DOS network boot disk problem

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Ali

hi everyone,
I recently read a few articles about this (i.e. Q142857)... and I follow all
the steps exactly as it says. but it never worked. don't get me wrong I'm
just trying to test this out, I'd never replace Bart's Network Boot Disk
with this. I'm just getting curious why it doesn't work. the 'net' commands
in autoexec.bat don't execute. and when I try to run them manually by typing
the command (i.e net start) it gives an error about 'specified file not
found' or something like that. I'd appreciate any help with this... it's
really getting on my nerves trying different settings and resetting the
computer to find out if it works. sigh!!

thanks in advance,
Ali,
MCSA,CCNA
 
Ali said:
hi everyone,
I recently read a few articles about this (i.e. Q142857)... and I follow all
the steps exactly as it says. but it never worked. don't get me wrong I'm
just trying to test this out, I'd never replace Bart's Network Boot Disk
with this. I'm just getting curious why it doesn't work. the 'net' commands
in autoexec.bat don't execute. and when I try to run them manually by typing
the command (i.e net start) it gives an error about 'specified file not
found' or something like that. I'd appreciate any help with this... it's
really getting on my nerves trying different settings and resetting the
computer to find out if it works. sigh!!

thanks in advance,
Ali,
MCSA,CCNA
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If you require specific answers then you need to ask specific
rather than general questions. You also also need to say
what exactly you have on your DOS network boot disk,
what's in autoexec.bat and config.sys, and what the exact
error message is. When you write that you got an error message
"Something like that" then this leaves far too much room for
guessing.
 
well... ok, I better explain things here.
I have VMWare installed, and I'm trying to connect to the server with this
DOS network boot disk (yeah right) that

Microsoft has given an article about how to make. ok so I download the 2
Boot Disk Generator files from:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/clients/msclient/dsk3-1.exe
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/clients/msclient/dsk3-2.exe
first of all I made an MSDOS startup floppy, then I deleted all unneccessary
files, to have enough room for the

network files. I run the setup program for the net-boot-disk, to install it
on the same floppy. installs everything,

and modifies autoexec.bat and config.sys as follows:

[autoexec.bat]:

SET PATH=A:\NET
A:\NET\net initialize
A:\NET\netbind.com
A:\NET\umb.com
A:\NET\tcptsr.exe
A:\NET\tinyrfc.exe
A:\NET\nmtsr.exe
A:\NET\emsbfr.exe
A:\NET\net start

[config.sys]

FILES=20
device=A:\NET\ifshlp.sys
LASTDRIVE=Z

well I had to add a few lines to these 2 files for some enhancements:

[autoexec.bat]

loadhigh share
loadhigh smartdrv
loadhigh doskey

[config.sys]

device-c:\dos\himem.sys
dos=high,umb

ok, so far so good. now I reboot with the super duper boot disk, and I get
errors all over:

C:\>NET\tcptsr.exe
NET0111: Error accessing NEMM.DOS. TCP 1.0 not loaded.

C:\>C:\NET\tinyrfc.exe
NET0111: Error accessing NEMM.DOS. Tiny RFC 1.0 not loaded.
Press any key to continue

C:\>C:\NET\nmtsr.exe
NET0111: Error accessing NEMM.DOS. NMTSR 1.0 not loaded.
Press any key to continue

hmm, well I don't even know what the heck this file (nemm.dos) is for, and I
didn't even modify it, and yes it's

right there in it's place in A:\net\
Bart's Boot Disk is just something I call a miracle for DOS. although I
should state that I can't get it to work with

TCP/IP. but when I switch to NETBEUI, it works perfectly. the network boot
disk generator that MS has provided

is garbage, and I mean it. it doesn't even re-modify autoexec and config
after changing the settings.
but then again, I'm just trying to get this to work, or to see if it works.
a few pages I got help from are:
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/doscl3up.htm
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/dosclflp.htm
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/dosclnt3.htm
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/doscltcp.htm
etc....

I think this should be enough info. hope you can help on this one. thanks a
bunch.

Regards,
Ali,
MCSA,CCNA
 
- What network adapter do you use in your machine?
- Did you download a DOS driver for it?
- Did you adjust system.ini & protocol.ini for this
network adapter?

In the past I tried to assist several posters with this type
of problem, by letting them have a copy of my own DOS
network disk (which works very nicely with TCP/IP), but I
invariably found that they lost interest the moment they
had to do some work of their own and adjust the disk for
their specific network adapter. Are you prepared make an
effort and spend the necessary time on this?

Ali said:
well... ok, I better explain things here.
I have VMWare installed, and I'm trying to connect to the server with this
DOS network boot disk (yeah right) that

Microsoft has given an article about how to make. ok so I download the 2
Boot Disk Generator files from:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/clients/msclient/dsk3-1.exe
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/clients/msclient/dsk3-2.exe
first of all I made an MSDOS startup floppy, then I deleted all unneccessary
files, to have enough room for the

network files. I run the setup program for the net-boot-disk, to install it
on the same floppy. installs everything,

and modifies autoexec.bat and config.sys as follows:

[autoexec.bat]:

SET PATH=A:\NET
A:\NET\net initialize
A:\NET\netbind.com
A:\NET\umb.com
A:\NET\tcptsr.exe
A:\NET\tinyrfc.exe
A:\NET\nmtsr.exe
A:\NET\emsbfr.exe
A:\NET\net start

[config.sys]

FILES=20
device=A:\NET\ifshlp.sys
LASTDRIVE=Z

well I had to add a few lines to these 2 files for some enhancements:

[autoexec.bat]

loadhigh share
loadhigh smartdrv
loadhigh doskey

[config.sys]

device-c:\dos\himem.sys
dos=high,umb

ok, so far so good. now I reboot with the super duper boot disk, and I get
errors all over:

C:\>NET\tcptsr.exe
NET0111: Error accessing NEMM.DOS. TCP 1.0 not loaded.

C:\>C:\NET\tinyrfc.exe
NET0111: Error accessing NEMM.DOS. Tiny RFC 1.0 not loaded.
Press any key to continue

C:\>C:\NET\nmtsr.exe
NET0111: Error accessing NEMM.DOS. NMTSR 1.0 not loaded.
Press any key to continue

hmm, well I don't even know what the heck this file (nemm.dos) is for, and I
didn't even modify it, and yes it's

right there in it's place in A:\net\
Bart's Boot Disk is just something I call a miracle for DOS. although I
should state that I can't get it to work with

TCP/IP. but when I switch to NETBEUI, it works perfectly. the network boot
disk generator that MS has provided

is garbage, and I mean it. it doesn't even re-modify autoexec and config
after changing the settings.
but then again, I'm just trying to get this to work, or to see if it works.
a few pages I got help from are:
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/doscl3up.htm
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/dosclflp.htm
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/dosclnt3.htm
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/doscltcp.htm
etc....

I think this should be enough info. hope you can help on this one. thanks a
bunch.

Regards,
Ali,
MCSA,CCNA
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