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FYI
Note: The origin of this information may be internal or external
to Novell. Novell makes every effort within its means to verirfy
this information. However, the information provided in this
document is FOR YOUR INFORMATION only. Novell makes no explicit
or implied claims to the validity of this information.
TITLE: Assisting Floppy Based Clients
DOCUMENT ID#: FYI.P.6017
DATE: October 29, 1991
PRODUCT: NetWare Lite
PRODUCT VERSION: All versions
SUPERSEDES: NA
SYMPTOM: NA
ISSUE/PROBLEM
Assisting Floppy Based Clients
If there are workstations on the network that don't have hard
disks then we suggest that NetWork Directories be set up to help
those workstations. A DOS shared Network Directory should be
created so that workstations with no hard disks can load DOS
commands from the network. A Network Directory sharing IBM DOS
version 3.10 (named IBM_DOS_310 perhaps) would be useful for
those CLIENTs with only floppy drives to get to their version of
DOS. In conjunction with this, the DOS environment variable
"COMSPEC" should be set to allow you to load COMMAND.COM from
across the network. For example, these lines could be included
in an AUTOEXEC.BAT or STARTNET.BAT file:
NET MAP F: IBM_DOS_310
SET COMSPEC=F:\COMMAND.COM
In addition, workstations that only have floppies can be assisted
by creating a Network Directory where the NetWare Lite utility
(NET.EXE, NET.OVL, NET.HLP and LITE$RUN.OVL) can be loaded;
instead of always loading them from the floppy. We suggest that
a Network Directory called NWLITE be created. This directory
should be a SERVER's C:\NWLITE directory. We also suggest that
this Network Directory be given default rights of READ and not
the default of ALL.
All floppy-only CLIENTs should map a drive to this resource and
add the drive to their DOS path. This will allow the loading of
the NET utility from across the network; a much better solution
than loading from floppy. For example, these lines could be
included in an AUTOEXEC.BAT or STARTNET.BAT file:
NET MAP M: NWLITE
PATH=M:.;%PATH%
If you want to run the CLIENT from a floppy drive and have that
diskette be the boot diskette, the following configuration is
suggested. (Where ever NE2000.COM appears, replace it with the
appropriate driver name you are using. Also, L: and M: are
simply used as examples; you may use any other valid driver
letters. We map drive M: to the Network Directory NWLITE as
described above. Similarly, L: is mapped to the Network
Directory IBM_DOS_310 as described above.)
1. Create a bootable diskette using the FORMAT A: /S
command.
2. Copy the following NetWare Lite files to the diskette:
LSL.COM
NE2000.COM
IPXODI.COM
CLIENT.EXE
NET.EXE
NET.CFG
3. Create an AUTOEXEC.BAT with the following lines added to it:
LSL
NE2000
IPXODI A
CLIENT
NET LOGIN
NET MAP L: IBM_DOS_310
NET MAP M: NWLITE
PATH=L:\;M:\;%PATH%
SET COMSPEC=L:\COMMAND.COM
4. Create an CONFIG.SYS with the following line added to it.
LASTDRIVE=M
For those Network Directories that contain applications
(executables) the drives used to map to these applications should
be included in the DOS environment variable PATH. For example,
these lines could also be included in an AUTOEXEC.BAT or
STARTNET.BAT file:
NET MAP G: TURBOC
NET MAP H: WORDPERFECT
NET MAP I: GAMES
SET PATH=G:\BIN;H:.;I:\TETRIS;%PATH%