User Guide

36 NetWare Server Disks and Storage Devices Administration Guide
NetWare Server Disks and Storage Devices Administration Guide
103-000179-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
If you have partitions from previous versions of NetWare that you are no
longer using, you can delete them and create a new NetWare partition. (See
“Deleting NetWare Partitions” on page 36 for more information.)
WARNING: When creating a disk partition, never specify a partition size larger
than the actual size of the disk. If you specify a larger size, NetWare will eventually
try to use the excess disk space. When it determines there is no corresponding disk
location, it deactivates the volume stored on the disk.
For instructions on creating partitions, see Creating a Partition in the Novell
Storage Services Administration Guide.
Deleting NetWare Partitions
This section explains how to delete traditional NetWare partitions. For
information about deleting NSS partitions, storage groups, and volumes, see
Setting Up and Configuring Novell Storage Services in the Novell Storage
Services Administration Guide.
NOTE: The partition table displays partitions such as OS/2*, UNIX, and XENIX* as
Unknown Partition Type #. Don't delete these unknown partition types unless you
know what is on them.
Some machine vendors such as COMPAQ* create a small partition that setup and
configuration utilities can be run from. Don't delete this partition.
For instructions on deleting partitions, see Deleting a Partition in the Novell
Storage Services Administration Guide.
Activating and Deactivating a Hard Disk
Use this procedure to determine the operating status of your disk subsystem
components and to activate or deactivate a storage device. (When you
deactivate a disk, its volumes are dismounted.)
1 From the MONITOR Available Options, select Storage Devices.
For instructions on using MONITOR, see MONITOR in Utilities
Reference.
A list of Registered Storage Objects appears. The device information
associated with a highlighted storage device appears in the upper window.
You can verify the type of storage device in the Device Type field.
NOTE: Storage devices are listed in hierarchical order to reflect each object's
dependencies. In descending order, each object is indented to indicate that it is a