User Guide

Utilities 273
Utilities Reference
103-000153-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Unloading Modules
The UNLOAD command unlinks a loadable module from the operating
system that was previous linked to the operating system with the LOAD
command. (See “LOAD” on page 86.) When you unload a module, all
resources are returned to the system.
To unload a module from an address space, you can specify its address space.
NOTE: If an address is specified without a module, all modules in that address
space will be unloaded.
Keep the following information in mind when unloading LAN drivers, name
space modules, or disk drivers.
 LAN Drivers
When you unload a LAN driver, the driver is unbound from all
communication protocols and removed from all network boards it was
linked to.
After a LAN driver is unloaded, users with network boards that require
the unloaded driver receive the following error message:
Network error on Server <fileserver>: Error receiving from
network. Abort, Retry?
If this occurs, do the following:
 Retry once to see if an alternate route to the NetWare
®
server is
available on another network.
 If the retry fails, retry again after the LAN driver is reloaded and
bound to the communication protocol.
A user who receives the error message must reestablish a connection
within 15 minutes. If the connection is broken for more than 15 minutes,
the server watchdog terminates the station’s connection.
If the LAN driver will be unloaded for 15 minutes or longer, have users
log out before unloading the LAN driver.
 Name Space Modules
Before unloading name space modules, dismount all volumes that are
using the module. These volumes cannot be remounted until the module
is loaded again.
To permanently delete a name space from a volume before you unload the
name space module, use VREPAIR.