NetWare partitions can be created on any hard drive and can coexist with other partitions such as DOS, Windows*, and UNIX. Disk space not assigned to NetWare partitions can be used for the Novell Storage Services™ file system.
When there is a DOS partition on the drive, it should always be the first partition on the device. The NetWare partition should always be the last partition on the drive.
You can have as many as four partitions on the same drive, including multiple NetWare partitions.
If you have partitions from previous versions of NetWare that you are no longer using, you can delete them and create a new NetWare partition.
WARNING:When creating a disk partition, never specify a partition size larger than the actual size of the disk. If you specify a larger size, NetWare eventually tries to use the excess disk space. When it determines there is no corresponding disk location, it deactivates the volume stored on the disk.
For more information, see Section 4.0, Configuring and Managing NetWare Traditional Volumes.