Re: How to setup DOS Client to login to Windows 2000 Domain?

In news:05E40705-8F81-41F7-B178-6DC6E16EADDD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Mitesh Patel <MiteshPatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> stated, which I
commented on below:
> Hi,
> I have some DOS PCs and right now they are login to Novell. I am
> planing to migrate my Novell server to Window 2000 server. So how do
> I setup DOS PCs so that they can login to Domain and map all network
> drives autometically. Thanks
>
> Mitesh

Are you familiar with how to make a DOS network bootable diskette? This is a
huge subject by itself and _*numerous*_ books were written on it years ago.
To simplify it, if you still have an NT4 server, you can make a network
bootable diskette. Some links are provided below to show you how. In the
process you would select the NIC type. If it doesn't show up, you can go to
the NIC's manufacturer's site and download the drivers.

You will need to make the DOS PC network bootable. This all depends on what
NIC you have. Once the network software is installed, in the system.ini file
you would specify the domain name. But there's more than that.

If you don't have an NT4 server anymore, the documentation with the NIC
drivers will show you exactly how to make a network bootable diskette,
including what must be in the protocol.ini and system.ini files for their
specific drivers and where to put the drivers and necessary files. Then you
can transfer the files to the DOC PC and merge the autoexec.bat and
config.sys files with the existing ones. That's the way I do it since I had
created my original startup disks with NT4 because now the NICs are
different and EACH manufacturer has their own requirements.

How To Create an MS-DOS Network Startup Disk in Windows 2000 (use NT4 client
creator):
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=252448

How to Create a Network Installation Boot Disk (use NT4 client creator):
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=142857

Here are more articles with step by steps:

Installing Your Network Clients
http://www.windowsitlibrary.com/Content/315/02/toc.html

DOS Network Boot Floppy:
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/dosclflp.html


And MY FAVORITE! I used Bart's method to create a multi-NIC boot CDROM that
will boot over 43 different network card brands and versions. It's great for
tech support, and many other things. Once you've created the diskette, you
can make a bootable CD out of it. To make a DOS PC bootable, just copy the
files over the machine.
Bart's Boot disks
http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/


To map a drive, you would need to add lines to your autoexec.bat. Here's an
example to map the drive letter X: to a share:
net use x: \\servername\sharename

Good luck!

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