050-696 · Question #84
By default, where does the STARTUP.NCF file reside?
The correct answer is B. C:\NWSERVER. This question tests knowledge of the default file system location of the STARTUP.NCF configuration file on a Novell NetWare server.
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- AC:\
- BC:\NWSERVER
- CSYS:\SYSTEM
- DSYS:\PUBLIC
- ESYS:\STARTUP
- FC:\NWSERVER\STARTUP
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This question tests knowledge of the default file system location of the STARTUP.NCF configuration file on a Novell NetWare server.
C:\ (the DOS drive root) is not the default location - NetWare server boot files are organized under the C:\NWSERVER subdirectory, not placed directly in the root.
STARTUP.NCF resides in C:\NWSERVER by default because it is executed during the very early server boot sequence before the SYS: volume is mounted - it must therefore exist on the local DOS partition in the NetWare server boot directory where SERVER.EXE is also located.
SYS:\SYSTEM is the home of AUTOEXEC.NCF, not STARTUP.NCF - because STARTUP.NCF must execute before SYS: is mounted, it physically cannot be stored on the SYS: volume.
SYS:\PUBLIC holds user-accessible utilities and is completely unavailable at the point in the boot process when STARTUP.NCF is needed.
SYS:\STARTUP is not a directory that exists in a default NetWare installation.
C:\NWSERVER\STARTUP is not a default path - no STARTUP subdirectory is created beneath C:\NWSERVER in a standard NetWare installation.
Concept tested: NetWare STARTUP.NCF default location on the DOS boot partition
Source: https://www.novell.com/documentation/oes2015/pdfdoc/benovw_nw/benovw_nw.pdf
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