Preparing The Computer; Installing Computer And Networking Hardware; Creating And Formating A Dos Partition - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Preparing the Computer

Installing Computer and Networking Hardware

Creating and Formating a DOS Partition

To prepare your computer for NetWare 6, do the following:
Install computer and networking hardware
Create and format a DOS partition
Access the installation files
Follow the manufacturer's instructions to install and connect the network
board and network cabling to your computer. Make sure that all storage
devices are properly attached to storage adapters.
NetWare requires a DOS partition to start the computer and load NetWare. The
DOS partition contains the NetWare startup and server files.
HINT:
You should increase the size of your DOS partition to accommodate your
specific configuration requirements. See
To create and format a DOS partition, complete the following steps.
1
Back up any desired data to another computer or offline storage media.
2
Insert the NetWare 6 Operating System CD and boot the computer.
3
Complete one of the following:
If the computer boots from the CD, follow the on-screen prompts to
create and format a partition. Skip to
Accepting the License Agreement" on page
If you will be installing from files located on another server, continue
with the following steps.
If the computer does not boot from the CD, continue with the
following steps.
4
Boot your computer with DOS 3.3 or later.
You can make a bootable floppy diskette using the MKFLOPPY.BAT
program located in the INSTALL directory of the NetWare 6 Operating
System CD. You can boot from the NetWare 6 License/Cryptography
"System Requirements" on page
"Selecting the Language and
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