Your OES NetWare server is experiencing problems during startup. You suspect the problem lies with a command in the AUTOEXEC . NCF file. You want to boot the server without processing the AUTOEXEC…

Running SERVER with no flags causes the OS to process both STARTUP.NCF and AUTOEXEC.NCF normally, which does not bypass the problematic file.

SERVER -S is not a recognized NetWare server startup switch and will not suppress AUTOEXEC.NCF processing.

The SERVER -NA flag instructs the NetWare loader to bypass the AUTOEXEC.NCF file entirely during startup. This is the standard troubleshooting switch when a faulty command in AUTOEXEC.NCF is causing server boot failures, allowing the OS to load without executing those commands.

SERVER -NS skips the STARTUP.NCF file, not AUTOEXEC.NCF, so the problem commands would still execute.

SERVER -NOAUTO is not a valid NetWare server command-line switch and would not be recognized by the loader.