Network drive from Win XP/2000 to DOS

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Richard Edwards

Hello. Unfortunately, I'm certain that this is going to be a FAQ, but
I haven't had much luck finding things on my own. Anyway, is it
possible to create a network drive on a straight DOS system that is
mapped to a drive/directory on a Win XP/2000 system. If so, can you
point me toward resources/instructions related to this procedure?

For example, let's say the XP/2000 system has a C:\TEMP directory. Is
it possible to create a D: drive on a networked DOS system that points
toward that directory?

Thanks,
Richard
 
Yes, look around at bootable dos cd's or DOS networking (try google) and
you'll see some out there and they have good doc's on how to do it. Windows
NT4.0 used to have a utlity to connect DOS machines by creating boot disks.
I forogt what it was, but some quick searching on google/Deja should come up
with plenty-o-hits. Reply if you can't find any.
 
If the DOS system is already networked with MS Client then *net use d:
\\computername\sharename* will map.
 
Jetro said:
If the DOS system is already networked with MS Client then *net use d:
\\computername\sharename* will map.
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No, the system is currently standalone. I did find that the NT 4.0
client utility can be used in Win 2003 (you just need to install it),
but I haven't been able to find out if that utility will also work for
XP/2000.

Regardless, it looks like this type of setup is, as I believed, quite
possible. Our next step will be to try and make it happen, I guess.

Thanks,
Richard
 
Jetro said:
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/dosclnt3.htm
Connection from a DOS-system to an NT4 Server

The page has the links to DSK3-1 and DSK3-2 diskettes images if you don't
have NT4 server CD around.
It might be hard to find a DOS driver for any fancy NIC.
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Yea. I think have have over a 100 or so of them around here somewhere that
I have tucked away, but they may not work on newer cards. Although some new
cards may be backward compatible with older drivers when it come to a simple
DOS environment.
 
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