TITLE:              Creating a Bootable Novell DOS 7 Floppy
DOCUMENT ID:        TID14919
DOCUMENT REVISION:  2
DATE:               10MAY94
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
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NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
Novell DOS 7

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ISSUE:

A customized bootable floppy diskette is required to boot a system
with Security or Stacker enabled.

Use the procedures outlined as follows to create a bootable floppy
diskette.  The bootable disk created by this procedure will allow
hard disk Security to be disabled if you know the Master Key Password
or to access a hard disk that has been compressed with Stacker.

1.   After you have booted from your hard disk with Novell DOS 7
already installed, insert a blank floppy diskette into the A: drive
and type the following command:

          FORMAT A: /S

     The floppy diskette will be formatted and the operating systems
files transferred.

2.   If your drive(s) are compressed with Stacker, you should copy
the following two files to the floppy diskette:

          STACKER.BIN and STACKER.INI

     Note:  These files will not exist if you have not used Stacker
to compress data on your drive(s).  These files normally reside in
the root directory; however, they are hidden.

     To copy these files successfully, use the following commands:

          XCOPY C:\STACKER.BIN A:\ /HR
          XCOPY C:\STACKER.INI A:\ /HR

     Keep in mind that while these files are actually not required
(you can boot from a floppy diskette and access the Stacker drive
without them), you should put them on the floppy diskette just in
case the hard disk's copies are damaged.

3.   Copy UNSECURE.EXE from the original Novell DOS 7 diskette 1 to
your floppy diskette.

USING THE DISK YOU HAVE CREATED

When you use this bootable floppy diskette, you will not be prompted
for a password even if security is enabled.  The computer will boot
normally to an A> prompt.

Each drive compressed with Novell DOS 7 Stacker should mount
automatically.

If security is enabled and you try to access the C: drive, the
following error will be displayed:

     INVALID DRIVE SPECIFIED

If you see this error, do the following:

1.   Run UNSECURE by typing UNSECURE and pressing <Enter>.

2.   At this time you would be prompted to enter the MASTER KEY
PASSWORD.

3.   Enter the MASTER KEY PASSWORD.

4.   After you have entered your MASTER KEY PASSWORD, reboot your
machine.

     SECURITY will now be disabled.

     Note:  You need to know the MASTER KEY PASSWORD to be able to
gain access to your hard disk.

If both Security and Stacker are enabled you will receive a different
error message.  Even though the error message will be different, do
steps 1 through 4 to disable SECURITY on your hard disk.  Then reboot
your machine with this floppy diskette and the Stacked drive should
mount.

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