User Guide

48 Server Operating System Administration Guide
Server Operating System Administration Guide
103-000148-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Starting and Stopping the Server
This section contains information and procedures on starting the server,
bringing it down using an orderly shutdown, and restarting the server without
exiting to DOS.
Starting the Server
To start the server, change to the startup directory (usually C:\NWSERVER)
and enter the following at the server’s DOS prompt:
SERVER
HINT: You can also place the command to execute SERVER.EXE in the DOS
AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Then, whenever the server computer is powered up, the
server starts automatically.
When you execute SERVER.EXE, the Novell
®
logo is displayed. To prevent
the Novell logo (server splash screen) from displaying, you can load SERVER
with the -nl (no logo) command option.
If the splash screen is active and you want to see a list of modules as they load,
you can still display the System Console screen by using the following
procedure to toggle between server console screens.
1 Press Alt+Esc, tapping Esc until the System Console screen is displayed.
A list of modules scrolls up the screen. If you have a color monitor, the
color in which each module name is displayed indicates how the module
is loaded.
 Cyan (light blue) indicates a module is loaded by SERVER.EXE
 Red indicates the module is loaded from the startup directory
 White indicates a module loaded from the AUTOEXEC.NCF file
 Purple indicates a module is loaded by other modules
2 After the server is running, you can display a list of all loaded modules by
entering the following command at the System Console prompt:
MODULES
The module names are displayed in colors that represent the functional
group they belong to, as described above.
For more information, see SERVER and MODULES in Utilities Reference.