User Guide

Setting Up NetWare 6 49
NetWare 6 Overview and Installation Guide
100-004725-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Installing the NetWare Server File System
The server should now have a NetWare partition and one volume named SYS:.
If you have space available for creating additional partitions and volumes, you
can create them now.
NOTE: If you have allocated all available space to volume SYS:, you will not be
prompted for NetWare server file system information. You can skip to “Installing
Networking Protocols” on page 53.
When installing the NetWare file system, you can
 Create additional volumes
 Modify volumes
 Delete volumes
Understanding Volumes
Volumes allow you to subdivide your partitions into more manageable
sections. Additional volumes can be created from any available free space on
a storage device. Volume names can be between 2 and 15 characters. Valid
characters include A through Z, 0 through 9, and characters _ ! - @ # $ % & (
). The volume name cannot begin with an underscore (_) or have two or more
consecutive underscores.
You can create two types of volumes—Novell Storage Services (NSS)
volumes or traditional volumes.
 NSS volume—NSS is advanced file system technology that enhances the
management of large files, large volumes, namespaces, and storage
devices. The time required to mount large volumes is significantly
reduced with NSS.
 Traditional NetWare volume—Although not recommended,
Traditional NetWare volumes might be required to use data migration,
File Transfer Protocol (FTP), VREPAIR, Network File System (NFS), or
file name locks.