Volume configuration parameters

NetWare volumes use some variables in NetWare Setup that are global to the server; for example, the maximum number of volumes. The NetWare configuration files also support variables that are generic to all volume types, as well as variables that are specific to a particular volume type.

The following variables apply to all volume types:

• Number specifies a number from 0 to 63. Volume SYS: is always 0. The nwvm library assigns the first available number.

• Name specifies the name that NetWare clients use to access the volume. The first volume must be named SYS:. System administrators must supply a name for all other volumes which may be the same as or different from the UnixWare directory name.

  Names must be from 2 to 15 characters long; NetWare 4 conventions prepend the server name to the volume name.

• Type specifies whether the volume is a Standard or CD-ROM volume.

• Mount point specifies the path, from root, to the directory where the volume begins.

• Control path specifies the location of the volume's trustee database files. For Standard, the control path specifies the location of the volume's usinodes file, the extended names file, and the last mount log.

• Name spaces specifies the client types the volume will support. System administrators configure each volume for additional name spaces (OS/2). DOS and UNIX name spaces are always supported.

• Option strings contain read-only file systems, maximum open files, file access control, and volume options.