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Installing Workgroup Connections to a Floppy Disk

Article ID: 92934

Article Last Modified on 11/20/1999

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows for Workgroups Connection 1.0

This article was previously published under Q92934

SUMMARY

It is possible to install Microsoft Workgroup Connections, without Microsoft Mail, to a 1.2-megabyte (MB) or 1.44-MB floppy disk. Workgroup Connections and the required MS-DOS files necessary to make the disk bootable require approximately 1.1 MB. On a 1.2-MB disk, you have approximately 50K free disk space after installing Workgroup Connections.

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Contents AUTOEXEC.BAT File Created

SET PATH=A:\DOS
A:\DOS\net start

Contents CONFIG.SYS File Created

device=A:\DOS\protman.dos /i:A:\DOS
device=A:\DOS\workgrp.sys
device=A:\DOS\<driver>.dos
LASTDRIVE=Z

Files Put in the \DOS Directory on Drive A

CONNECT  TXT
<driver> DOS
NCDINFO  INI
NET      EXE
NET      MSG
NETH     MSG
NETWORK  INF
PROTMAN  DOS
PROTMAN  EXE
PROTOCOL 001
PROTOCOL INI
SETUP    EXE
SETUP    INF
SYSTEM   INI
WORKGRP  SYS

Additional query words: 1.0 1.00

Keywords: KB92934

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 <pre class="fixed_text">device=A:\DOS\protman.dos /i:A:\DOS
 device=A:\DOS\workgrp.sys
-device=A:\DOS\<driver&gt;.dos
+device=A:\DOS\<driver>.dos
 LASTDRIVE=Z
                  </pre>
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 <pre class="fixed_text">CONNECT  TXT
-<driver&gt; DOS
+<driver> DOS
 NCDINFO  INI
 NET      EXE