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Name: Sivov
Date: September 18, 2002 at 01:45:44 Pacific
OS: Novell Netware 5.0
CPU/Ram: PII300MHz/128RAM
Comment:

Hi people!
When I try to run netware server I receive the following error:
CANNOT LOAD DOS. Press any key ...
and then the machine restarts.
The system searches the disk about 1-2 minutes but then
the above message appears.

Thank you people



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Name: Underdog
Date: September 18, 2002 at 05:06:12 Pacific
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I assume that this all happens before "Server.exe" is initiated. Boot from a Floppy, and then try transferring the OS from the floppy to the HDD with "sys c:" command. A thought just occured, did you create a small DOS bootable partition on the HDD before installing Netware?

When you prep a HDD for netware you do a fdisk, use about 1 or 2 gigs for MS-DOS then format the HDD with MS-DOS. Netware will do any partitioning (creating volumes) of the rest of the HDD during the Netware install procedure.


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