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Mapping a Network drive in DOS

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 08/27/2004
From: "Emily" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I am booting DOS from a floppy and attempting to map a shared folder on my
Host PC (same as the PC that VPC is running on) as a drive - I have done
this many times with a "regular" PC without problem. I have the DEC drivers
and they bind to the NIC fine, but when I execute the NET.exe USE I:
\\mypc\sharedfolder command I get an error message that the network is busy,
or that the specified host name is not available.

I have 2 NICs on my card and have tried several different things - using a
crossover cable between the 2 cards - and setting the network adapters in
VPC to be both the actual adapters and "Local Only". None of the things I
have tried has worked - what am I doing wrong?

As some background info, my NIC #1 (normally connected to my work network)
is set to use DHCP, and NIC #2 (connects to any development PC I am using)
uses a static IP. I am hesitant to leave NIC #1 connected to my work network
because other developers have had problems being locked out of our network
when VPC creates a virtual MAC address - our IT dept has things set up to
lock "intruders" out.

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Re: Mapping a Network drive in DOS

Sent: 08/28/2004
From: "Bill Grant" <not.available@online>
Message:

That should be possible. From the VPC console, set one NIC to "not
connected" and set the other to link to NIC#2 on your host. When you start
the guest, it should be able to see the host through its NIC2. Try a net
view \\mypc .

"Emily" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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> I am booting DOS from a floppy and attempting to map a shared folder on my
> Host PC (same as the PC that VPC is running on) as a drive - I have done
> this many times with a "regular" PC without problem. I have the DEC
> and they bind to the NIC fine, but when I execute the NET.exe USE I:
> \\mypc\sharedfolder command I get an error message that the network is
> or that the specified host name is not available.
>
> I have 2 NICs on my card and have tried several different things - using a
> crossover cable between the 2 cards - and setting the network adapters in
> VPC to be both the actual adapters and "Local Only". None of the things I
> have tried has worked - what am I doing wrong?
>
> As some background info, my NIC #1 (normally connected to my work network)
> is set to use DHCP, and NIC #2 (connects to any development PC I am using)
> uses a static IP. I am hesitant to leave NIC #1 connected to my work
> because other developers have had problems being locked out of our network
> when VPC creates a virtual MAC address - our IT dept has things set up to
> lock "intruders" out.
>
>

Re: Mapping a Network drive in DOS

Sent: 09/08/2004
From: "Benjamin Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Hi Emily,

I have this working on my DOS virtual machines - so it has to be a
configuration issue. I would double check everything to make sure that
there is nothing wrong there.

--
Cheers,
Benjamin Armstrong
======================
Virtual PC Program Manager

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"Emily" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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Show quoted text

>I am booting DOS from a floppy and attempting to map a shared folder on my
> Host PC (same as the PC that VPC is running on) as a drive - I have done
> this many times with a "regular" PC without problem. I have the DEC
> drivers
> and they bind to the NIC fine, but when I execute the NET.exe USE I:
> \\mypc\sharedfolder command I get an error message that the network is
> busy,
> or that the specified host name is not available.
>
> I have 2 NICs on my card and have tried several different things - using a
> crossover cable between the 2 cards - and setting the network adapters in
> VPC to be both the actual adapters and "Local Only". None of the things I
> have tried has worked - what am I doing wrong?
>
> As some background info, my NIC #1 (normally connected to my work network)
> is set to use DHCP, and NIC #2 (connects to any development PC I am using)
> uses a static IP. I am hesitant to leave NIC #1 connected to my work
> network
> because other developers have had problems being locked out of our network
> when VPC creates a virtual MAC address - our IT dept has things set up to
> lock "intruders" out.
>
>

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