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This usually occurs without warning when the server is rebooted for any reason. \par \par }{\b\f29\fs18\ul\cf1\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033 Cause: \par }{\f29\fs18\cf1\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033 SmartStart 6.x modifies the partition boot sector on the DOS partition just prior to launching the NetWare install with the intent of making the drive bootable (similar to the DOS SYS command). Something during this pr ocess causes the CHS (cylinder/head/sector) information in the FAT16 boot record to become corrupted. This creates a lot of lost clusters and cross-linked files in the DOS partition. After a while, normal reads/writes to the DOS partition will step on a cross-linked or lost cluster, thereby resulting in corruption of the FAT table. Utilities such as Scandisk and/or CHKDSK will not fix this problem because of the incorrect CHS information in the boot sector. \par \par SmartStart 6.4 due for release in August 2003 will apparently have this issue relsolved.}{\b\f9\fs20\ul\cf1\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033 \par \par FIX \par }{\i\f9\fs20\cf1\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033 Note: This fix has only been tested on Traditional Volumes. \par }{\b\f9\fs20\ul\cf1\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033 \par Preparation stage: \par }{\f9\fs20\cf1\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033 1. Create a backup of the existing server C:\\ Drive if you want to prevent unscheduled downtime, or backup a C:\\ Drive of another server which is running the same version of 5.1 Service Pack and DS Version. \par 1. Create DRDOS bootdisk or an MSDOS boot disk ( Link: www.bootdisk.com ) \par 2. Have a backup DOS Partitions on a CD with the DOS partitions files and directory. \par 3. Place the appropriate DOS Startup files (Autoexec and config) on the bootdisk complete with the correct DOS IDE CD driver. \par \par }{\b\f9\fs20\ul\cf1\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033 Working stage: \par }{\f9\fs20\cf1\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033 1. Boot Server using a bootable floppy disk created. \par 2. Fdisk the DOS partition, and delete the primary partition. \par 3. Create a DOS primary partitiion. Using your desired partition size. (max 2000) \par 4. Make the partition active. \par 5. Format the newly created partition with ' format C: /s '. \par 6. Copy the CD contents to the newly formatted c:\\ drive. \par 7. Clean up any unwanted files from the root of the C: drive \par 8. Delete the SERVCFG.* files ( server registry files ) in the NWSERVER directory. \par 9. Edit the startup.ncf file ( make sure it is correct for the appropriate server model ) \par 10. Edit the autoexec.bat and config.sys to ensure the server will start automatically on reboot. \par 11. Check everything is ok and reboot the server ( make sure to remove the floppy disk and the backup cd from the cdrom drive ) \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033 12. Check for errors while the server starts as I had to re-copy a fresh FILESYS.NLM and CLIB.NLM which must have be en changed/corrupted in the previous copies. \par \par }{\b\f1\fs20\ul\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033 WARNINGS \par }{\f1\fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033 1. Do not attempt this fix if you are running NSS volumes on Netware 5.1 as it may render them inaccessable. \par 2. Netware 6 can also use this fix, but I haven't tested it. \par }}