Question : NDS crash

Hi experts,

I am using a rather old netware system which is Netware 4.11 server. I just got hareware failure and it was causing system crash. I found out that the Novell Directory Service corrupted and I can no longer logon the server with ADMIN password. I was trying to remove/reload the NDS from INSTALL.NLM menu, but it was unsuccessful since my password can not be authenticated.

I used ARCSERVE 6.1 Netware for data back up. But now I can not restore the data directly on to the Netware server itself, instead I can restore the data from another Windows server. BTW I can not access the Netware server from my client PC, there is no way to transfer the healthly data back on to the Netware server.

I would like to ask your help to fix this problem. In fact, I just want to copy all update data (before my last backup) from the server, then I shall be able to reinstall the server from the beginning.

My questions are:
1) How can I reset the ADMIN password at server console?
2) How can I remove the NDS without the need of entering the ADMIN password?

Experts, please share your Netware knowledge to me. I am much indebted to you for your kindness.

Regards,
Cyay

Answer : NDS crash

use the freeware setpass to set the password:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bit/1481/setpass.html