Deleting Netware Partitions; Activating And Deactivating A Hard Disk - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Deleting NetWare Partitions

Activating and Deactivating a Hard Disk

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NetWare Server Disks and Storage Devices Administration Guide
If you have partitions from previous versions of NetWare that you are no
longer using, you can delete them and create a new NetWare partition. (See
"Deleting NetWare Partitions" on page 36
WARNING:
When creating a disk partition, never specify a partition size larger
than the actual size of the disk. If you specify a larger size, NetWare will eventually
try to use the excess disk space. When it determines there is no corresponding disk
location, it deactivates the volume stored on the disk.
For instructions on creating partitions, see
Storage Services Administration Guide.
This section explains how to delete traditional NetWare partitions. For
information about deleting NSS partitions, storage groups, and volumes, see
Setting Up and Configuring Novell Storage Services
Services Administration Guide.
NOTE:
The partition table displays partitions such as OS/2*, UNIX, and XENIX* as
Unknown Partition Type #. Don't delete these unknown partition types unless you
know what is on them.
Some machine vendors such as COMPAQ* create a small partition that setup and
configuration utilities can be run from. Don't delete this partition.
For instructions on deleting partitions, see
Storage Services Administration Guide.
Use this procedure to determine the operating status of your disk subsystem
components and to activate or deactivate a storage device. (When you
deactivate a disk, its volumes are dismounted.)
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From the MONITOR Available Options, select Storage Devices.
For instructions on using MONITOR, see
Reference.
A list of Registered Storage Objects appears. The device information
associated with a highlighted storage device appears in the upper window.
You can verify the type of storage device in the Device Type field.
NOTE:
Storage devices are listed in hierarchical order to reflect each object's
dependencies. In descending order, each object is indented to indicate that it is a
for more information.)
Creating a Partition
in the Novell Storage
Deleting a Partition
MONITOR in Utilities
in the Novell
in the Novell