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Re: Novell/DOS/Compaq notebook help requested
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward Chase)
Thu Nov 29 15:25:25 2001
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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 14:57:27 -0500
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From: Edward Chase <echase@POSTOFFICE.PROVIDENCE.EDU>
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Strange, very strange...
Tried a different network cable and all is well. The first cable works
perfectly on a desktop here in my office, but didn't want to work with that
laptop...
Sorry to pester the list.
At 01:16 PM 11/29/2001 -0500, I wrote:
>I've got a Compaq Armada E500 laptop here. It's got a builtin Intel
>Pro/100+ network card in it.
>
>I'm trying to create a Win98/DOS boot diskette that will attach to our
>Novell network. I can't seem to get this machine to attach. Perhaps I'm
>missing something obvious here...
>
>AUTOEXEC.BAT on floppy...
>
>A:\NWCLIENT\LSL.COM
>A:\NWCLIENT\e100bodi.com
>A:\NWCLIENT\IPXODI.COM
>A:\NWCLIENT\VLM.EXE
>f:
>login
>
>It all looks good up until the VLM.EXE, it never attachs to the Novell
>Network.
>
>NET.CFG on floppy...
>
>Link Support
> Buffers 8 1586
> MemPool 16384
>
>Link Driver e100bodi
> FRAME ETHERNET_802.2
>
>NetWare DOS Requester
> FIRST NETWORK DRIVE = F
> NETWARE PROTOCOL = NDS BIND
> FILE BUFFERS = 60
>
>I've used this NET.CFG over and over, all I've needed to to in the past
>when I've encountered a new network card is to change the "Link Driver"
>line to match the driver in the autoexec.bat file...
>
>Am I missing something here???
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Edward F. Chase III | echase@providence.edu
Providence College | http://www.providence.edu
Computer Services | http://studentweb.providence.edu
Providence, RI 02918 |
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