Mail Archives: opendos/1997/11/05/20:37:02
Hello,
I'm a new and enthusiastic, but somewhat naive user of OpenDOS and
for one thing, I'm certainly happy to have a non-Microsoft OS
running on my computer. I downloaded OpenDOS from the Caldera
web site and installed with with no problems. I have an Ethernet
card (3Com EtherLink III) and am supposedly "connected" to the
network for the university department where I work. When I run
"Setup" to configure the settings, I try to set the Network Card
to the 3Com EtherLink III card, and then it asks me for the location
of a file "3C5X9.INS" - there are a bunch of *.INS files
in the C:\NWCLIENT but none with this name. I have a file called
"3C5X9.COM" but apparently I have to have a "*.INS" file too?
Anyway, I tried to modify a different file called "INS.OEM" and
copied it to "3C5X9.INS" in the "C:\NWCLIENT" directory, and
now when I boot up, it asks if I want to load the Network Software -
I say "Yes" and it seems to go through the motions - until near
the end, it says it is looking for a "Workgroup" and whirs around
for a bit and says eventually that it found no Workgroups.
I've also tried running "NET ADMIN" and when I try to Login to
a network it just says "Please Wait" and whirs around indefinitely.
I'm sure that I am explaining everything incorrectly, but I am
wondering if anyone might be able to toss a few pointers my way.
If anyone could help steer me to a proper configuration of an *.INS
file for my system that would be great.
Are there any other important steps I should know about in trying
to connect my computer to our Network? This is how I am going to
be able to print (I hope) documents and so it is an important part
of configuring the system.
Thanks to anyone who might be able to help a very naive user!
--
John Bullough, Research Associate EMAIL: bulloj AT rpi DOT edu
Lighting Research Center, School of Architecture TEL: (518) 276-4866
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute FAX: (518) 276-4835
Troy, NY, USA 12180 http://lighting.lrc.rpi.edu/
- Raw text -