Microsoft KB Archive/62991

Works: “Too Many Files Open” on Novell Network

PSS ID Number: Q62991 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

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MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

The error message “Too many files open” may be received when opening more than two files in Works if the Novell workstation was started from a Novell boot disk or ROM chip and the CONFIG.SYS file could not be located at startup.

= MORE INFORMATION =

If the CONFIG.SYS file cannot be located at startup time and the statement “Files=20” cannot be initiated, Works may not be able to open up more than two files at a time and the error message will be given.

This happens when the workstation is started from a ROM chip or Novell boot disk that does not have a CONFIG.SYS file or cannot find the CONFIG.SYS file.

The following are two methods to correct this problem:


 * 1) Create a CONFIG.SYS file on the boot disk and put the statement “files=20” in the CONFIG.SYS file. This will take care of the boot disk, but not the ROM chip bootup.
 * 2) Create a Novell search drive to include the directory that has a version of DOS in it that matches the version of DOS booted on the workstation.

The following are the lines needed in the CONFIG.SYS file:

MAP INS S1:=SYS:PUBLIC MAP INS S2:=SYS:%OS_VERSION COMSPEC=S2:COMMAND.COM

The first MAP line just includes the Novell public directory. The second MAP command replaces %OS_VERSION to be equal to the version of DOS that is running on the workstation. The third line tells Novell to use search drive 2 to find COMMAND.COM. The supervisor needs to set up different directories with names that match the DOS versions being run on the workstations, and then copy the correct version of DOS in the corresponding directory.

If workstations are running the same version of DOS but from different vendors, such as IBM PC DOS 3.3 or Compaq DOS 3.3, there is another variable that could be added to the path. It is the vendor variable %OS. This gets expanded to PC DOS, Compaq DOS, or whatever. This method will take care of the boot disk and the ROM chip boot.

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