Sys volume creation

[Ayman Altounji]

We recently purchased an ML530 with a SmartArray 5302/64 raid controller and 12 18gb U3 Hotplug drives.

The SmartStart install of NetWare 5.0 goes well until we reach the partition/Sys creation screen. The partition size is shown correct, but the default Sys volume size shows as 4Exabytes(???) and CANNOT be changed.

I am at a loss here as to the problem. This is what weve tried:

Newest Bios ROMPaq
Newest Compaq/NetWare Support Software drivers
full assist/semi assist/manual installs
installs with SmartStart/bootable floppy/NetWare 5 CD
clean downloaded profile diskette
NetWare 4.11(same results)

It seems as though the the array/partition translation is getting mangled along the way, but I am unable to determine where, leat alone, how to fix this. Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[Ayman Altounji]

Sorry. I failed to mention that these drives are in a Raid5+1 configuration. The correct partition size is 187Gb.

[Ayman Altounji]

Hello Jcassidy,

The problem is not Compaq, it is Novell. You have to use a new Nwconfig.nlm. It is located in the service pack for Netware 5.0. Copy this nlm to the nwserver directory on your dos partition. This will solve youre problem!

Regards
Ger van de kolk

[Ayman Altounji]

Thanks gervdkolk for your help ....