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installing and using lan in dos

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by irfan

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My computer is booting in real dos mode only. My computer has Intel 100+ Pro VE ethernet adaptor. I have lost my lancard cd Now can any one tell me how and from where i can make a bootable disk with lan support for this card in dos mode and how can(by using which commands )i can transfer my computer data to another computer in real dos mode.

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by traversetek

Well, to start, you'll need another computer w/ internet access.

1) Get online and download the DOS drivers for your card.

2) Make a DOS boot disk. Follow the instructions from the website for adding the NIC drivers to your startup files.
3) Use the new boot disk to start your DOS machine.

4) The command for most networking issues in DOS (including mapping network shares) is NET.EXE. You can type NET HELP at a DOS prompt for general info, then NET HELP for specifics. An example would be: NET USE N: \\SERVER_NAME\SHARE_NAME would map a drive on your computer named N: to a folder named SHARE_NAME on the machine SERVER_NAME. Then you would just use regular DOS commands like XCOPY to move the files.

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