Microsoft KB Archive/133110

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

Article ID: 133110

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q133110



SYMPTOMS
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
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.

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 * Create the directory on the NetWare server.



MORE INFORMATION
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 := \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

Keywords: kb3rdparty kbnetwork kbprb KB133110

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