Net.exe

[KyoAD]

I am trying to use net.exe (from MSDOS network client) from a MS dos bootdisk. However, whenever i tried to run this command from a ramdrive, it always gives 'error3: the specified path was not found'

There is no problems running net.exe from A: though.
Is there anyway i can get around this?

 

[ricpinto]

What are the other files in A:, I believe there's a net.cfg there and inside the are some entry path that points to A:. Obviuosly the RAM drive is not A: maybe a G: or H: or something. So you have to edit the net.cfg to point the entries to the drive letter of your RAM drive.

 

[KyoAD]

Thanks!

I have managed to get it working. But actually what i am trying to achieve is to load network services by using a PXE boot. Say for eg, i boot a machine using PXE which will then map to a network share to copy some files. How can i go about doing it? Seems like i need to use netbind and to manually create a protocol.ini??

 

[bcastner]

PXE is going to look for a network PXE server that will support the boot.

I suspect you would be better off trying to boot to the network just from the floppy.

Helmig has some good thoughts:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/dosclflp.htm

And if you have a CD Rom device that is bootable, Bart's PE can do this using the PE environment:

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/