Dear all,
I have managed to create a USB boot device for my HP DC5800 (yipee). It works as intended, connecting to the network etc etc.
However I would like to add network support for the DC5700 and the HP 6710b (laptop), and this is were i am stuck.
I have tried the Broadcom drivers for the DC5700, those did not work, I then did a search on the internet and discovered it might be an Intel card, so I tried those.
I came across another website (Barts) and tried creating a bootable USB from there, but alas I was unable to get it to work.
I think all I need is a different PROTOCOL.INI and .DOS driver for each of the network cards, would that seem right? if that is the case anyone know how I can achieve this as the methods I have used do not yield any workable results.
Many thanks in advance.
David
Trouble with USB Boot device (networking)
Started by
T1ct4c
, May 15 2008 10:26 AM
2 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 15 May 2008 - 10:26 AM
#2
Posted 15 May 2008 - 07:42 PM
You are looking for a network driver? What do you want to do? LAN oder internet?
I recommend you to learn how to setup DOS networks in VMware (learn VMware before with an more easy operating system such as Windows XP). Because in VMware you have a working network card with existing and working drivers.
In your real environment it isn`t sure that there is a network card driver. In the end you have no clue if you did set up the applications (like arachne) correctly or if the network card is not working. That`s why I recommend to learn first how it`s basically working so you can preclude other errors.
To find out the real name of your hardware you can try to use aida16, nssi, configdt and hwinfo.
Hope that helps.
I recommend you to learn how to setup DOS networks in VMware (learn VMware before with an more easy operating system such as Windows XP). Because in VMware you have a working network card with existing and working drivers.
In your real environment it isn`t sure that there is a network card driver. In the end you have no clue if you did set up the applications (like arachne) correctly or if the network card is not working. That`s why I recommend to learn first how it`s basically working so you can preclude other errors.
To find out the real name of your hardware you can try to use aida16, nssi, configdt and hwinfo.
Hope that helps.
#3
Posted 20 May 2008 - 02:17 PM
Hi,
I have managed to resolve this myself.
I indeed needed to change the PROTOCOL.INI and NETWORK.INI.
I now use a menu to decide which NIC to load, which then copies and uses the correct files needed for said PC/Laptop.
Thanks for everyones assistance/help.
Cheers.
David
I have managed to resolve this myself.
I indeed needed to change the PROTOCOL.INI and NETWORK.INI.
I now use a menu to decide which NIC to load, which then copies and uses the correct files needed for said PC/Laptop.
Thanks for everyones assistance/help.
Cheers.
David
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