ID Number: Q63784
2.00
MS-DOS
Question:
Can DOS Basic LAN Manager be run off a system that only has floppy
disk drives in it?
Response:
Yes, it is possible to build a boot floppy disk for DOS Basic LAN
Manager on even a 360K floppy disk.
The following steps can be used to produce a bootable floppy disk:
1. Create a directory on the server with all of the DOS Basic LAN
Manager NETPROG files in it (NETCOPY and NETMOVE from the DOS LAN
Manager Enhanced may also be put into this directory). In the
example listed below, this is accessed via the share point named
\\SERVER\PUBLIC in the subdirectory named DOS\LANMAN\BASIC.
2. Create a directory on the server with all of the MS-DOS version
4.01 files in it. In the example included below, this is accessed
via the share point named \\SERVER\PUBLIC, in the subdirectory
named DOS\DOS_4.01.
3. Format a disk on a working MS-DOS system (this places IO.SYS,
MSDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM) on the floppy disk.
4. It is recommended that you place all the additional files listed
below in the root directory if you are using a 360K floppy disk.
Subdirectories do require some extra disk space, and there is not
a great deal of extra space on a 360K floppy disk.
5. Create the CONFIG.SYS file as listed below. In the example listed
below, 3Com 3C503 EtherLink II cards are used.
6. Create the AUTOEXEC.BAT file as listed below. Be sure that you set
up the COMSPEC and PATH variables correctly.
As in the example listed below, it is assumed that you have both a
mouse and the high-memory manager. There is some space left over on
the floppy disk, so you can customize it further.
MS-DOS Version 4.01 Boot Disk
-----------------------------
IO SYS 33337 4-07-89 12:00a
MSDOS SYS 37376 4-07-89 12:00a
AUTOEXEC BAT 855 6-08-90 7:47p
COMMAND COM 37557 4-07-89 12:00a
CONFIG SYS 484 6-30-90 8:36p
MOUSE SYS 26514 9-01-89 12:00a
CHKNET EXE 698 6-28-90 12:00a
ELNKII DOS 10150 6-28-90 12:00a
HIMEM SYS 11304 4-06-90 10:24a
LANMAN INI 216 6-30-90 8:40p
MINSES EXE 2438 6-28-90 12:00a
NET EXE 10598 6-28-90 12:00a
NETBEUI DOS 30326 6-28-90 12:00a
NETBIND EXE 15639 6-28-90 12:00a
PROTCHK EXE 30581 6-28-90 12:00a
PROTMAN DOS 10661 6-28-90 12:00a
PROTOCOL INI 290 6-30-90 8:46p
REDIR EXE 28084 6-28-90 12:00a
SETNAME EXE 44189 6-28-90 12:00a
USE EXE 10449 6-28-90 12:00a
CONFIG.SYS File
---------------
rem Config.sys
rem
rem Device Drivers
rem
device=a:\himem.sys
REM LANMAN 2.0 === DO NOT MODIFY BETWEEN THESE LINES ===== LANMAN 2.00
DEVICE=a:\PROTMAN.DOS /i:a:\
DEVICE=a:\ELNKII.DOS
DEVICE=a:\NETBEUI.DOS
REM LANMAN 2.0 === DO NOT MODIFY BETWEEN THESE LINES ===== LANMAN 2.00
device=a:\mouse.sys
rem
rem Configuration Parameters
rem
buffers=10,2
files=30
fcbs=4,0
stacks=0,0
lastdrive=z
rem
rem Shell
rem
shell=a:\command.com /p /e:800
AUTOEXEC.BAT File
-----------------
@echo off
rem
rem AutoExec.bat
rem
verify on
@REM LANMAN 2.0 === DO NOT MODIFY BETWEEN THESE LINES ===== LANMAN 2.00
a:\NETBIND
NET START WORKSTATION NAME
@REM LANMAN 2.0 === DO NOT MODIFY BETWEEN THESE LINES ===== LANMAN 2.00
net use f: \\server\public >NUL:
set comspec=f:\dos\dos_4.01\command.com
set path=f:\dos\lanman\basic;f:\dos\dos_4.01;
prompt $p$g
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