Hiya Jeff,
 JD> I had a crash corrupt my 4.1 DS database, and I can't 
 JD> load ds.nlm as a result,
 JD> which means I can't log onto NDS from anything, which 
 JD> means I can't access anything on the server. The server 
 JD> version doesn't match. I can't go into Install.nlm and 
 JD> remove the database and start from scratch because you 
 JD> have to open the database to remove it.
I have had this happen and also despaired. I had not enabled
volume compression or sub-block allocation and therefore was
able to load up an old (pre upgrade) copy of 3.12 and boot
a basic server. I then copied all the data off that I needed.
Works a peach.
AXL
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