Novell Doc: NW6.5 SP8: Traditional File System Administration Guide - Resolving Volume Mounting Problems Caused by the Name Space Module

9.9 Resolving Volume Mounting Problems Caused by the Name Space Module

After a volume has been configured to support more than the DOS naming convention, the name space NLM program must be loaded before the volume can be mounted.

To diagnose problems when a Traditional volume cannot mount because the name space NLM program is not loaded, identify whether the following conditions exist:

The command to load the name space NLM is not in the startup.ncf file.
The NLM to load the name space has not been copied to the boot directory of the server.

To resolve problems when a Traditional volume cannot mount because the name space NLM program is not loaded, do the following:

Load the name space NLM program, then mount the volume. Copy the name space NLM to the server boot directory and add the load command to the startup.ncf file. The NLM then loads automatically whenever the server is booted.
Delete the name space configuration from the volume.

WARNING:This is a destructive step that destroys all of the extended file information.
Back up all non-DOS files.
Load the Vrepair utility, select Set VRepair Options, then select the Remove Name Space Support from the Volume and Write All Directory and FAT Entries to Disk options. Exit to the main menu, then run Vrepair > Repair a Volume on the volume that would not mount.