Network Installation Startup Disk?

[caseybc]

I am trying to make a newtork installation startup disk through Network Client Administration in Admin tools. When I boot from the disk from a client PC I get the message: "Error: 33 unable to bind" right under the line MS-DOS Lan Manager V2.1 Netbind. Technet is no help.

 

[Guest_imported]

It sounds like the boot.ini needs editing to suit your client machine. This is the file that points at the hard-disk and partition of the disk with your system files.

I hope this can help, I'm surprised it wasn't in Technet though...

Try this link:

http://kitap.ankara.edu.tr/0789706733/ch16.htm

 

[CitrixEngineer]

It sounds like the DOS NIC driver is not the correct version for your card, or one of the protocol drivers has failed to load.

Are you trying to make a floppy disk that just boots the machine, or one that boots the machine AND loads NT?

 

[caseybc]

Hi and thanks for the replies. Thanks for the link I will check it out. As for the DOS NIC driver I used the floppy that came with the Netgear NIC and I also downloaded the latest driver from their site. I've done this successfully with a 3Com NIC that is in the list of NICs in Network Client Administration. Unfortunately this Netgear NIC is not in the list so I have to manually point to the NDIS drivers. Perhaps that is where I am running into trouble but I am following the path to the NDIS folder and it seems to select the right driver. I want to make it work with the Netgear NIC instead of taking the easy route and buying another 3Com NIC.

 

[caseybc]

Sorry I didn't answer your question. I want to make a disk that will boot the machine and start the install of NT.

 

[xcell]

You might try this option if you have the hardware. You can enabling your cdrom as your first drive. NT will start installing from the CDROM.

 

[CitrixEngineer]

I'm curious as to why you don't simply boot from a floppy disk and do the installation from a CD?

 

[caseybc]

Hi,
CitrixEngineer I certainly could do that but I don't want to admit defeat and go another route. I know the way I am trying to do this should work except for something I am doing wrong. I am less interested in installing the software than I am connecting from a client up to the server. Originally I tried to make a Ghost boot disk to pull down an image from my server and that failed with the Netgear NIC. I figured if I could get this to work maybe it would give me some insight on my Ghost disk problem. Thank you for your help and suggestions.

 

[CitrixEngineer]

Have you tried stepping through the startup routine to discover which driver is failing?

I would suspect the card driver itself, in which case you may need some kind of configuration utility.

Failing that, if your config.sys includes the himem.sys and emm386.exe files, try excluding a range of memory addresses from emm386. My suggestion would be the range D000-D7FF, although all NICs are different, of course.

I have found a number of old NICs depend on having this range for their exclusive use.

I hope this helps