JD>> I had a crash corrupt my 4.1 DS database, and I can't
 JD>> load ds.nlm as a result,
 TL> I have had this happen and also despaired. I had not enabled
 TL> volume compression or sub-block allocation and therefore was
 TL> able to load up an old (pre upgrade) copy of 3.12 and boot
 TL> a basic server. I then copied all the data off that I needed.
FYI, the correct solution is to use a utility such as Ontrack Data Recovery 
for
Netware or shareware JCMD to kill the database, run install and create NDS, 
and then restore NDS from tape. *.DS are located in the _NETWARE directory. 
Also, I recall there being a command line to do something similar on the 
SERVER command line.
Jeff
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