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Q133110: Error Message: Volume "Sys" Does Not Exist

Article: Q133110
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WinNT:4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty kbnetwork
Last Modified: 08-AUG-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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After you log on to a Novell NetWare server and your login script runs, you may
receive the following error message:

  Volume "SYS" does not exist

CAUSE
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This error message may occur because a directory, and not the volume, referenced
in the login script does not exist.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this problem, perform one of the following:

- Update your login script to reference a valid directory.

  -or-

- Create the directory on the NetWare server.

MORE INFORMATION
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This is most commonly seen when using the following command where Windows NT
incorrectly reports V5.00 for the %OS_VERSION variable and that directory does
not exist on the Novell server:

  Map root <drive>:=<server>\sys:public\msdos\%OS_VERSION

Running the same login script from Windows 95 produces the following error
message:

  Path is invalid in map command
  "Y:SYS:PUBLIC\MSDOS\V5.00".

Running the same login script from MS-DOS, using the ODI/VLM stack and NetWare's
Login.exe produces the following error message:

  LOGIN-4.084-915: The specified volume does not exist
  [ROOT S4:=SYS:PUBLIC\MSDOS\V5.00]

Additional query words: 5.0 mapping connect connecting attach attaching

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbWinNTsearch kbWinNTWsearch kbWinNTW400 kbWinNTW400search kbWinNT400search kbWinNTSsearch kbWinNTS400search kbWinNTS400
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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