1.) How do I make a Novell book disk?
2.) Do I have to have the original Novell disks or can I create a Novell boot disk from the image on the server?
Background:
My physician client has an old medical accounting system which runs on
Netware
3.12. It's a proprietary system running on Netware. It won't boot
anymore.
The software is installed on an older Dell server. The office in which
the
server sits has experienced a number of power outages lasting long
enough to
where the batteries drain on the UPS. So my guess is some Novell
operating
system file is now corrupt.
When the software boots it says it wants to mount volume SYS. Then the
software tells me "Mirror copies of the volume directory do not match".
I cannot restore any files until the operating system is running (namely
Netware). This system has an old copy of Backup Exec for Netware
running on
it. But this Backup Exec doesn't have IDR (the disaster recovery
module) .
So, I'm wondering if you know of someone who might still know something
about
this ancient operating system. The physician does not have any Novell
3.12
disks.
I was able to find the original company who wrote the software. They say:
Run VREPAIR
1.) First you will need the Novell 3.12 boot disk
2.) Insert disk into floppy drive and reboot server
3.) When the system gets to the message regarding mounting volume sys, type: dismount sys <enter>
4.) Press the <F5> key
5.) Type : cd \server3.12 <enter>
6.) Type: server -nn -ns <enter>
7.) At the ALCON3 prompt press <enter>
8.) Then D0002 <enter>
9.) At the ALCON3 prompt, type: load c:\server.312\vprepair <enter>
10.) Take the option to Repair a Volume
11.) Press the spacebar through the messages
12.) Answer 'y' to write changes
13.) Take the option to go to settings (<F1>)
14.) You will see 2 options: 1- Do not pause and 0 - To continue
15.) Use option 1
16.) When the procedure is complete, rerun it again to make sure all errors are gone.
