Error: " DOS doesn't agree on drive index 3 "

  • 3270267
  • 25-Jun-2007
  • 27-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell NetWare 6.5 Support Pack 5
Novell NetWare 6.0 Support Pack 5
Novell NetWare 5.1 Support Pack 7

Situation

Server will not boot.

"The following error is displayed immediately after executing SERVER.EXE:"

"Error, Dos doesn't agree on drive index 3".
Dos doesn't agree on drive index 3

Resolution

Delete the dos partition and recreate it with a Caldera Dos 7.0 diskette. Choose the option to create a new master boot record. Create the C:\NWSERVER and C:\NWUPDATE directories. The C:\NWSERVER directory will need a SERVER.EXE and the NWUPDATE directory will need a 0 Byte file with the name of HEALTH.LOG. Follow the TID named "Performing a NetWare 6.5 Down Server Upgrade" for a NetWare 6.5 server. For NetWare 5.1 and 6.0 do an inplace upgrade.