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Bryan

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Apr 12, 2004, 10:39:50 PM4/12/04
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Using the DOS drivers found at
http://developer.intel.com/design/network/drivers/
nd2_300.htm (link wrapped)

I created a dos network boot disk however I'm getting the
following error:

FATAL - MAC driver entry does not exist in protocol.ini.
Error loading device driver DC21X4.DOS

Error 7306: The Driver Failed to Initialize. DC21X4.DOS
was not loaded.

Error 7321: Network-card drivers failed to load.

The following is the protocol.ini in question. Could
someone please help me fix this?

[network.setup]
version=0x3110
netcard=dc21x4$_ini,1,dc21x4$_ini,1
transport=tcpip,TCPIP
lana0=dc21x4$_ini,1,tcpip

[dc21x4$_ini]
drivername=dc21x4$
slot=0
ConnectionType=Autosense
NETADDRESS="08002B3C45FC"


[protman]
drivername=PROTMAN$
PRIORITY=MS$NDISHLP

[TCPIP]
NBSessions=6
DisableDHCP= 0
drivername=TCPIP$
BINDINGS=dc21x4$_ini
LANABASE=0

[pktdrv]
drivername=pktdrv$
BINDINGS=dc21x4$_ini
intvec=0x60
chainvec=0x66
novell=no

Steve Jain

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Apr 13, 2004, 1:36:32 AM4/13/04
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These work for me:

PROTOCOL.INI
[network.setup]
version=0x3110
transport=ms$tcpip,MS$TCPIP
transport=ms$ndishlp,MS$NDISHLP
lana0=dc21x4,1,ms$tcpip
lana1=dc21x4,1,ms$ndishlp
netcard=DC21X4,1,DC21X4,1

[protman]
DriverName=PROTMAN$
PRIORITY=ms$ndishlp

[MS$NDISHLP]
DriverName=ndishlp$
BINDINGS=DC21X4

[MS$TCPIP]
LANABASE=0
BINDINGS=DC21X4
DisableDHCP=0
IPAddress0=0 0 0 0
SubNetMask0=255 0 0 0
NBSessions=6
DriverName=TCPIP$

[DC21X4]
DriverName = DC21X4$
ConnectionType = AutoSense

SYSTEM.INI
[network]
sesstimeout=1200
autostart=BASIC
dospophotkey=N
username=
workgroup="yourdomainnamehere"
reconnect=yes
lanroot=a:\net
computername=vpc-dos

[Password Lists]
*Shares=a:\net\Shares.PWL
APSETUP=a:\net\APSET000.PWL

[network drivers]
LoadRMDrivers=Yes
devdir=a:\net
NETCARD=DC21X4.dos
transport=tcpdrv.dos,nemm.dos

Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows
Website: http://www.essjae.com

Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT]

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Apr 13, 2004, 3:25:45 PM4/13/04
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NETADDRESS="08002B3C45FC"

This is the line that is causing the problem - remove that and you should be
good (or just use Steve's settings)

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Cheers,
Benjamin Armstrong
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