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access network shares from "bare" dos?
ajsie
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hi!
i have three computers at home which are connected to each others through a router. two of them are running winxp pro but the third one is too slow and old for that. so i wonder if its possible to access network shares to a local network from a computer with no operating system, only dos when i start with a start disk. maybe i must have some network drivers?
i have no idea how this may work. anybody with some experience and step to step information?
thx!
i have three computers at home which are connected to each others through a router. two of them are running winxp pro but the third one is too slow and old for that. so i wonder if its possible to access network shares to a local network from a computer with no operating system, only dos when i start with a start disk. maybe i must have some network drivers?
i have no idea how this may work. anybody with some experience and step to step information?
thx!
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Optionsciscoboy
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You need to create a network boot disk. That is a lot of work. Your best option is to disable hardware devices and network protocols that are not needed.
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Optionsmynameisboring
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if the old computer can only run DOS then don't even start thinking about using it - The NIC, would not be bootable, and the rest of the hardware is way to obsolete to be useful. Possibly only the floppy drive can be salvaged.
As for the 2 XP computers you should have no problem accessing the shares. Just remember to login as \\computername\username when accessing a share. Where \\computername is the computer you are accessing and the \username is a user on the computer you are accessing.
Take note that \\computername can also be \\ipaddress of the computer you are accessing