Networking in Dos

sideshow4069 · 4 Jul 2006 at 17:00

I have no experence in DOS so bear with me.

I have an old computer which i want to install XP on, the only problem is that it does not have a CD rom installed, it's an old Dell workstation from work. I need to install over the network.

I have installed DOS 6.22 as i have this on three floppys, and attempted to install Microsoft client, but i keep getting an error when the system starts, something about Error 7xxx. i have changed the settings in MS client to tcp/ip but still get the same error.

Is there anything out there that i could use to make this process easier, sorry to be a bit vague but this is something i have no knowledge of.

Cheers

sideshow4069 · 4 Jul 2006 at 20:25

Cheers for the reply.

i have tried to add a cd rom from another computer but it just does not seem to like it.

The computer is a Dell GX50 Optiplex, and it has a strange ide2/floppy cable which is joined together.

Cheers

sideshow4069 · 5 Jul 2006 at 12:22

bitslice said:
it does ?
new to me... pictures ?

get a dual head IDE and use that to connect HD and CD on same cable ?

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Sorry this is the biggest picture i can find of the cable. The two black ends plug into the floppy connector and into the IDE2 connector on the motherboard. On the other end the larger part of the cable connects to the floppy and the smaller part connects to a little board with a connector for the CD rom, the connector is a lot smaller than the usual IDE connection to a CD rom. I presume that is because the CD i need is small form factor.

One other thing i did try was to connect my DVD Rom from my laptop using the external cable i have but when it was connected it does not get any power so that was a no go.

I also tried to connect an IDE cable from my main compo CD rom to the motherboard on the Dell and powered up both computers so the Cd rom had power, but it just did not recognise the CD rom.

Just for your info it is an old Dell optiplex GX50 workstation.

Thanks guys for all your input so far.

sideshow4069 · 5 Jul 2006 at 16:29

Cheers for the swift reply.

I so have a spare small form factor cd rom (teac) but it only has an IDE connection, no connection for power, any way i could make use of it.

Sorry but also being completely stipid now but what is a dongle ?

sideshow4069 · 5 Jul 2006 at 20:14

I think i have finally cracked it.

It was a bit long winded, i had to take the power supply out of one of my other computer and connect it to the gx50, this way it seem to recognise the CD rom, then just set it to boot from the cd rom and that was it.

Thanks to all the members who help me on this matter.

Cheers