Replacing Disk Drivers; Creating Netware Partitions - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Replacing Disk Drivers

Creating NetWare Partitions

IMPORTANT:
Some drivers do not have a description file (a configuration file
that's appended to the driver). These drivers have to be loaded manually at the
system console. To load these drivers, follow the screen prompts or press F1 for
help.
For general information about .cdm and .ham modules, see
Adapters and Storage Devices" on page
The conventional way to replace a disk driver is to unload the driver, thus
dismounting all the volumes, then load the new driver and remount the
volumes. If you are following this process, be sure you replace a driver only
when users won't need to access the volumes.
You can replace one instance of a driver that has been loaded multiple times
by using the REMOVE STORAGE ADAPTER command at the server
console.
NetWare also supports hot replace disk drivers that can be replaced without
dismounting volumes or otherwise interrupting the server's operation. If you
are replacing such a driver, simply load the new driver at the server console
prompt. The server loads the new driver immediately and unloads the old
driver without dismounting volumes or otherwise interrupting service.
If you aren't sure whether your disk driver is a hot replace driver, try loading
the new driver without unloading the existing driver. You will receive an error
message if the driver can't be replaced without first unloading the old driver
and dismounting volumes.
NetWare partitions can be created on any hard drive and can coexist with other
partitions such as DOS, Windows* NT* UNIX*. Disk space not assigned to
NetWare partitions can be used for the Novell Storage Services file system.
When there is a DOS partition on the drive, it should always be the first
partition. The NetWare partition should always be the last partition on the
drive.
You can have as many as four partitions on the same drive, including multiple
NetWare partitions.
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