User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Using NetWare Connectivity
Working with NetWare Connectivity
Connecting to Network Directories
Because LAN Manager, Windows NT, and NetWare share the drive letters
that can be assigned to network directories, be careful when you assign drive
letters to network directories.
It is a good idea to use only drive letters from D to P for Windows NT and
LAN Manager directories, and drive letters from Q to Z for NetWare
directories.
NOTE: Usually, the last drive letter you should assign to LAN Manager or Windows NT
directories is P, but your network administrator may have set up your workstation
differently. Your administrator can tell you which letters to assign to which networks.
If you try to assign a wrong drive letter to a network directory, you will see
an error message. If you use the LAN Manager net use command to try to
assign a drive letter that is too close to Z as a Windows NT or LAN Manager
directory, you will see this message:
DOS Error 15 has occurred.
SYS0015: The system cannot find the drive specified.
If you use the NetWare map command to try to assign a drive letter too close
to A as a NetWare directory, you will see this message:
Drive X is in use by a local drive.Do you want to assign it as
network drive? (Y/N) Y
If you see this message, press n. Pressing n prevents you from assigning a
single drive to two directories simultaneously.
If you do assign a single drive letter to both a Windows NT or LAN
Manager directory and a NetWare directory, you will be unable to access the
Windows NT or LAN Manager directory. When you use that drive letter in a
command, it will always refer to the NetWare directory.
If you find that you have a drive letter assigned to a Windows NT or
LAN Manager directory and to a NetWare directory, cancel the connection
to one of the directories. You can then reconnect to that directory using a
different drive letter.
For example, suppose you have the G drive assigned to both a
LAN Manager directory and a NetWare directory (the PUBLIC directory on
the NETWARE1 server). You can delete the connection to the NetWare
directory by typing: