HP ProLiant 1500 Compaq Tips and Tricks for NetWare 5 - Page 21

Compaq Tips and Tricks for NetWare 5 21 • NetWare 5 accommodates additional drive space more readily than previous versions by allowing up to four NetWare partitions per drive. • In NetWare 4.x, you would have had to delete a partition and volume and rebuilt them to take advantage of extra free space on a drive. However, in NetWare 5, you can simply create a second, third, or even a fourth partition and assign it a volume without disturbing current disk partitions. • The ability to create additional partitions is particularly useful when you upgrade from a smaller physical drive to a larger one. • Since you can create more partitions, simply mirror the smaller drive onto the larger drive. Then create a new volume on the remaining space to reclaim it without having to backup and rebuild the original partition. • Want to access your server's DOS partition remotely? No problem. • First, make the server's DOS partition available to clients by mounting the DOS partition as an NSS volume using the DOSFAT command. Remote access to the DOS partition allows for remote access to the server startup files. Loading DOSFAT.NSS does not change the file structure of the DOS partition, rather, DOSFAT.NSS acts as a translator. • Your server's DOS partition will then magically appear as a new volume. • You can then set NDS permissions for this new volume. IMPORTANT: If remote access to the DOS partition is made available, you should carefully note this in NDS. Why? Because if you're not careful, other users will access critical files and then modify or delete them. • With the implementation of the Dynamic Memory Allocation (DMA) feature in NetWare 5, LAN drivers that assume that logical addresses are equal to physical addresses can cause intermittent data corruption. So, if you have LAN drivers that were certified before 11/1/97, you might see this problem. To be safe, use only certified DMA drivers that ship with your OS. Click here for a complete list of certified hardware and software for NetWare 5. Helpful Websites Well, we've mentioned a lot of websites where you can get more information, but we're making it even easier by adding this great one-stop-shopping table. Enjoy. Compaq and Novell websites for NetWare 5 information and products Item Compaq ActiveAnswers (NetWare) Compaq ActiveAnswers Resource Paq for Novell CD-ROM Compaq Info Messenger Compaq Insight Manager Compaq Management CD-ROM Compaq NetWare 5 Online Competency Center Compaq Option ROMPaq Web Location http://vcmproapp02.compaq.com/ActiveAnswers/Global/en/solutions.1144/default .asp http://www.compaq.com/partners/novell/resourcepaq-order.html http://www.compaq.com/infomessenger http://www.compaq.com/sysmanage http://www.compaq.com/support/files/server/MGMTSOL/index.html http://www.NW5OCC.com http://www.compaq.com/support/files/server/Netware/index.html 118R-1099A-WWEN