CANNOT DELETE PARTITION USING DOS FDISK

Subject: CANNOT DELETE PARTITION USING DOS FDISK
New Netfinity server RETAIN Tip: 

    Record number:       H166814
    Device:              D/T8476
    Model:               M
    Hit count:           UHC00000
    Success count:       USC0000
    Publication code:    PC50
    Tip key:
    Date created:        O99/02/10
    Date last altered:   A99/02/11
    Owning B.U.:         USA


Abstract: CANNOT DELETE PARTITION USING DOS FDISK

TEXT:

Cannot delete partition created by ServerGuide using DOS FDISK.

SYMPTOMS:

ServerGuide creates a C: partition and copies the latest drivers files for installing NetWare.
Some of these files are copied in lower case which DOS does not handle, so DOS assigns the string "Am" to the empty volume label of C:, the letter "m" in lower case makes it impossible for DOS FDISK to delete the partition, because DOS FDISK only allows a label in upper case.

PROBLEM ISOLATION AIDS:

•  The system is any of the following IBM servers:

•  NOS affected:

    Novell NetWare 4.11 and 5.0

WORKAROUND:

If you want to use DOS FDISK to delete the partition created by ServerGuide, and the C: volume label is "Am", first use the "label" DOS command to rename the label to any name in uppercase, this will allow DOS FDISK to delete the partition.

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