Microsoft KB Archive/63784

Creating DOS Basic LAN Manager Bootable Floppy Disk 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 \SERVERin the subdirectory named DOS.
 * 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, in the subdirectory named 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:.sys REM LANMAN 2.0 === DO NOT MODIFY BETWEEN THESE LINES ===== LANMAN 2.00 DEVICE=a:.DOS /i:a:

DEVICE=a:.DOS DEVICE=a:.DOS REM LANMAN 2.0 === DO NOT MODIFY BETWEEN THESE LINES ===== LANMAN 2.00 device=a:.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:.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: NET START WORKSTATION NAME @REM LANMAN 2.0 === DO NOT MODIFY BETWEEN THESE LINES ===== LANMAN 2.00

net use f: \server>NUL:

set comspec=f:_4.01.com set path=f:;f:_4.01; prompt $p$ g

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