Applying NW51SP5.EXE/NW60SP2.EXE To Servers

Articles and Tips: qna

01 Dec 2002

What's a good way to apply NW51SP5.EXE (or NW60SP2.EXE) to my servers?

Artimus "Keep 'em Up" Andrews

Dear Art: Here's one way to do the update:

Map a drive to the root of the SYS: volume (SYS:\)
Copy NW51SP5.EXE (or NW60SP2.EXE) to SYS:\
Open a command prompt (DOS box) on your workstation, Click Start | Run and type in CMD (on windows 95/98, type in COMMAND) type NW51SP5 (or NW60SP2) it will take some time for the ARJ security check to run, then for all of the files to extract.
CD \SYSTEM
FLAG *.* N /S (to remove Read Only from any system files)
CD \PUBLIC
FLAG *.* N /S (to remove Read Only from any system files)

If you are running NetWare Enterprise Web Server:

CD \NOVONYX
FLAG *.* N /S (to remove Read Only from any web server files)
At the server console prompt, type SET DIRTY DISK CACHE DELAY TIME=0.1 (this will speed up copying of files tremendously)

Then at the server console prompt:

Type NWCONFIG and Select Product Options
Select Install a product not listed
Press ESC to leave the Previously Specified Paths window
Press F3 to specify a different path
Type in SYS:\NW51SP5 (or SYS:\NW60SP2)
Press ESC to close the license agreement
Agree to the License Agreement
Say Yes to backup replaced files
Accept the default directory to backup files
Say Yes to update LAN/STORAGE drivers

When asked to login to extend schema, use the admin's full name, such as:

cn=admin.o=yourorg

* Originally published in Novell AppNotes

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