive, such as a
Assigning Search Drives
You can add network volumes or directories to the DOS path by using the SEARCH drive option in the MAP utility. This is useful for network applications and files that you want access to regardless of the current directory you are working in.
NOTE:There is a maximum of 16 NetWare search drives allowed.
When you map a search drive, you use a search drive number (an S followed by a number). This search drive number assigns the next available drive letter to the mapping, starting with Z and working backwards through the English alphabet.
The letter is put into the DOS path statement. If you already have drives in the path statement, MAP S1 will overwrite the first one in the path.
To prevent search drive assignments from overriding existing DOS PATH letters, use the INSERT option when assigning search drives. For example, type “MAP INS S16:=path”.