Novell 5.0 NICI Error at server startup

[scooby]

The following message is displayed:

NICI CCS: FATAL Initialization error
PMLODR.NLM and POLIMGR.NLM are not loading in stage 3
Error: "PKI.NLM could not initialize cryptographic services or cryptographic services are not available. -1497"
ERROR: Error initializing function 4, -1497 while loading DS.NLM
Public Symbol Errors loading DS

I have not worked with Novell in a long time and cannot recall this error. Someone asked me to assist and really don't know any other novell people in the area. Any assistance would be appreciated.

It appears to be a corrupted file and you need to ensure SYS is mounted. I remember you can mount sys at the console prompt. Any other steps i should take ?

Thanks