How to Create a Network Installation Boot Disk

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 and 3.51
• Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51

SUMMARY

This article explains how to add an NDIS driver for NIC cards that were not originally included in the Network Client Administrator. This information applies to the Network Client version 3.0 for MS-DOS and Windows Startup Disk.

Verify that the 3.5" HD disk to which the client files will be copied is a DOS system disk and formatted under DOS. If the disk is formatted under NT, the copy process will fail.

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To configure this disk:

NOTE: The following example is for the Intel EtherExpressPro NIC card; however, this example can serve as a template for all NDIS compatible drivers.

1. Copy the Epro.dos driver to the A:\Net directory.

2. Modify the Net\Protocol.ini file and change the [EPRO$] section to "drivername=EPRO$".

   NOTE: The "drivername=" information is included on most manufacturers' disks in the sample Protocol.ini file that comes with the network card.

3. Modify the Net\System.ini file and change the [network drivers] section to "netcard=Epro.dos".

   NOTE: The file that the "netcard=" equals is also on the manufacturer's disk.

For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q128800
   TITLE     : How to Provide Additional NDIS2 Drivers for Network Client
               3.0

Sample Protocol.ini Entries

[network.setup] version=0x3110 netcard=EPRO$,1,EPRO$,1 transport=ms$ndishlp,MS$NDISHLP transport=ms$nwlink,MS$NWLINK lana0=EPRO$,1,ms$nwlink lana1=EPRO$,1,ms$ndishlp

[EPRO$] drivername=EPRO$

; IRQ=3           < ----------------- You may have to adjust this.

[protman] drivername=PROTMAN$ PRIORITY=MS$NDISHLP

[MS$NDISHLP] drivername=ndishlp$ BINDINGS=EPRO$

[ms$nwlink] drivername=nwlink$ FRAME=Ethernet_802.2 BINDINGS=EPRO$ LANABASE=0

Sample System.ini Entries

[network] filesharing=no printsharing=no autologon=yes computername=TEST lanroot=A:\NET username=Administrator workgroup=TESTDOM reconnect=no dospophotkey=N lmlogon=0 logondomain=BOARD preferredredir=full autostart=full maxconnections=8

[network drivers]

netcard=epro.dos     < ----------- If the path is not set, specify the
                                   full directory (for example,
                                   c:\net\epro.dos).

[Password Lists] *Shares=a:\net\Share000.PWL