Bart's Network Boot Disk

...People tell me my network bootdisk is by far the best found on the web...

Version 2.7
Last updated on Mar 30, 2004

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Table of contents

:: Introduction :: Auto-create the boot disk [NEW] :: Manually create the boot disk :: Screen shots :: Building a driver plug-in :: Frequent asked questions :: Credit :: History

Auto-create the boot disk

Read from here if you want to create the boot disk automated.
NOTE! Can only be created on Windows NT4/2000/XP!

Follow the steps below:

1. BFD installation instructions:
   
   Please download: BFD full package v1.0.7 (1.45MB).
   
   Or update from previous versions: BFD update package (v1.0.x-v1.0.7) (410KB).
   When updating from previous versions, just extract the package over the previous version, overwrite any existing files. The bfd.cfg file will not get overwritten!
   
   Unpack BFD in the same directory as BCD, for example d:\bcd.
   If you have already unpacked BCD, then some files from BFD will overlap with files from BCD, like the nu2lic.txt and the bchoice.exe. This is no problem, just skip or overwrite them.
   Make sure you also unpack the subdirectories!
   
   
2. Some network adapters are already included:
   Here is the list:
   
   

   File	Description	Ver	Updated
   dc21x4.cab (19KB)	Digital 2104x/2114x 10/100 mbps Ethernet Controller v3.00	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
   	OEM: Linksys v1? Used in VirtualPC.
   e100b.cab (13KB)	Intel PRO/100 Network Connection Driver v4.47 030503	1.8	Nov 12, 2003
   	v1.4 Added dev=1032, 1035, 1036, 1039, 103b, 103c, 103d, 103e, 2459, 245d to ndis.pci v1.5 Added dev=103a v1.6 Updated by Todd Geib, added dev=1209 v1.7 Updated by BG v1.8 Updated by Chris Thomas
   el59x.cab (13KB)	3Com DOS NDIS driver for 3C59X Family Adapters v1.2f	1.2	Mar 26, 2002
   el90x.cab (13KB)	3Com Etherlink PCI DOS NDIS driver v5.2.2	1.3	Aug 15, 2002
   	Downgraded by Bob Whitworth (Nasa) with good reason: v5.2.5 for 3Com 90x cards doesn't work properly with old 905-TX card (9050) with the original Parallel Tasking chip (not v2 used in 905b or c). If you try to install Win2000 over the network, it will hang at random (usually about 40-60% thru). The 5.2.4 driver has the same bug. 3Com couldn't figure it out. The older v5.2.2 driver works with all 905s (905, 905b & 905c).
   elnk3.cab (11KB)	3Com DOS EtherLink 10 ISA (3C509b) Network Driver v3.1	1.2	Sep 11, 2002
   	Updated by Dick Nagtegaal. Fixed divide overflow on fast Pentium machines. More info!
   elpc3.cab (14KB)	3Com Megahertz Ethernet PC Card 589E DOS Network Driver v1.9.005	1.1	Feb 3, 2003
   	Updated by Robert Mader. Should fix divide by zero errors. More info!
   elpc575.cab (14KB)	3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card DOS NDIS driver v3.4b	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
   ne2000.cab (9KB)	Microsoft NE2000 NDIS Driver	1.2	Jul 11, 2002
   	Bugfix in autorun.bat
   netflx3.cab (31KB)	Compaq NetFlex-3 DOS NDIS 2.02 driver	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
   pcntnd.cab (13KB)	AMD PCNet Family Ethernet Adapter NDIS v2.0.1 MAC Driver v3.12	1.0	Mar 26, 2002
   	Used in VMWare.
   smc9432.cab (13KB)	SMC EtherPower II 10/100 (9432TX) v1.02c (970605)	1.0	Mar 26, 2002

   
   You can easily add other drivers (101 available) from the list of network adapter plug-ins.
   Just download the ".cab" files you need (don't add them all no space for it on your bootdisk, keep it around 8 drivers or so, you can delete what you don't need). And copy them (do not unpack) into the "BFD" drivers\ndis directory.
   
   To customize the bootdisk you should edit the BFD.CFG file. Look for a section called "network boot disk".
   
   
3. Open a command prompt. Goto the BFD directory, run "bfd msnet" and follow the instructions on screen.
   Done!
   
   

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