access network shares from "bare" dos?

ajsie

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!

ciscoboy

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.

mynameisboring

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