During The Installation Or Upgrade - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

During the Installation or Upgrade

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Copying and Overwriting Existing Files
Because all the components of NetWare 6 have been tested as a whole, you
should select Overwrite on all files that report a new date conflict during an
upgrade.
Installing from a Bootable CD
If your server supports a bootable CD-ROM and you want to boot to the
NetWare Operating System CD, make sure that the machine boot order
specifies that the CD boots before the hard drive. This ensures that the CD is
available for booting and formatting the hard disk.
To boot to the NetWare Operating System CD, the server must have a ROM
BIOS that fully supports the El Torito specification. Booting on a machine
where the specification is not supported might result in hangs after starting
Caldera* DR DOS* or in messages such as "No operating system found." If
your computer or storage adapter is not working, contact the vendor for an
updated BIOS.
If you boot the CD to install NetWare using an existing DOS partition, it must
not be a FAT32 partition. The DOS that boots on the CD does not recognize
FAT32 partitions and will not be able to write to the drive. To install with a
FAT32 partition, you must boot a FAT32-compatible DOS and then run
INSTALL.BAT either from the CD or a network drive.
Installing Only IPX
Most NetWare 6 services require IP. If you choose to install IPX
will have very limited functionality. Installing IP as the default protocol is
highly recommended.
Installing IPX after Installing IP Only
If during the installation you select IP only, the server ID number is removed
from the AUTOEXEC.NCF at the end of the installation. It is used only for
IPX-needed configurations (IP/IPX and IP/SCMD). If you decide to add IPX
to your server later after initially installing IP only, you will need to add the
SERVERID xxxxxxxx line to your AUTOEXEC.NCF after the server name to
use IPX services on the server.
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