netware server a and sft netware level ii v a serialisation facts a netware server a was roughly moved to a new location and left powered down for three months from memory it has an mb hard drive manuals and original disks are for sft netware level ii v a when powered up the cmos was wiped a technician examined it and pronounced the disk drive unusable my investigations indicate that drive c is a type cylinders sides when cmos set this way compsurf runs happily with bad blocks i use prepare to hotfix the one internal drive install will proceed successfully but when i try to boot the server it reports that the software is not serialised for this hardware internal examination indicates that the keycard is present and there is one disk drive or at least one large single unit attempts to configure a second drive in cmos result in drive not ready errors questions the software is netware level ii and i can see burnt on to the screen sft netware level ii v a however to configure netware for level ii mirrored or duplexed disks requires a second disk yes so how is the novell server a normally configured can i install sft netware level ii v a as level i or is this what is causing my serialisation error is the novell server a normally equipped with two hard drives one of which has failed would this mean i can not install the network software because it will not be serialised for this hardware with a failed drive what else can cause a serialisation error what happens if the keycard fails am i doing something wrong can someone knowledgeable offer some comments and guides thanks for your time apology i appreciate that i have posted this request somewhat widely as i m dealing with somewhat archaic hardware and software i m hoping that by casting my net further i m more likely to capture someone who has met this system before i believe i can justify the groups to which i am posting please feel free to correct me if you feel this is an inappropriate place to post this this posting is definitive bljeghbe chugh vaj blhegh wayne mcdougall keeper of the list of shows better than star trek tm ask me about the auckland festival of missions april i always change my mind when new evidence is available what method do you use
