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Boot Image For Lantastic
Mike Edgerton
We are running the Lantastic 2Mps Lan on a 386 Server
(aptly named \\Server1), a stand alone 286 with it's own
drives (Client1), and two diskless workstations (with plans
for 2 more) named Client3, Client4, etc.
I wanted the diskless workstations to be easily
identified on the network. If I was to use the method for
naming the machine (Nodeid?) suggested in the Lantastic
manual, then my people would have to remember numbers like
00006EE721 to use the NetChat function. It would be much
easier if they had names like the Server. I made a call to
Artisoft asking if there was anyway to change the name of
the machine signing on after the redir program was run. I
was told there was not.
The answer was to name the machine with a variable before
signing on. This was accomplished by using a wonderful
little utility called ask.exe that was written by Mr. Ty
Halderman (Compuserve # 70155,1125). Mr. Halderman lists his
program as "free software", and there is no address given
for those of us that might want to send him something, so I
assume you can use this program without reservation in a
business environment. It is available in the IBMSYS Lib.1
(under the filename ASK20.EXE) , and included here. By
including Ask.exe in the boot image file for the diskless
workstations, you can ask the user to pick his/her terminal
number. Please note the order of the DOS "if Errorlevel"
numbers. I made the mistake of putting them in as 1,2,3,
instead of 3,2,1.
I hope that you find this batch file and the utility
useful.
Regards,
Mike Edgerton
P.S. Remember to rename Bootexec.bat Autoexec.bat