Err Msg: ...the Package Requires an NTFS Drive to Install...

• Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 1.0 and 1.1

SYMPTOMS

A shared application package fails to be distributed to a NetWare server. The DESPOOL.LOG file shows the following error:

   Server SMSDIST is not a Windows NT machine and the package requires an
   NTFS drive to install to, we'll skip this server.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the package source directory is on an NTFS partition and has been shared as a Macintosh volume through Services for Macintosh. If a long filename (LFN) is detected by the Systems Management Server Scheduler service, while it compresses the package source directory, it includes an attribute noting this package requires an NTFS partition in the instruction file. When the SMS Despooler receives the package, it sees the indication that the package requires an NTFS partition. Since there is no NTFS partition on the NetWare server, it fails to install the package.

WORKAROUND

Use Windows NT File Manager to remove the Macintosh volume from the SMS package source directory or remove any long filenames from the package source directory tree. Then resend and redistribute the package.