Can I map a drive or Share an external hard drive???
Need help bad!!!
Please...You need to be more specific about exactly what you're trying to do.We have been trying to network Dos to Windows 2003 Server. NO LUCK!
Everybody I talk to says it cant be done. Can it?
The only thing I need from the network is to access a folder with txt files.
If I cant network it can I share an external hard drive with the network?
Can I buy third party software to help with networking in Dos?

Thanks in advanceDoes the DOS machine have appropriate NDIS drivers for its video card?

Have you tried the net use command to map a network drive

Example:

net use g: \\server\share

Then access the files using the network drive letter (in the above example, drive G).Protocol might be an issue....Are you using IPX/SPX or TCPIP?

Does this DOS system have to be native DOS or can you run a command shell ( dos ) for same results, but use say Windows XP or even Windows 2000 Pro's CMD shell, and ride on the Windows TCPIP protocol and network drivers, as well as get pass thru authentication without having to PUT your credentials in plain text for anyone to see over network sniffing by NET USE map.. (( cringe ))?

If it has to be native DOS you can try a DOS emmulator like DOSBOX on Windows...just some suggestions. If you are native DOS 6.22 or earlier you are going to have all sorts of issues with the transport and firewall of server 2003 if enabled.

It can be done to say DOS 6.22, but with a lot of tweaking, extra drivers for DOS level TCPIP etc, and a possible security hole if anyone was able to view that drive MAPPING for authentication, or sniff it over the network unencrypted.We got a PC with Dos 6.22 networked but I tried to do the same setup with 98se booted in dos but I think it is a stripped down version of dos. It accepted the network setup but when I rebooted it gave a couple of errors. I will try to list the errors.

Can I load Windows 98se and Dos 6.22 on the same computer?Just out of curiosity, why do you need DOS?Printing software for a Scitex Inkjet printer that runs in Dos and pulls data (text files) from the network.
I am finding it very hard to network Dos. I wish I could send someone my IP, sub, pci card & drivers and they could put everything together and tell me where to put it. Networking Dos is over my head.It sounds like this is an old printer with even older business software that has no Windows equivalent?

First thing's first: you need DOS NDIS drivers for the network card of the computer you're using. Once you have that, you can map a network drive to your Server 2003 machine using the net use command

Example:

net use t: \\server\share

Then you can have the software look on the network drive for the text files (drive T from my above example).

GOOGLE "Ultimate Boot CD" to get you started.