TITLE:              Hard Card Would Only Mount As Read-Only
DOCUMENT ID:        TID15083
DOCUMENT REVISION:  1
DATE:               24FEB94
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
README FOR:         NA

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
Novell DOS 7

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SYMPTOM:

The user's Hard Card would mount read-only every time user booted the
machine.

CAUSE:

Stacker has some problems with Hard Cards.

SOLUTION:

Stacker has a fax document STAC FAX 3703 that addresses these issues
for both Stacker 3.0, and Stacker 3.1.  With Stacker 3.1, it is not
possible to load the Hard Card device driver before the preloading
Stacker device driver. Instead, you must modify your configuration
files STACKER.INI and AUTOEXEC.BAT so that the Hard Card mounts in
the AUTOEXEC.BAT.  The steps for doing this are as follows:

1.   Determine the swapped driver letter for your Hard Card.  For
this example, we will say that the Hard Card is drive D:, and that it
swaps with the F: drive.

2.   Edit the STACKER.INI file.  The STACKER.INI file for this
example looks like the following:

          /I-
          /P=1
          /F=32
          /DIR=C:\NWDOS
          D:\STACVOL.DSK,SW

3.   Modify the STACKER.INI file (as in the example) to read like the
following.  Note the new line that reads /SW=DF, and the last line
that now contains an asterick (*) rather than the D:\STACVOL.DSK,SW
line.

          /SW=DF
          /I-
          /P=1
          /F=32
          /DIR=C:\NWDOS
          *

4.   Use a text editor to modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.  Add the
following lines:

          C:\NWDOS\STACKER D:=F:\STACVOL.DSK
          C:\NWDOS\CHKDSK D: /WP

When the user tried to implement this procedure for loading the Hard
Card driver, it ended up corrupting the STACKER.BIN file, then the
drive would not mount at all.

The user recreated the STACKER.BIN file by issuing the following
command while in the NWDOS directory:

          COPY /B STACLOAD.BIN + STACKER.COM C:\STACKER.BIN

After doing this, the user put the STACKER.INI file back to its
original state and removed the C:\NWDOS\STACKER D:=F:\STACVOL.DSK
line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT and left in the CHKDSK D: /WP line.

The user reports that he has been running just fine now for over a
week with this configuration.

The intention is not to report that Stacker's solution is invalid. 
On the contrary, it is intended to give the procedure for others to
use because it is the recommended method.  However, this user's issue
was resolved simply with CHKDSK D: /WP.

Key Words:  NWDOS

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