Microsoft KB Archive/87672

= Create a Boot Disk for LAN Manager Enhanced Workstation =

Article ID: 87672

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006



This article was previously published under Q87672



SUMMARY
Microsoft LAN Manager version 2.1 has been designed to run from a hard disk. However, it is possible to fit all the required files for an MS-DOS Enhanced workstation on a 720K 3.5-inch or 1.2 MB 5.25-inch floppy disk. It is not possible to create an Enhanced workstation boot disk on a 5.25-inch 360K floppy disk.



MORE INFORMATION
The easiest way to build an Enhanced workstation boot disk is to install an MS-DOS Enhanced workstation on a computer with a hard drive, copy the minimum files you need onto a bootable floppy disk, and then edit the configuration files appropriately for the recipient LAN Manager workstation without a hard drive.

For information on how to create a system disk, see your MS-DOS manual. This example is for a computer with a 3Com EtherLink II network card and the NetBEUI protocol. Instructions for editing the AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, LANMAN.INI, and PROTOCOL.INI files are included at the end of this article. The following files and directories should be placed on a system disk:   Directory of A:\ COMMAND.COM     MS-DOS command file AUTOEXEC.BAT    MS-DOS configuration file CONFIG.SYS      MS-DOS configuration file PROTOCOL.INI    LAN Manager configuration file LANMAN.INI      LAN Manager configuration file PROTMAN.DOS     Protocol Manager PROTMAN.EXE     Protocol Manager PRO.MSG         Help Messages PROH.MSG        Help Messages ELNKII.DOS      3Com net card driver NETBEUI.EXE     NetBEUI Protocol ENCRYPT.EXE     Encrypt service MSRV.EXE        Messenger service NETPOPUP.EXE    Netpopup service CHKNET.EXE      Started with the workstation MINSES.EXE      Started with the workstation NETWKSTA.EXE    Started with the workstation NET.EXE         Used for all Enhanced commands NET.MSG         Additional help messages LOAD.COM        Binds MAC driver to Protocol LOGS       Directory for error messages More information about MS-DOS Enhanced workstation files can be found on page 209 of the &quot;Microsoft LAN Manager Administrator's Reference.&quot;

AUTOEXEC.BAT
PROMPT $P$G SET PATH=A:\; NET START WORKSTATION LOAD NETBEUI

CONFIG.SYS
lastdrive=z device=A:\protman.dos /i:A: device=A:\ELNKII.DOS

LANMAN.INI
Copy the LANMAN.INI file from an existing LAN Manager 2.1 MS-DOS Enhanced workstation onto the boot disk. In the [workstation] section, change the LANROOT= entry from C:\LANMAN.DOS to A:\ and change the COMPUTERNAME= entry. In the [netshell] section, change the USERNAME= entry if needed. In the [services] section, change the paths to the correct location for the files listed (relative to the LANROOT= entry). [networks] netservices = chknet, minses

[workstation] wrkservices = messenger,netpopup,encrypt computername = *put computername here* domain = cavalier lanroot = A:\ othdomains = numdgrambuf = 3

[netshell] username = *put username here*

autorestore = NO saveconnections = NO

[version] lan_manager = 2.1.0

[messenger]

[services] chknet       = chknet.exe minses       = minses.exe /n workstation  = netwksta.exe messenger    = msrv.exe netpopup     = netpopup.exe encrypt      = encrypt.exe minipop      = minipop.exe

PROTOCOL.INI
[PROTMAN] DRIVERNAME = PROTMAN$ DYNAMIC = YES PRIORITY = NETBEUI

[NETBEUI_XIF] Drivername = netbeui$ SESSIONS = 6 NCBS = 12 BINDINGS = &quot;ELNKII_NIF&quot;

[ELNKII_NIF]


 * protocol.ini section for the 3Com Etherlink II Adapter Card


 * The next two lines are defaults, the correct settings for your
 * net card may differ

IOADDRESS = 0x300 INTERRUPT = 3 MAXTRANSMITS = 40 DRIVERNAME = ELNKII$


 * Add this line if you are using an external transceiver

transceiver = external

Additional query words: 2.10

Keywords: KB87672

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