Bart's Network Boot Disk

...People tell me my network bootdisk is by far the best found on the web...

If you find this boot disk useful for your company, please consider making a small donation.

Version 2.7
Last updated on Nov 12, 2003

:: Introduction
:: Auto-create the boot disk [NEW]
:: Manually create the boot disk
:: Screen shots
:: Building a driver plug-in
:: Frequent asked questions
:: Credit
:: History

┬áIntroduction

A highly professional network boot disk for connecting to a network share on a Windows 9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP or Linux Samba machine. Also allows you to use network applications such as SSHDOS (secure shell) or Ghost Peer-to-peer/multicast, using Packet driver interface.

Best features are:

Modular design
PCI nic auto-detect
Supports TCP/IP, Nwlink and Netbeui protocol
Very easy driver plugin support (101 driver plug-ins currently available)

Full feature list:

Modular design - based on modboot. This means you can customize the bootdisk yourself by adding only the modules you need.
Supported protocols: TCP/IP, NWlink (IPX/SPX) and Netbeui.
PCI network adapter auto-detection. Non PCI adapter must be selected from a manual list. Multiple PCI network adapter (supported up to 5) detection (you can choose which one to use).
Very user friendly dialog boxes to select options or to enter information.
Optional mouse support.
Before starting the network services you can edit: username, machinename, IP address and more...
Random machine name generator, when you machine name start with "PC-" a random number will be generated and your machine name will be like "PC-NNNNNN".
The information needed for a network adapter is in a single .cab file.
The network adapter .cab file can hold a custom batchfile "autorun.bat". You can use this to run some kind of "enabler" or to ask the user for adapter specific settings (look at ne2000.cab).
This single file .cab network driver design makes it very easy for technical people to create driver add-on .cab files. The less technical end-user only has to copy the .cab file to the correct location on the bootdisk.
Profile support, you can save your settings to a profile. When the msnet module is started, you can select what profile to use. Handy for your home network with static IP addresses. You can control what profile to start (if more then one) using global settings.
The profile also holds a custom batchfile that will be executed at the very end (after the global "autoexec.net"). For example to start some network application.
It has "ping" and "ipconfig" to check your connection.
Domain Name Resolver (DNS) support.
When using DHCP, the name server and DNS suffix are read from ipconfig and put in tcputils.ini.
Support for packet driver interface is built-in! A wattcp.cfg file is generated automatically. I've tested Ghost peer-to-peer and SSHDOS, works OK. There are SSHDOS (secure shell) and SCPDOS (secure file transfer) modules.
You can slowdown the speed of the CPU to avoid divide by zero errors on Pentium III machines >500MHz.
My boot disk works with VMware! ...eh... This is just luck... I don't use VMware myself. But I've heard from people that creating a bootable DOS network boot disk in VMware is not easy! VMware users need to add DOSIDLE.EXE to their msclient boot disk!
You can edit protocol.ini, system.ini and lmhosts before starting network services. This will allow you to set I/O port or IRQ for some non PCI network adapters.
Saves a "prebuild" driver list, at first boot. This will speed up all next boots, because there is no need to unpack any driver plug-ins.

┬áAuto-create the boot disk [NEW]

Read from here if you want to create the boot disk automated.
NOTE! Can only be created on Windows NT4/2000/XP!

Follow the steps below:

BFD installation instructions:

Please download: BFD full package v1.0.7┬á(1.45MB).

Or update from previous versions: BFD update package (v1.0.x-v1.0.7)┬á(410KB).
When updating from previous versions, just extract the package over the previous version, overwrite any existing files. The bfd.cfg file will not get overwritten!

Unpack BFD in the same directory as BCD, for example d:\bcd.
If you have already unpacked BCD, then some files from BFD will overlap with files from BCD, like the nu2lic.txt and the bchoice.exe. This is no problem, just skip or overwrite them.
Make sure you also unpack the subdirectories!

Some network adapters are already included:
Here is the list:

File	Description	Ver	Updated
dc21x4.cab┬á(19KB)	Digital 2104x/2114x 10/100 mbps Ethernet Controller v3.00	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
dc21x4.cab┬á(19KB)	OEM: Linksys v1? Used in VirtualPC.
e100b.cab┬á(13KB)	Intel PRO/100 Network Connection Driver v4.47 030503	1.8	Nov 12, 2003
e100b.cab┬á(13KB)	v1.4 Added dev=1032, 1035, 1036, 1039, 103b, 103c, 103d, 103e, 2459, 245d to ndis.pci v1.5 Added dev=103a v1.6 Updated by Todd Geib, added dev=1209 v1.7 Updated by BG v1.8 Updated by Chris Thomas
el59x.cab┬á(13KB)	3Com DOS NDIS driver for 3C59X Family Adapters v1.2f	1.2	Mar 26, 2002
el90x.cab┬á(13KB)	3Com Etherlink PCI DOS NDIS driver v5.2.2	1.3	Aug 15, 2002
el90x.cab┬á(13KB)	Downgraded by Bob Whitworth (Nasa) with good reason: v5.2.5 for 3Com 90x cards doesn't work properly with old 905-TX card (9050) with the original Parallel Tasking chip (not v2 used in 905b or c). If you try to install Win2000 over the network, it will hang at random (usually about 40-60% thru). The 5.2.4 driver has the same bug. 3Com couldn't figure it out. The older v5.2.2 driver works with all 905s (905, 905b & 905c).
elnk3.cab┬á(11KB)	3Com DOS EtherLink 10 ISA (3C509b) Network Driver v3.1	1.2	Sep 11, 2002
elnk3.cab┬á(11KB)	Updated by Dick Nagtegaal. Fixed divide overflow on fast Pentium machines. More info!
elpc3.cab┬á(14KB)	3Com Megahertz Ethernet PC Card 589E DOS Network Driver v1.9.005	1.1	Feb 3, 2003
elpc3.cab┬á(14KB)	Updated by Robert Mader. Should fix divide by zero errors. More info!
elpc575.cab┬á(14KB)	3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card DOS NDIS driver v3.4b	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
ne2000.cab┬á(9KB)	Microsoft NE2000 NDIS Driver	1.2	Jul 11, 2002
ne2000.cab┬á(9KB)	Bugfix in autorun.bat
netflx3.cab┬á(31KB)	Compaq NetFlex-3 DOS NDIS 2.02 driver	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
pcntnd.cab┬á(13KB)	AMD PCNet Family Ethernet Adapter NDIS v2.0.1 MAC Driver v3.12	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
pcntnd.cab┬á(13KB)	Used in VMWare.
smc9432.cab┬á(13KB)	SMC EtherPower II 10/100 (9432TX) v1.02c (970605)	1.0	Mar 26, 2002

You can easily add other drivers (101 available) from the list of network adapter plug-ins.
Just download the ".cab" files you need (don't add them all no space for it on your bootdisk, keep it around 8 drivers or so, you can delete what you don't need). And copy them (do not unpack) into the "BFD" drivers\ndis directory.

To customize the bootdisk you should edit the BFD.CFG file. Look for a section called "network boot disk".

Open a command prompt. Goto the BFD directory, run "bfd msnet" and follow the instructions on screen.
Done!

┬áManually create the boot disk

Work from here if you want to manually create the boot disk. You must download each module separate and you will do all the work.
If you want to create the boot disk automated, with minimal file download, look here.

Follow the steps below:

Follow the instructions in the MODBOOT page to create the basic MODBOOT diskette.

Download and copy the following files (don't unpack them) into the correct location on the floppy disk.

The following files are required! You must copy these!

File	Description	Copy to...	Ver	Updated
msnet.cab┬á(10KB)	MS network loader module	\level3	2.7	Sep 4, 2002
msnet.cab┬á(10KB)	For changes see: More info!
msclient.cab┬á(278KB)	MS client files	\lib	1.2	Aug 29, 2002
msclient.cab┬á(278KB)	v1.2: added bfind.exe
utils.cab┬á(34KB)	Batch utilities	\level0	1.8	Aug 29, 2002
utils.cab┬á(34KB)	v1.7: lmod.com updated to v1.2. v1.8: pciscan.exe updated to v1.5a.

If you want TCP/IP support you must also copy:

File Description Copy to... Ver Updated

mstcp.cab┬á(112KB) MS TCP/IP module \lib 1.1 Mar 26, 2002
If you want Nwlink (IPX/SPX) support you must also copy:

File Description Copy to... Ver Updated

msnwlink.cab┬á(8KB) MS NWLink module \lib 1.0 Mar 26, 2002

File	Description	Copy to...	Ver	Updated
mstcp.cab┬á(112KB)	MS TCP/IP module	\lib	1.1	Mar 26, 2002

File	Description	Copy to...	Ver	Updated
msnwlink.cab┬á(8KB)	MS NWLink module	\lib	1.0	Mar 26, 2002

Create a "ndis" directory on your floppy disk
mkdir a:\lib\ndis

Download and copy the network drivers that you need from the list below. Since there are 101 drivers listed you cannot copy them all!
If you are unsure what network driver to use, check out whatnic.

Available network adapter plug-ins:

File	Description	Copy to...	Ver	Updated
e1000.cab┬á(15KB)	Intel PRO/1000 Network Driver v3.46 080803	\lib\ndis	1.6	Nov 12, 2003
e1000.cab┬á(15KB)	Created by Todd Geib. Update by Dan Chappelear (from Dell). Updated by BG (2x). v1.6 Updated by Damion Dishart.
e100b.cab┬á(13KB)	Intel PRO/100 Network Connection Driver v4.47 030503	\lib\ndis	1.8	Nov 12, 2003
e100b.cab┬á(13KB)	v1.4 Added dev=1032, 1035, 1036, 1039, 103b, 103c, 103d, 103e, 2459, 245d to ndis.pci v1.5 Added dev=103a v1.6 Updated by Todd Geib, added dev=1209 v1.7 Updated by BG v1.8 Updated by Chris Thomas
b57.cab┬á(20KB)	Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet NDIS2 Driver v7.03 (031002)	\lib\ndis	1.6	Nov 12, 2003
b57.cab┬á(20KB)	Created by Thomas Sparks from Dell. Updated (v1.1) by Kirk J. Stulen from HP. v1.2 Updated by Oivind Pettersen from IBM, added dev=1644. v1.3 Updated by Kerl Armin, added dev=16A7. v1.4 Updated by Kirk J. Stulen from HP, driver v5.20 and more ID's. v1.5 Updated by Kirk J. Stulen from HP (new devid), BG (driver v6.32) and others. v1.6 Updated by David Oslager and Klaus Rumold. This driver will also work for HP/Compaq NC67xx/NC77xx Gigabit (Broadcom Based) adapters! Please do not send me any HP/Compaq q57 plugins, use the b57!
dp83815.cab┬á(15KB)	DP83815 10/100 MacPhyter PCI Adapters DOS v1.16	\lib\ndis	1.1	Nov 12, 2003
dp83815.cab┬á(15KB)	Created by Mirando K. OEM: Netgear FA311/FA312 v1.1: Updated by Peter Verstraten.
b44.cab┬á(15KB)	Broadcom 440x 10/100 Ethernet NDIS2 Driver v2.44 (030506)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jul 8, 2003
b44.cab┬á(15KB)	Created by Kirk J. Stulen from HP
elpc3.cab┬á(14KB)	3Com Megahertz Ethernet PC Card 589E DOS Network Driver v1.9.005	\lib\ndis	1.1	Feb 3, 2003
elpc3.cab┬á(14KB)	Updated by Robert Mader. Should fix divide by zero errors. More info!
exp16.cab┬á(6KB)	Intel EtherExpress 16 ISA Driver v2.36	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jun 13, 2002
exp16.cab┬á(6KB)	Created by Oliver Hookins.
m16andis.cab┬á(17KB)	Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 PC Card Mobile Adapter16 Driver v1.61 (970702)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jun 12, 2002
m16andis.cab┬á(17KB)	Created by Jay Davis.
el99x.cab┬á(34KB)	3Com Etherlink 10/100 PCI Adapter with 3XP (3C990)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jun 3, 2002
el99x.cab┬á(34KB)	Created by Al Gilhousen.
el90x.cab┬á(13KB)	3Com Etherlink PCI DOS NDIS driver v5.2.2	\lib\ndis	1.3	Aug 15, 2002
el90x.cab┬á(13KB)	Downgraded by Bob Whitworth (Nasa) with good reason: v5.2.5 for 3Com 90x cards doesn't work properly with old 905-TX card (9050) with the original Parallel Tasking chip (not v2 used in 905b or c). If you try to install Win2000 over the network, it will hang at random (usually about 40-60% thru). The 5.2.4 driver has the same bug. 3Com couldn't figure it out. The older v5.2.2 driver works with all 905s (905, 905b & 905c).
el59x.cab┬á(13KB)	3Com DOS NDIS driver for 3C59X Family Adapters v1.2f	\lib\ndis	1.2	Mar 26, 2002
elnk3.cab┬á(11KB)	3Com DOS EtherLink 10 ISA (3C509b) Network Driver v3.1	\lib\ndis	1.2	Sep 11, 2002
elnk3.cab┬á(11KB)	Updated by Dick Nagtegaal. Fixed divide overflow on fast Pentium machines. More info!
elpc3x.cab┬á(17KB)	3Com EtherLink III LAN+Modem PC Card (3c562)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Aug 15, 2002
elpc3x.cab┬á(17KB)	Created by Todd George.
elpc575.cab┬á(14KB)	3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card DOS NDIS driver v3.4b	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
el556.cab┬á(12KB)	3Com EL556 driver 10/100 V.90 Mini-PCI Combo Card Jan 22, 2001	\lib\ndis	1.1	Jun 6, 2002
el556.cab┬á(12KB)	Created by John Ole Gronmo. Updated v1.1: added device 6056 to ndis.pci by Bob Gagnon.
elpc656.cab┬á(13KB)	3Com 3C656 10/100 LAN+56K CardBus PC Card	\lib\ndis	1.0	Aug 15, 2002
elpc656.cab┬á(13KB)	Created by Todd George.
fem556.cab┬á(18KB)	3Com Megahertz Ethernet 3CCFEM556B	\lib\ndis	1.0	May 22, 2002
fem556.cab┬á(18KB)	Created by Geoffrey Gardner. For the 3Com Megahertz 10/100 Lan+56K Modem PC Card Model 3CCFEM556 B Ver.1.1.1
el3c574.cab┬á(15KB)	3Com-Megahertz 574 LAN PC Card Dos NDIS Driver v1.2.005	\lib\ndis	1.1	May 31, 2002
el3c574.cab┬á(15KB)	Created by Patrick Fortin-Ducharme. Updated by Dustin Krysak.
el515.cab┬á(13KB)	3Com 3C515-TX Fast Etherlink ISA PnP	\lib\ndis	1.0	Apr 23, 2002
el515.cab┬á(13KB)	Created by Lou Vaccari
netflx3.cab┬á(31KB)	Compaq NetFlex-3 DOS NDIS 2.02 driver	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
n100.cab┬á(13KB)	Compaq Fast Ethernet and Gigabit NDIS 2 NIC Drivers 7.0a (25Jan02)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
n100.cab┬á(13KB)	Created by Dilan Patel
n1000.cab┬á(12KB)	Compaq Gigabit 6134/6136 (Intel Based)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
n1000.cab┬á(12KB)	Created by Dimitri Janczak. Does not support EMM386!
pcntnd.cab┬á(13KB)	AMD PCNet Family Ethernet Adapter NDIS v2.0.1 MAC Driver v3.12	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
pcntnd.cab┬á(13KB)	Used in VMWare.
smc9432.cab┬á(13KB)	SMC EtherPower II 10/100 (9432TX) v1.02c (970605)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
smc8000.cab┬á(17KB)	SMC EtherCard PLUS NDIS Driver v4.06a (SMC8xxx)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
smc8000.cab┬á(17KB)	Created by Allard Sijm. Also supports the old SMC/WD8003 and 8013 ISA cards the SMC EtherCard Elite 16 Ultra (8216 series) and EtherEZ (8416 series).
smc1660.cab┬á(9KB)	SMC EZ Card 10 ISA (SMC 1660 Series)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jul 5, 2002
smc1660.cab┬á(9KB)	Created by Robert Cooper
smc1255.cab┬á(8KB)	SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI (SMC1255 Series)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jul 5, 2002
smc1255.cab┬á(8KB)	Created by Robert Cooper
smc1208.cab┬á(6KB)	SMC EZ Card 10 PCI (SMC1208 Series)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jul 5, 2002
smc1208.cab┬á(6KB)	Created by Robert Cooper
smc1211.cab┬á(21KB)	SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI (SMC1211 Series)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Apr 10, 2002
smc1211.cab┬á(21KB)	Created by Shane Brooks
sis900.cab┬á(14KB)	SiS 900/7016 SIS900 10/100 PCI DOS Driver v1.13	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
cbendis.cab┬á(24KB)	Xircom CardBus Ethernet 10/100 Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
cbendis.cab┬á(24KB)	Created by Michel Harding
ce3ndis.cab┬á(24KB)	Xircom Ethernet 10/100 (CE3)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
ce3ndis.cab┬á(24KB)	Created by Tim Vanlint
xcemndis.cab┬á(24KB)	Xircom Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 Adapter (XEM)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
rem56g10.cab┬á(24KB)	Xircom Realport Ethernet + Modem 56 (REM56G-10)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Apr 23, 2002
rem56g10.cab┬á(24KB)	Created by Patrick Baeken
xircom.cab┬á(22KB)	Xircom Pocket Ethernet Adapter III	\lib\ndis	1.0	Sep 4, 2002
xircom.cab┬á(22KB)	Created by Hon Chau.
mxnicf.cab┬á(7KB)	Macronix MX987xx Family Fast Ethernet NDIS 2 MAC	\lib\ndis	1.1	Mar 26, 2002
mxnicf.cab┬á(7KB)	Created by Howard F. Cooper
dm9pci.cab┬á(9KB)	DAVICOM DM9PCI Series Ethernet Adapter v1.28	\lib\ndis	1.1	Jun 6, 2002
dm9pci.cab┬á(9KB)	Created by Art Heimsoth. Updated v1.1: Driver file now v1.28 by Jack Spradling.
accnd.cab┬á(21KB)	Accton EN1207D-TX/EN2242A Series Fast-Ethernet PCI Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.1	Mar 26, 2002
accnd.cab┬á(21KB)	Created by Mike Elliott
en5251.cab┬á(8KB)	Accton EN5251 Based Fast Ethernet Adapter Driver v1.04	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
en5251.cab┬á(8KB)	Created by Chris Porosky
lm560txc.cab┬á(17KB)	Accton ComNet56k PCMCIA 10/100 Ethernet + Modem	\lib\ndis	1.0	Apr 5, 2002
lm560txc.cab┬á(17KB)	Created by Tomasz Saniawa. The enabler uses IRQ 11 and port 300h.
ethne.cab┬á(9KB)	Accton EN166x MPX2 PnP Ethernet Adapter EtherCombo/Coax/Pair	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jul 5, 2002
ethne.cab┬á(9KB)	Created by Severin TERRIER
l100.cab┬á(7KB)	Lite-on PNIC-10/100 (Fast) Ethernet Adapter v3.0	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
lne100d.cab┬á(13KB)	Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter (Chip Name: Digital)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jun 25, 2002
lne100d.cab┬á(13KB)	With IC Chip from Digital. Created by Jeff Bogari. More info!
lne100l.cab┬á(7KB)	Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter (Chip Name: Linksys)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jun 25, 2002
lne100l.cab┬á(7KB)	With IC Chip from Linksys. Created by Jeff Bogari. More info!
lne100p.cab┬á(7KB)	Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter (Chip Name: PNIC)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jun 25, 2002
lne100p.cab┬á(7KB)	With IC Chip from PNIC. Created by Jeff Bogari. More info!
lne100v2.cab┬á(9KB)	Linksys LNE100TX v2 Fast Ethernet Adapter (LNE100)	\lib\ndis	1.1	Jun 11, 2002
lne100v2.cab┬á(9KB)	This is for the version 2.0 adapter! Created by Victor Grund, updated using info from Jeff Bogari. More info!
lne100v4.cab┬á(8KB)	Linksys LNE100TX v4 Fast Ethernet Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jun 11, 2002
lne100v4.cab┬á(8KB)	This is for the version 4.x adapter! Created by Jeff Bogari. More info!
lne100v5.cab┬á(8KB)	Linksys LNE100TX v5 Fast Ethernet Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jun 25, 2002
lne100v5.cab┬á(8KB)	This is for the version 5.x adapter! Created by Jeff Bogari. More info!
nc100.cab┬á(8KB)	Linksys NC100 (Network Everywhere Fast Eth. Adap. NC100 v2)	\lib\ndis	1.1	May 21, 2002
nc100.cab┬á(8KB)	Created by Paul McEwan and David Coulter.
pc100.cab┬á(14KB)	Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PC Card (PCMPC100) NDIS DOS Driver v2.20	\lib\ndis	1.0	Aug 15, 2002
pc100.cab┬á(14KB)	Created by Federico Lucifredi. Enabler options are set to "/IOP=320 /IRQ=11".
ec2t.cab┬á(13KB)	Linksys Combo PCMCIA Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	May 21, 2002
ec2t.cab┬á(13KB)	Created by Craig Setera. The card services enabler is set with paramters IOP=300 and IRQ=11
le10nds.cab┬á(13KB)	EPC-0100 TB Level-One PC Card / PCMCIA 10Mbps	\lib\ndis	1.0	Apr 24, 2002
le10nds.cab┬á(13KB)	Created by Ren├⌐ Beer. Uses I/O port 0x300 and IRQ 5. More info!
pnpnd.cab┬á(6KB)	Realtek 8019 driver v2.0	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
pnpnd.cab┬á(6KB)	Created by Robert Moosreiner
pcind.cab┬á(7KB)	Realtek RTL8029 Family PCI Fast Ethernet	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
pcind.cab┬á(7KB)	Created by Dennis Descheneaux
rtsnd.cab┬á(21KB)	Realtek RTL8139/810X Family PCI Fast Ethernet v3.23 07/28/99	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
de22x.cab┬á(12KB)	D-Link DE-220 Family Ethernet NDIS DOS Driver v5.01	\lib\ndis	1.0	Aug 30, 2002
de22x.cab┬á(12KB)	Created by Aleksandr A. Kozlov. This is ISA PnP NIC, that I used in PnP mode, so I have no ideas about it will work when NIC is non-PnP mode.
dlkrts.cab┬á(21KB)	D-Link DFE-530TX+ 10/100 Fast/Eth v5.390	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
dlkrts.cab┬á(21KB)	Created by Jose Raul Cruz R.
dlh5x.cab┬á(10KB)	D-Link DFE-550TX 10/100 Adapter NDIS2 v1.06	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
dlh5x.cab┬á(10KB)	Created by Dennis Descheneaux
de620.cab┬á(10KB)	D-Link DE-620CT Ethernet Pocket LAN Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	Aug 30, 2002
de620.cab┬á(10KB)	Created by Crisco.
de660.cab┬á(11KB)	D-Link DE-660 Ethernet PC Card Driver v2.10	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
de660.cab┬á(11KB)	Created by Jan Drost
dfe650.cab┬á(13KB)	D-Link DFE-650 Fast Ethernet PC Card Driver v1.02	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jun 13, 2002
dfe650.cab┬á(13KB)	Created by Jeremy Ferris
dfe660.cab┬á(19KB)	D-Link DFE-660(TX) PCMCIA Ethernet 10/100 v1.12	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
dfe660.cab┬á(19KB)	Created by Pedro Rodrigues
dfe670.cab┬á(16KB)	D-Link DFE-670TXD 10/100 PCMCIA card	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jul 5, 2002
dfe670.cab┬á(16KB)	Created by Bob Leonard
dlkpci.cab┬á(18KB)	D-Link PCI DEC2104x/2114x 10/100 mbps Ethernet v2.61	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
dlkpci.cab┬á(18KB)	Created by Pedro Rodrigues. Note: Same PCI vendor/device id's as dc21x4! But the dc21x4 driver doesn't work with the D-Link DFE500TX card
dc21x4.cab┬á(19KB)	Digital 2104x/2114x 10/100 mbps Ethernet Controller v3.00	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
dc21x4.cab┬á(19KB)	OEM: Linksys v1? Used in VirtualPC.
fetnd.cab┬á(10KB)	VIA Rhine Family Fast Ethernet Adapter Driver v4.05	\lib\ndis	1.1	Aug 30, 2002
fetnd.cab┬á(10KB)	v1.1: Updated by Brett King.
w940nd.cab┬á(6KB)	Winbond W89C940F 10 PCI DOS Driver v2.00	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
w940nd.cab┬á(6KB)	Created by Robert Moosreiner
ne2000.cab┬á(9KB)	Microsoft NE2000 NDIS Driver	\lib\ndis	1.2	Jul 11, 2002
ne2000.cab┬á(9KB)	Bugfix in autorun.bat
ep312.cab┬á(7KB)	Surecom EP-312V Ethernet Adapter NDIS2 DOS Driver V2.72	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
ep312.cab┬á(7KB)	Created by Dennis Ploeger
ibmtok.cab┬á(12KB)	IBM ISA Token Ring Driver	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
ibmtok.cab┬á(12KB)	Created by Pascal de Wild
ibmtokcb.cab┬á(48KB)	IBM 16/4 Token ring CardBus Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	May 8, 2002
ibmtokcb.cab┬á(48KB)	Created by Philippe Deplanque from IBM Vienna. Supports the 32 bits IBM token ring Cardbus adapter
ibmtokcs.cab┬á(20KB)	IBM Auto and Turbo 16/4 Token ring PC Card and PC Card 2	\lib\ndis	1.0	May 8, 2002
ibmtokcs.cab┬á(20KB)	Created by Philippe Deplanque from IBM Vienna. Is supposed to cover the 16bits pcmcia token ring cards. It is tested on the 3 families: IBM auto 16/4 PC Card, IBM turbo 16/4 PC Card and IBM turbo 16/4 PC Card 2.
ibmtrp.cab┬á(39KB)	IBM Token-Ring PCI Family Adapter (IBMTRP.DOS)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 27, 2002
ibmtrp.cab┬á(39KB)	Created by Van den Ende Jacques
ibmcndis.cab┬á(24KB)	IBM 10/100 EtherJet CardBus Adapter (08L3147)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Apr 24, 2002
ibmcndis.cab┬á(24KB)	Created by Dieter de Sena. Product: Ethernet Adapters(PCMCIA-08L3147) More info!
ibmfe.cab┬á(12KB)	IBM 100/10 EtherJet PCI Adapter Driver	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jul 5, 2002
ibmfe.cab┬á(12KB)	Created by Kapa.
ibmeindi.cab┬á(8KB)	IBM EtherJet ISA Ethernet driver V2.24	\lib\ndis	1.0	Aug 2, 2002
ibmeindi.cab┬á(8KB)	Created by Joao Claudio Pizzato Sidou.
xj10bt.cab┬á(15KB)	Megahertz XJ10BT & CC10BT PC Card (Small - Enabler v1.30)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 27, 2002
xj10bt.cab┬á(15KB)	Created by Wes Brewer Megahertz drivers with the older point enabler v1.30 which is a lot smaller then the new version but doesn't support as many PC Card controllers.
xj10bt2.cab┬á(36KB)	Megahertz XJ10BT & CC10BT PC Card (Large - Enabler v2.05)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 27, 2002
xj10bt2.cab┬á(36KB)	Created by Wes Brewer Megahertz drivers with the new point enabler v2.05 which is huge but supports newer PC Card Controllers.
oct3xnd2.cab┬á(40KB)	Olicom 3139/314x/3250/3540 Token-Ring 16/4 Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
oct3xnd2.cab┬á(40KB)	Created by Ralf Jungmann
oce4x.cab┬á(9KB)	Olicom OC-2326 Driver	\lib\ndis	1.0	Apr 9, 2002
oce4x.cab┬á(9KB)	Created by Douglas Earnshaw
oce5xnd2.cab┬á(17KB)	OC-2327 Rapidfire 10/100 Ethernet Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	Sep 3, 2002
oce5xnd2.cab┬á(17KB)	Created by Andrew Chittams.
olitok16.cab┬á(38KB)	Olicom OC-3137 Token-Ring 16/4 PCI/II Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	May 24, 2002
olitok16.cab┬á(38KB)	Created by Chris Gepp
olitokr.cab┬á(39KB)	Olicom OC-3118 ISA Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	May 24, 2002
olitokr.cab┬á(39KB)	Created by Chris Gepp
mdgnd.cab┬á(130KB)	Madge Token-Ring DOS NDIS MAC Driver v5.17	\lib\ndis	1.1	Apr 4, 2002
mdgnd.cab┬á(130KB)	Created by Pascal de Wild (v1.0) and Keith Edmunds (v1.1)
fa31x.cab┬á(15KB)	FA31X 10/100 MacPhyter PCI Adapters DOS v1.05	\lib\ndis	1.1	May 21, 2002
fa31x.cab┬á(15KB)	Created by Ken Wygant. Updated by Eric Gentry.
ngrpci.cab┬á(16KB)	Netgear FA310TX Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	Apr 10, 2002
ngrpci.cab┬á(16KB)	Created by Shane Brooks. Try newer driver: fa31x.cab
fa410.cab┬á(12KB)	Netgear FA410TX PCMCIA Mobile Adapter v3.0	\lib\ndis	1.0	Aug 29, 2002
fa410.cab┬á(12KB)	Created by Carl Sawyer.
fa411.cab┬á(11KB)	Netgear FA411 PCMCIA Mobile Adapter v3.0	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jul 5, 2002
fa411.cab┬á(11KB)	Created by Dennis Diaz.
endsxx.cab┬á(10KB)	Crystal LAN(tm) CS8900/CS8920 Ethernet Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
endsxx.cab┬á(10KB)	Created by Jim Webster. It was tested with an IO address of 300 and interrupt 10.
fastnic.cab┬á(8KB)	ADMtek PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter Driver v1.05	\lib\ndis	1.0	Apr 4, 2002
fastnic.cab┬á(8KB)	More info!
le100.cab┬á(14KB)	Trust MB100 Network PC-Card (Large - Enabler v2.05)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Apr 23, 2002
le100.cab┬á(14KB)	Created by Marco Gubitzer
at2400.cab┬á(7KB)	Allied Telesyn AT2400 PCI	\lib\ndis	1.0	May 10, 2002
at2400.cab┬á(7KB)	Created by Ben Pauly.
hpfend.cab┬á(14KB)	Hewlett-Packard 10/100VG NDIS 2.01 Driver	\lib\ndis	1.0	May 31, 2002
hpfend.cab┬á(14KB)	Created by Daniel Homolka.
uk0022.cab┬á(9KB)	ETHNE$ - Unisys custom NE2000 chip for 486s	\lib\ndis	1.0	May 31, 2002
uk0022.cab┬á(9KB)	Created by Al Gilhousen. UK0022 driver works best for both the 486 and pentium versions of the Unisys box but the UK0023 version sometimes works in situations that the UK0022 does not (the chips are marked uk0022 or uk0023).
uk0023.cab┬á(9KB)	ETHNE$ - Unisys NE2000 driver for Pentiums (no emm386!)	\lib\ndis	1.0	May 31, 2002
uk0023.cab┬á(9KB)	Created by Al Gilhousen. UK0022 driver works best for both the 486 and pentium versions of the Unisys box but the UK0023 version sometimes works in situations that the UK0022 does not (the chips are marked uk0022 or uk0023).
a2500.cab┬á(21KB)	Allied Tsyn PCI Ethernet Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jul 4, 2002
a2500.cab┬á(21KB)	Created by Homan Tashakoor.
rl100a.cab┬á(7KB)	Compex RL100ATX 10/100Base-TX PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jul 5, 2002
rl100a.cab┬á(7KB)	Created by Mikhail Tungusov.
rlpnpa.cab┬á(8KB)	Compex RL2000A PnP Ethernet Adapter NDIS driver v2.10 (970312)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Sep 4, 2002
rlpnpa.cab┬á(8KB)	Created by Rudy Tuypens.
aln325.cab┬á(21KB)	AcerLAN 325 10/100 PCI	\lib\ndis	1.0	Jul 5, 2002
aln325.cab┬á(21KB)	Created by Robert Cooper
rl2000.cab┬á(6KB)	Compex RL2000 PCI Ethernet Adapter NDIS Driver v1.10 (960416)	\lib\ndis	1.0	Sep 3, 2002
rl2000.cab┬á(6KB)	Created by Peter Waeltken.
epxet.cab┬á(8KB)	EigerNet Lan Adapter EPX-10BT NDIS 2.0.1 Driver, v2.10	\lib\ndis	1.0	Sep 4, 2002
epxet.cab┬á(8KB)	Created by Angelo Sarto. Settings in epxet.ini: INT=5/PORT=0x300/MEM=0xD0000

Optional you can add some of these:

File	Description	Copy to...	Ver	Updated
help.cab┬á(1KB)	Help module	\level1	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
mouse.cab┬á(5KB)	Mouse support	\level1	1.1	Mar 26, 2002
- none -	Dos module (fdisk, format, xcopy...)	\level1	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
- none -	There is no file for download, you have to build this one yourself, just look here: More info!
xkeyb.cab┬á(21KB)	Extended keyboard driver, like MS-KEYB	\level1	1.0	Jul 18, 2002
xkeyb.cab┬á(21KB)	Written by Dietmar Hoehmann, maintained by Aitor Santamaria Merino. (GPL) More info!
doskey.cab┬á(5KB)	Free doskey	\level1	1.0	Jul 9, 2002
doskey.cab┬á(5KB)	Doskey is written by Paul Houle. More info!

If you also want secure telnet add:

File Description Copy to... Ver Updated

sshdos.cab┬á(64KB) SSHDOS v0.91, secure shell to remote hosts \lib 1.2 Apr 23, 2002

Writtten by Nagy Daniel. Use "run sshdos ..." to start. More info!

If you also want secure file transfer add:

File Description Copy to... Ver Updated

scpdos.cab┬á(60KB) SCPDOS v0.91, secure file transfer utility \lib 1.2 Apr 23, 2002

Writtten by Nagy Daniel. Use "run scpdos ..." to start. More info!
You can create a short text file that holds a description for your bootdisk in "\diskid.txt".

File	Description	Copy to...	Ver	Updated
sshdos.cab┬á(64KB)	SSHDOS v0.91, secure shell to remote hosts	\lib	1.2	Apr 23, 2002
Writtten by Nagy Daniel. Use "run sshdos ..." to start. More info!

File	Description	Copy to...	Ver	Updated
scpdos.cab┬á(60KB)	SCPDOS v0.91, secure file transfer utility	\lib	1.2	Apr 23, 2002
Writtten by Nagy Daniel. Use "run scpdos ..." to start. More info!

Done! Your bootdisk is ready...

┬áScreen shots

Here are (some) screenshots, sometimes a screenshot tells more than words... These (html) screenshots are created using scr2htm written by Bart Lagerweij. So these screenshot are not images? No, is (sort of) plain html! You can select text from it... Isn't that cool or what...

:: Detect network adapter dialog :: TCP/IP parameter dialog :: Save profile dialog :: Identification Settings dialog :: Map drive dialog

┬áDetect network adapter dialog

Detect network adapter
MSNET: Extracting "a:\lib\msclient.cab" Microsoft (R) Cabinet Extraction Tool - Version (16) 1.00.603.0 (08/14/97) Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1994-1997. All rights reserved. Cabinet msclient.cab Extractin Auto detect PCI adapter? [x] Γûä Extractin (5 sec) Extractin Auto Autodetect your PCI network adapter. Extractin Extractin Manual Manual select your network adapter from a list. Extractin Use this for PCMCIA and ISA based adapters. Extractin Extractin Rebuild Update the prebuild driver list on drive a:. Extractin Use this if you have added/deleted some driver Extractin plug-in files. Extractin Extractin Back Go back Extractin ExtractingΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇ Extracting q:\net\wfwsys.cfg MSNET: Using prebuild driver index from drive a: 1 file(s) copied 1 file(s) copied

Detect network adapter

MSNET: Extracting "a:\lib\msclient.cab"                                         
Microsoft (R) Cabinet Extraction Tool - Version (16) 1.00.603.0 (08/14/97)      
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1994-1997. All rights reserved.                    
                                                                                
 Cabinet msclient.cab                                                           
                                                                                
Extractin                 Auto detect PCI adapter?                 [x] Γûä        
Extractin                                                      (5 sec)          
Extractin   Auto      Autodetect your PCI network adapter.                      
Extractin                                                                       
Extractin   Manual    Manual select your network adapter from a list.           
Extractin             Use this for PCMCIA and ISA based adapters.               
Extractin                                                                       
Extractin   Rebuild   Update the prebuild driver list on drive a:.              
Extractin             Use this if you have added/deleted some driver            
Extractin             plug-in files.                                            
Extractin                                                                       
Extractin   Back      Go back                                                   
Extractin                                                                       
ExtractingΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇ        
Extracting q:\net\wfwsys.cfg                                                    
MSNET: Using prebuild driver index from drive a:                                
        1 file(s) copied                                                        
        1 file(s) copied

┬áTCP/IP parameter dialog

TCP/IP parameter dialog
Extracting q:\net\nmtsr.exe Extracting q:\net\protman.dos Extracting q:\net\protman.exe Extracting q:\net\slowdown.com Extracting q:\ne TCP/IP Parameters [x] Γûä Extracting q:\ne (5 sec.) Extracting q:\ne [x] Enable DHCP MSNET: Using pre 1 file(s IP address :0.0.0.0 1 file(s Subnet Mask :0.0.0.0 MSNET: PCI Netwo Gateway :0.0.0.0 PCISCAN v1.02 cr Wins Server :0.0.0.0 Found Intel [808 Name Server :0.0.0.0 29] MSNET: Extractin DNS Suffix : Microsoft (R) Ca 08/14/97) Copyright (c) Mi [x] Load Packet Driver Interface Cabinet E100B.c * Not used when DHCP enabled Extracting q:\ne OK Abort Back Extracting q:\ne Extracting q:\netΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇ Extracting q:\net\ndis.txt MSNET: Using "mstcp" protocol

TCP/IP parameter dialog

Extracting q:\net\nmtsr.exe                                                     
Extracting q:\net\protman.dos                                                   
Extracting q:\net\protman.exe                                                   
Extracting q:\net\slowdown.com                                                  
Extracting q:\ne              TCP/IP Parameters             [x] Γûä               
Extracting q:\ne                                      (5 sec.)                  
Extracting q:\ne [x] Enable DHCP                                                
MSNET: Using pre                                                                
        1 file(s  IP address   :*0.0.0.0                                        
        1 file(s  Subnet Mask  :*0.0.0.0                                        
MSNET: PCI Netwo  Gateway      :*0.0.0.0                                        
PCISCAN v1.02 cr  Wins Server  :*0.0.0.0                                        
Found Intel [808  Name Server  :*0.0.0.0                         29]            
MSNET: Extractin  DNS Suffix   :*                                               
Microsoft (R) Ca                                                 08/14/97)      
Copyright (c) Mi [x] Load Packet Driver Interface                               
                                                                                
 Cabinet E100B.c         * Not used when DHCP enabled                           
                                                                                
Extracting q:\ne            OK     Abort     Back                               
Extracting q:\ne                                                                
Extracting q:\netΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇ               
Extracting q:\net\ndis.txt                                                      
MSNET: Using "mstcp" protocol

┬áSave profile dialog

Save profile
Extracting q:\net\nmtsr.exe Extracting q:\net\protman.dos Extracting q:\net\protman.exe Extracting q:\net\slowdown.com Extracting q:\ne Save profile [x] Γûä Extracting q:\ne Extracting q:\ne Network adapter detection mode: MSNET: Using pre (*) Prompt ( ) Auto ( ) Manual ( ) E100B 1 file(s 1 file(s [ ] Skip TCP/IP parameter dialog MSNET: PCI Netwo [ ] Skip identification dialog PCISCAN v1.02 cr [ ] Save password (in clear text, not secure!) Found Intel [808 29] MSNET: Extractin Dialog timeout 5 seconds. Microsoft (R) Ca (0 means disabled) 08/14/97) Copyright (c) Mi Configuration will be saved to: Cabinet E100B.c a:\msnet\profile\test Extracting q:\ne Ok Cancel Extracting q:\ne Extracting q:\netΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇ Extracting q:\net\ndis.txt MSNET: Using "mstcp" protocol

Save profile

Extracting q:\net\nmtsr.exe                                                     
Extracting q:\net\protman.dos                                                   
Extracting q:\net\protman.exe                                                   
Extracting q:\net\slowdown.com                                                  
Extracting q:\ne                Save profile                [x] Γûä               
Extracting q:\ne                                                                
Extracting q:\ne Network adapter detection mode:                                
MSNET: Using pre   (*) Prompt  ( ) Auto  ( ) Manual  ( ) E100B                  
        1 file(s                                                                
        1 file(s [ ] Skip TCP/IP parameter dialog                               
MSNET: PCI Netwo [ ] Skip identification dialog                                 
PCISCAN v1.02 cr [ ] Save password (in clear text, not secure!)                 
Found Intel [808                                                 29]            
MSNET: Extractin Dialog timeout 5   seconds.                                    
Microsoft (R) Ca                (0 means disabled)               08/14/97)      
Copyright (c) Mi                                                                
                 Configuration will be saved to:                                
 Cabinet E100B.c a:\msnet\profile\test                                          
                                                                                
Extracting q:\ne                  Ok      Cancel                                
Extracting q:\ne                                                                
Extracting q:\netΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇ               
Extracting q:\net\ndis.txt                                                      
MSNET: Using "mstcp" protocol

┬áIdentification Settings dialog

Identification Settings
Extracting q:\net\nmtsr.exe Extracting q:\net\protman.dos Extracting q:\net\protman.exe Extracting q:\net\slowdown.com Extracting q:\net\system.ini Extracting q:\net\umb.com Extracting Identification Settings [x] Γûä MSNET: Usi (5 sec.) 1 Logon as : BART Edit.. 1 Password : protocol.ini : [ ] MSNET: PCI Machine name : PC-471525 system.ini : [ ] PCISCAN v1 Workgroup : workgroup lmhosts : [ ] Found Inte Domain : * CPU speed : % MSNET: Ext Microsoft * Requires full redirector and uses much more base memory 97) Copyright OK Save Help Abort Back Cabinet E ΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇ Extracting q:\net\e100b.dos Extracting q:\net\e100b.ini Extracting q:\net\ndis.pci Extracting q:\net\ndis.txt MSNET: Using "mstcp" protocol

Identification Settings

Extracting q:\net\nmtsr.exe                                                     
Extracting q:\net\protman.dos                                                   
Extracting q:\net\protman.exe                                                   
Extracting q:\net\slowdown.com                                                  
Extracting q:\net\system.ini                                                    
Extracting q:\net\umb.com                                                       
Extracting                 Identification Settings                [x] Γûä         
MSNET: Usi                                                   (5 sec.)           
        1  Logon as     : BART                   Edit..                         
        1  Password     :                        protocol.ini : [ ]             
MSNET: PCI Machine name : PC-471525              system.ini   : [ ]             
PCISCAN v1 Workgroup    : workgroup              lmhosts      : [ ]             
Found Inte Domain       :                *       CPU speed    :    %            
MSNET: Ext                                                                      
Microsoft   * Requires full redirector and uses much more base memory  97)      
Copyright                                                                       
                    OK      Save      Help      Abort      Back                 
 Cabinet E                                                                      
           ΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇ         
Extracting q:\net\e100b.dos                                                     
Extracting q:\net\e100b.ini                                                     
Extracting q:\net\ndis.pci                                                      
Extracting q:\net\ndis.txt                                                      
MSNET: Using "mstcp" protocol

┬áMap drive dialog

Map drive
Initializing TCP/IP via DHCP.... Microsoft DOS TCP/IP 1.0a Modification OK Modification OK MSNET: Creating WATTCP.CFG file MSNET: loading TINYRFC MSNET: loading NMTSR MSNET: loading EMSBFR MSNET: loading DNR Map drive [x] Γûä Microsoft Domain Nam Copyright (C) Micros Drive : eserved. Copyright (C) Hewlet Path : \\server\share ghts reserved. Copyright (C) 3Com C [ ] Reconnect at logon ed. (loaded in regular m MSNET: Starting netw Ok Cancel The command complete MSNET: Network logon ΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇ Type your password:********* The command completed successfully. MSNET: Type "ipconfig" to view TCP/IP settings... MSNET: Type "msnet" to connect a drive to a network share... BART@PC-471525 Q:\NET<msnet MSNET: Network services already loaded, going "config"

Map drive

Initializing TCP/IP via DHCP....                                                
Microsoft DOS TCP/IP 1.0a                                                       
Modification OK                                                                 
Modification OK                                                                 
MSNET: Creating WATTCP.CFG file                                                 
MSNET: loading TINYRFC                                                          
MSNET: loading NMTSR                                                            
MSNET: loading EMSBFR                                                           
MSNET: loading DNR                Map drive             [x] Γûä                   
Microsoft Domain Nam                                                            
Copyright (C) Micros Drive :                                 eserved.           
Copyright (C) Hewlet Path  : \\server\share                  ghts reserved.     
Copyright (C) 3Com C [ ] Reconnect at logon                  ed.                
(loaded in regular m                                                            
MSNET: Starting netw            Ok      Cancel                                  
The command complete                                                            
MSNET: Network logon ΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇΓûÇ                   
Type your password:*********                                                    
The command completed successfully.                                             
                                                                                
MSNET: Type "ipconfig" to view TCP/IP settings...                               
MSNET: Type "msnet" to connect a drive to a network share...                    
BART@PC-471525 Q:\NET<msnet                                                     
MSNET: Network services already loaded, going "config"

┬áBuilding a driver plug-in

First, recheck the list of network drivers again. People are sending me drivers that are already on the list.

If you want to add a driver not listed, here is how todo that.

The driver must be a .CAB file. Let's build (for example) the E100B driver file. When building an other driver, replace e100b with the name of the driver you are building.

You will need the NDIS2 Dos driver (e100b.dos) and you must create an e100b.ini file, with at least the "DriverName=" line.

Sample e100b.ini
DriverName=e100b$ ; Some common parameters ; ; SPEED = [Auto \| 10 \| 100] ; FORCEDUPLEX = [Auto \| 1 \| 2] ; 1 = Half; 2 = Full ; SLOT = 0x38 ; NODE = "00AA00123456"

Also you must have a ndis.txt file.

Sample ndis.txt file
E100B Intel(R) PRO PCI Driver v4.27 062101

The ndis.txt file must have just 1 line (with CR/LF at the end) and it has two fields separated by spaces (no tab!):

Filename, must start at column 1, max. 8 chars
Description, must start at column 14, max. 62 chars

If you plan on using a PCI adapter, you will also need the ndis.pci file which contains the description and PCI Vendor/Device ID's of any adapters you intend on using. The sample ndis.pci below illustrates the syntax of the file. To obtain the PCI Vendor/Device ID of your particular card you can use:

Craig's PCI diagnostic software
Consult the list found at: http://www.yourvote.com/pci/
Look up the Vendor ID and Device ID
Use PCIscan

Sample ndis.pci file
ret="E100B" ven=8086 "Intel" dev=1229 "8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter (10/100)" 2449 "PRO/100 VE Desktop Adapter" 1038 "PRO/100 VM Adapter" 1002 "PRO 100 Mobile Adapters"

See also: Pciscan.txt file

Warning! If you want to send your driver plug-in to me, make sure you are using the real vendor driver.
You can check this by looking up the vendor (V) and device (D) ID in Craig's pcidevs.txt.

Pack the files e100b.dos, e100b.ini, ndis.txt and ndis.pci into a cab file called e100b.cab and you are done.
Don't include a protocol.ini. Msnet uses e100b.ini not protocol.ini.

An easy way to build your cab files:

Download makev3.zip┬á(59KB) and unpack it in some directory, let say c:\modboot\makev3\
In the "source" directory create a directory called "e100b".
Put your files e100b.dos, e100b.ini, ndis.txt and ndis.pci into this directory (c:\modboot\makev3\source\e100b).
Open a command prompt, goto the c:\modboot\makev3\ directory and run "make e100b". If all goes OK, you can find your module as c:\modboot\makev3\cabs\e100b.cab

Again... when building an other driver, replace "e100b" with the name of the driver you are building.

If the NIC is a PCMCIA card there is no need to create a ndis.pci file but do create an autorun.bat containing the command to execute the card's Enabler. Prefix the Enabler's file name with %ramdrv%\net\.

Sample autorun.bat file
@echo off echo AUTORUN: %ramdrv%\net\3celcm.exe echo.

┬áFrequent asked questions

Can I connect to a Netware server using Bart's Network boot disk?
No, you cannot. You should checkout NwDsk: Netware Boot Disk by Erwin Veermans.
When I use the network boot disk and map a drive, it only shows 2GB of free space. When in actuality there is like 40GB.
This is normal, there's nothing wrong, it's just that dos does not see over 2GB, which is the maximum filesize for dos. You can still use the entire 40GB but you cannot create a file greater than 2GB, so if you are using ghost images, you must split them around 2GB.
Is it possible to combine the network boot disk and the CD-Rom boot disk onto one floppy disk?

Yes! Modboot is designed to do just that. Put all .cab files for network and cdrom boot disk into their default target directories. After this move the cdrom.cab and msnet.cab into \level0, so they only expand but not execute... Put menu.cab┬á(1KB) into \level0. Put cdormenu.cab┬á(1KB) into \level3. This will provide you with a timeout based option to boot the CD-Rom (default) or to start the menu where you can select "msnet".

If you are planning to use this boot disk on a bootable CD, you can use winimageto change the format of this disk into 2.88MB and add even more stuff.
How do I check what network adapter is in my PC?

Download http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/downloads/pci.zip. Boot from a DOS boot disk and run pci.exe.
My PCMCIA card is not working, what could be wrong?

Note from Bart: PCMCIA (ISA-based) is always troubling, I say every notebook should have an onboard PCI network adapter...

Some PCMCIA nic card driver/laptop combinations are bound not to work if the machine is restarted from Windows, and only a cold boot makes them work.

Try to boot without emm386.exe
I've loaded the network drivers (tcp), all OK. When I use "net use f: \\192.168.10.15\c$" I get "Error 53: The computer name specified in the network path cannot be located".

You cannot use IP-based machine names when using Microsoft client. You need to enter the real machine name: "net use f: \\servername\c$".
I cannot connect to a server called "fileserver100".
The name is to long, in Dos it's 8 characters max.
If I try the connect to a resource with "net use \\server\share" I get an error message "Error 3652: This command is only available on enhanced workstations".
You cannot connect without using a drive letter in dos, so you must use "net use f: \\server\share".
Does Bart's network boot disk work with VMware?

YES! VMware emulates a AMD PCNet PCI Adapter, use the pcntnd.cab driver file.
You may observe a long delay when you copy a file from an MS-DOS client to a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer using the TCP/IP protocol. This behavior does not occur when you copy a file from an MS-DOS client to a computer running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98, or when you copy a file from Windows 2000-based computer to an MS-DOS-based computer.

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 244826.
Some people report back that they have problems using a 3Com 905B (3c905b) network adapter.

A solution was found by Eric Schwarz: disable Plug and Play in the BIOS.
Jeff Taylor reported having a problem with a 3Com 905TX (not "b" anywhere on the card).
Error message:
```
Network adapter not found or not responding
Try using slotenable in protocol.ini
initialization error. Driver will not be installed
```
He found the solution in the BIOS, Plug and Play = NO
Using a 3Com 509 (ISA) network adapter (ELNK3) after Network initializing it says:
run-time error M6111: MATH
- floating-point error: stack underflow

Update your elnk3.cab file to v1.1 (or higher).
Using a 3Com 509 (ISA) network adapter (ELNK3) and Netbeui, after Starting network services it says:
Error 7361: IPX or NetBios must be running in order to load the network services.

I have (Bart) the same problem, use another protocol, like IPX or TCP/IP.
See also: Modboot FAQ.

┬áCredit

Lots of people around the world have helped me create this network boot disk, it would not be as professional as it is now without their help...
Special credit goes to:

Jeroen Kessenich for some spelling suggestions.
George W. Sanderson from Boeing, for prebuild driver list idea (is boeing using my network bootdisk to boot their airplanes?).
Mike Elliott, for text changes and the Accton EN1207D-TX/EN2242A driver.
Ahmad Hisham, for testing, new ideas and much more.
Roy Walker, for the adding packet drive interface.
John Ole Gronmo, for the 3Com EL556 driver.
Michel Harding, for the Xircom Realport RBE-100 driver.
Howard F. Cooper, for the Macronix MX987xx driver.
Craig Urquhart, for a bug fix.
Art Heimsoth, for bug fixes and adding drivers.
Philippe Wampach, for adding: "edit lmhosts" and "use .exe ndis drivers", select tcp/netbeui, domain and other changes.
Stefan Drees, for adding: DNS support and other fixes.
Ahmad Masrieh, for testing in VMware, rar format enhancement and other hints.
Ed Myers, for adding "save configuration" and other changes.
All who have provided a network driver plug-in (their names are in the network adapter list).
All who helped me with hints, ideas and feedback.

To create this boot disk I've used files/information from:

PciScan v1.02 by Bart Lagerweij.
http://www.nu2.nu/utils/
BovisTech TCP/IP v3 boot disk by Matt from BovisTech.com.
http://www.bovistech.com/tcpip.htm
How to create a bootable TCP/IP CD-ROM by Guillaume Bordier.
http://www.multimania.com/jfb/gb/TCPIP.htm
WBAT Dialog Box Tool and LMOD by Horst Schaeffer.
http://home.mnet-online.de/horst.muc/
XmsDsk by Franck Uberto.
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/4825.shtml
Ini.exe, (french) written by Quan Lee.
http://www.multimania.com/jfb/gb/TCPIP.htm
Terse 1.5, Tiny text editor, by Joseph (Yossi) Gil.
http://members.cox.net/dos/txted01.htm#small
CABARC, Microsoft (R) Cabinet Tool - Version 1.00.0601
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=310618
Slowdown v2.00 by Bret Johnson
http://members.aol.com/bretjohn/
CuteMouse v1.8
http://cutemouse.sourceforge.net/
This boot disk was primarily created to use at work.
And work is at: Computer Technology Systems BV, The Netherlands.
http://www.cts-bv.nl/

┬áHistory

Sep 4, 2002 - v2.7

Multi PCI network adapter detection failed (empty box), when using ms-dos 6.x, fixed it.

Aug 29, 2002 - v2.6

Multi PCI network adapter detection, if more then one pci network adapter is found you can select which one you want to use.
If no driver plugins exist you'll get a message saying so.
Saving profile had wrong directory (\msnet) should be (\etc).
Fixed pc-name (freedos)
Added some support for freedos (need loadlow command in freecom!)
For msnet.cab v2.6 you must also update to utils.cab v1.8 and msclient.cab v1.2!

Jun 11, 2002 - v2.5e

Source cleanup
%srcdrv%\etc is now the default place to store config files for modboot. changed msnet.bat to use %srcdrv%\etc instead of %srcdrv%\msnet
Minor fixes
Loading tinyrfc low, this would give out of memory errors on some systems
Fixed problem in random machine name in frence language (needs lmod.com v1.2)
This version requires utils.cab v1.7

Jun 3, 2002 - v2.5d

Bugfix! Second boot would rebuild the index (again). Fixed it.

May 31, 2002 - v2.5c

Added a 32-bits CRC to detect changes in driver plugins. When changes have been detected the driver index files are rebuild. Note: you must also update the utils.cab file to v1.3 (or higher)!
Added a dialog for saving prebuild driver index when booted from cdrom, options are in ramdrive, drive A: or drive B:
Don't forget to also update the utils.cab!

May 22, 2002 - v2.5

Fixed bug in saving password to profile.
Some memory enhancements where made. All network services (except for netbind and nmtsr) are loaded high now (thanks to Steven Bowers)

Apr 3, 2002 - v2.4

Now auto-saving the 2 driver list files (_msnet.nic and _msnet.pci) to %srcdrv% on first boot. Once saved to %srcdrv% this will give a very big performance boost. Added a [rebuild] button to rebuild the driver list files when you add or delete a driver plug-in. (thanks to George W. Sanderson from Boeing for the idea). When booted from a CD-Rom saving and rebuilding is disabled.
The "auto detect PCI adapter" dialog is created dynamic for this.
Other minor changes and fixes

Mar 27, 2002 - v2.3

Updated all modules into .cab files
The selected network driver .cab file is now extracted in %ramdrv%\net\ folder (used to be %tmp%\ndis\). So any additional files like la1.msg (in ibmtrp.cab) do not have to be copied using autorun.bat anymore... Because of this the following network drivers where also updated: ibmtrp, mdgnd, ne2000, xj10bt, xj10bt2

Mar 21, 2002

Updated Faq

Mar 18, 2002 - v2.2

Moved global and profiles settings to "config". You can enter config mode by starting "msnet -c", or by "goto config" dialog or by starting msnet again after network drivers are loaded
Added a dialog box at the beginning for selecting "config" mode (can be disabled in global settings)
Edit lmhosts path mismatch, fixed
Map drive, when using same drive as the ramdrive (%ramdrv%), no mapping is done
Other minor changes and fixes

Network drivers are added all the time, so I'm not reporting this... Just check the network adapter list.

Feb 28, 2002 - v2.1f

Minor bug fix to prevent "WBAT list @q:\tmp\_msnet.nic:_ndis text too large (any key to continue)" error message, when some driver ndis.txt line is to long...
Network drivers are being added almost everyday, should not be long before I've got a driver for every adapter on the planet

Feb 22, 2002 - v2.1e

Enabled Netbeui protocol (removed the a "rem" - it was working all the time)
Added dm9pci network driver
Added sis900 network driver

Feb 20, 2002 - v2.1d

Fixed a few bugs when only using TCP/IP protocol...
Mxnicf.rar - the ndis.pci apparently was missing the trailing LF as it was preventing the PCI autodetection from working

Feb 19, 2002

Updated page

Feb 18, 2002

Updated page for "Dos" module

Feb 15, 2002 - v2.1c

Added WINS server input box to tcp parameter dialog
Some medium cosmetic changes

Updated the page, removed the (old) msclient 1.6c sections.

Feb 11, 2002 - v2.1b

When packet driver interface enabled, wattcp.cfg is generated
Overall cosmetic changes
Added -c commandline parameter (config)
Map network drive when start msnet.bat for second time
Logon as different user when start msnet.bat for second time

Feb 8, 2002 - v2.1

Added packet driver interface

Feb 5, 2002

Fixed bug in el90x.rar driver file

Feb 4, 2002

Minor bug fixes

Feb 1, 2002

Page updated

v2.0 BETA - First public release for version 2.x (tested by Henk de Jong).