DOS IP-ONLY VLM boot disk

I have removed IPX from my network and for purposes of ghosting
workstations, I still have to use dos boot disks.
I have made a custom DOS client32 disk based off the 2.7x dos client32 (NLM
disk) which works fine for most PC's, but there are some instances where I
have to use a VLM based bootdisk. I have made a vlm disk and it gets on the
network just fine, I can ping my servers by name, but I am unable to attach
to them. In the NLM disk, there is SERVLOC which I assume helps this
process, but is there a VLM component that will do the same feature, or do
I need something specific in there so it will find the server via SLP??
I know this is ancient stuff and technically unsupported, but I am looking
for some guidance.
thanks,

[email protected] wrote:
> ...but there are some instances where I have to use a VLM
> based bootdisk. I have made a vlm disk and it gets on the
> network just fine, I can ping my servers by name, but I am
> unable to attach to them.
The VLM client never knew how to make NCP connections over IP. There
is an IP stack that is compatible with the VLM client, to be sure, but
that's purely as a transport protocol and not that the VLM NCP client
knew how to use it for NCP connections.
To make an IP connection you'll have to use CLIENT32.NLM & TCPIP.NLM
(the DOS/Win 2.71 client). More specifically, use the IP Server
Connection files available from support.novell.com
(http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/se...i?/2963117.htm),
or one of the many CLIENT32.NLM-based boot disks available on
CoolSolutions and elsewhere. (Using the literal DOS/Win 2.71 files is
somewhat out of date.)
Just a personal plug, I find the TCPIP NCP connection from a
CLIENT32.NLM boot disk too unreliable for Ghost, specifically in the
"push" (image creation) direction. The TCPIP.NLM stack seems to have
bugs in that direction that get exposed by pushing a large amount of
data up to the server, as opposed to downloading. I leave IPX enabled
for my Ghost boot disks for that reason alone, even though none of my
workstations actually have or use IPX. Your mileage may vary.
Alan Adams
[email protected]
(for email, remove the crumbs)

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