User Guide
44 NetWare 6 Overview and Installation Guide
NetWare 6 Overview and Installation Guide
100-004725-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Creating a NetWare Partition and Volume SYS:
Partitions correspond with operating systems, such as NetWare, DOS, or
UNIX. Partitions divide a large storage region into smaller, more manageable
sections. A single storage device can contain up to four partitions.
You can divide NetWare partitions into smaller sections called volumes. Each
NetWare partition can contain up to eight volumes.
To create a NetWare partition and volume SYS:, you must
Remove an existing volume SYS: (conditional)
Create a NetWare partition
Create volume SYS:
Set the size of the NetWare partition and volume SYS: (if required)
Modify the properties of volume SYS: (if required)
Removing an Existing Volume SYS: (Conditional)
If the computer already has a volume SYS: from a previous installation, the
volume and all its data will be deleted.
IMPORTANT: To retain the data on volume SYS:, you should exit and restart the
installation program and select Upgrade from the Type of Installation screen.