Summary

This is not a virus, but we sometimes get queries about "Richard Keil Memorial Abend #27" on Novell Netware servers.

Additional Details

Here is more information from Novell:

MEMORIAL ABENDS DURING NETWARE 3.12 INSTALL
NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT


DOCUMENT ID: TID013640 DOCUMENT REVISION: A DATE: 07OCT93 ALERT STATUS: Yellow INFORMATION TYPE: Symptom Solution NOVELL PRODUCT CLASS NetWare OS NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION: NetWare 3.12 CATEGORY: Installation ABSTRACT: Memorial Abends During NetWare 3.12 Install
SYMPTOM "Richard Keil Memorial Abend #27"
TROUBLESHOOTING The user was trying to install v3.12. While in INSTALL he received the above message.
CAUSE This message was intended to be remarked out before the code being frozen. Many other "memorial abends" were remarked out. This error is usually triggered by disk hardware failures.
SOLUTION The user was trying to install v3.12 on a clone machine. When they installed v3.12 on a certified machine the problem went away.
From what Novell has seen the error is manifest when there is a drive deactivation due to hardware failure, bad cabling, and so forth.