this is a floppy bootdisk from my first IT job in 1999-2000. i didn’t make it, but i thought it was really cool at the time. basically, DOS boots and you are presented with options on which NIC drivers to load. the netware client for DOS then loads and you login. then the utility network drives are mounted. this disk was often used for network-based imaging of client PCs. the software used back then was something called “imageblaster”.

autoexec.bat

goto %config%

:3ComISA
a:
cd \nwclient
@CALL A:\NWCLIENT\STARTNE2
PATH A:\NWCLIENT\
goto END

:Dell_&_3ComPCI
a:
cd \nwclient
@CALL A:\NWCLIENT\STARTNE1
PATH A:\NWCLIENT\
goto END

:Netflex
a:
cd \nwclient
@call a:\nwclient\startnet
path a:\nwclient\
goto END

:Hitachi
a:
cd \nwclient
@call a:\nwclient\startne3
path a:\nwclient\
goto END

:Xircom
a:
cd \nwclient
@call a:\nwclient\startne4
path a:\nwclient\
goto END

:END
f:
login
map next hatter/work:
path=k:\imgblst\bin2;%path%
path=k:\pqmagic;%path%

config.sys

[menu]
menuitem=3ComISA
menuitem=Dell_&_3ComPCI
menuitem=Netflex
menuitem=Hitachi
menuitem=Xircom

[common]
lastdrive=Z

[3ComISA]

[Dell_&_3ComPCI]

[Netflex]

[Hitachi]

[Xircom]

startnet.bat

@ECHO OFF
SET NWLANGUAGE=ENGLISH
LH LSL
LH cpqnf3
LH ipxodi
VLM