Novell 3.2

[srm5420]

Hello,

i am a user of Novell 3.2 since long. I am only a user and not technical person.

In my system there is a 2 HD , one contain SYS and other Hd contains other Volumes. Since Yester day , my sys HD could not get mounted. Vrepair did not help as I feel my SYS HD is crashed.

I have backup of SYS volume in my other PC.

Will you please help me to set sys on Other working HD ? so I can uses my server

Sunita

 

[marvhuffaker]

If NetWare can't see the drive (because it crashed), you're going to have a hard time getting data off of it. the OS has to be able to access the drive - it's that way with any operating system.

Does VREPAIR see the SYS volume at all? Does "LOAD INSTALL" - Volumes (I think) show a volume? can you see the drive at all in the Disks/partitions configuration?





Marvin Huffaker, MCNE

http://www.redjuju.com

 

[srm5420]

Hi,

thanks , today i could some how managed to boot with SYS HD
and also did VREPAIR. it worked.

but the SYS HD is giving ' HIsss.. hisss...' noice and any given moment it will die. now how to transfer system to another working HD which is having my other volumes ?

sunita

 

[marvhuffaker]

I'm assuming that since this is NetWare 3.2, it's a pretty old server and the hard drive is 10GB or less.

Just login with your workstation and copy everything to your C: drive so you have a backup. That way when the drive croaks, you'll still have data.

Build a new server and just copy the data back.



Marvin Huffaker, MCNE

http://www.redjuju.com

 

[srm5420]

thanks.
now i really need to build a new server
i have Novell 6.5 2 cd set(not bootable) and one clean machine with 80 gb HD. i made dos partation with CD Rom support. but when i try to install novell 6.5 'setup' from cd#1. it says 'can not run on DOS mode' what do i do?. i even tried with win98 booatable cd but not worked

i am sorry , i really do not know how to built a server ?
and in my vicinity Novell is considered as outdated so i can not find engineer who can set novell

 

[marvhuffaker]

Novell is not outdated. If anything, Windows is. They're still running version 2003 on the server. Novell has had 2 major releases since then.

You need to boot with the NetWare CD#1. It is bootable if you did it right. You should download and use the NW6.5 Overlay CDs for Service Pack 6. You can find these at Download.novell.com



Marvin Huffaker, MCNE

http://www.redjuju.com