Autor: Michal Kawecki (kwinto_at_2com.pl)
Data: Tue 03 Sep 2002 - 22:32:07 MET DST
"MODBOOT is modular boot disk. All programs and files are placed in
modules. Adding functionally to your disk is as simple as copying one
file (module) to the correct folder.
An example: to add Dos mouse support to your MODBOOT disk you just copy
the module called "mouse.cab" to the "\level1" folder on your boot disk.
All MODBOOT modules are packed using cabinet (.cab) files so a MODBOOT
disk can hold as much data as possible. To expand a .cab file you simply
put it in the right folder and modboot will unpack it for you. When the
.cab file has an "\autorun.bat" modboot will automatically execute it.
Network Boot Disk
A highly professional network boot disk for connecting to a network
share on a Windows 9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP or Linux Samba machine. Also allows
you to use network applications such as SSHDOS (secure shell) or Ghost
Peer-to-peer/ multicast, using Packet driver interface.
Best features are:
Modular design
PCI nic auto-detect
Supports TCP/IP, Nwlink and Netbeui protocol
Very easy driver plugin support (97 driver plug-ins currently available)
Full feature list:
Modular design - based on modboot. This means you can customize the
bootdisk yourself by adding only the modules you need.
Supported protocols: TCP/IP, NWlink (IPX/SPX) and Netbeui.
PCI network adapter auto-detection. Non PCI adapter must be selected
from a manual list. Multiple PCI network adapter detection (you can
choose which one to use).
Very user friendly dialog boxes to select options or to enter
information.
Optional mouse support.
Before starting the network services you can edit: username,
machinename, IP address and more...
Random machine name generator, when you machine name start with "PC-" a
random number will be generated and your machine name will be like "PC-
NNNNNN".
The information needed for a network adapter is in a single .cab file.
The network adapter .cab file can hold a custom batchfile "autorun.bat".
You can use this to run some kind of "enabler" or to ask the user for
adapter specific settings (look at ne2000.cab).
This single file .cab network driver design makes it very easy for
technical people to create driver add-on .cab files. The less technical
end-user only has to copy the .cab file to the correct location on the
bootdisk.
Profile support, you can save your settings to a profile. When the msnet
module is started, you can select what profile to use. Handy for your
home network with static IP addresses. You can control what profile to
start (if more then one) using global settings.
The profile also holds a custom batchfile that will be executed at the
very end (after the global "autoexec.net"). For example to start some
network application.
It has "ping" and "ipconfig" to check your connection.
Domain Name Resolver (DNS) support.
When using DHCP, the name server and DNS suffix are read from ipconfig
and put in tcputils.ini.
Support for packet driver interface is build-in! A wattcp.cfg file is
generated automatically. I've tested Ghost peer-to-peer and SSHDOS,
works OK. There are SSHDOS (secure shell) and SCPDOS (secure file
transfer) modules.
You can slowdown the speed of the CPU to avoid divide by zero. errors on
Pentium III machines >500MHz.
My boot disk works with VMware! ...eh... This is just luck... I don't
use VMware myself. But I've heard from people that creating a bootable
DOS network boot disk in VMware is not easy! VMware users need to add
DOSIDLE.EXE to their msclient boot disk!
You can edit protocol.ini, system.ini and lmhosts before starting
network services. This will allow you to set I/O port or IRQ for some
non PCI network adapters.
Saves a "prebuild" driver list, at first boot. This will speed up all
next boots, because there is no need to unpack any driver plug-ins.
El-Torito Cd-Rom Boot Disk
The elboot boot disk is unique, it uses a special Dos CD-Rom driver
(eltorito.sys) that will work on all CD-Rom drives out there, regardless
the interface. The only catch is that you must boot from that drive,
using a bootable CD-Rom.
Scsitool Boot Disk
Use the scsitool boot disk to troubleshoot or test your scsi devices in
Dos. It will autodetect any supported PCI scsi adapter."
M.
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