Imac won't sleep when network drive is mounted

Is there a way to put imac to sleep when network drive is mounted. It goes to sleep when the drive is mounted. The display goes to sleep but not the system.
One more thing.....Is there a way to keep a network drive mounted after restarting?
24" imac   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   Bootcamp w/ xp pro

Hi!
I figured out what the issue was, finally. After playing around, I noticed that my InDesign Fonts folder, had "alias" links to some fonts that resided on that shared drive. As soon as I deleted all the ones that where aliases, the error went away. Hopefully this helps someone in the future.
Rafa.

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