Map a drive in DOS

[stev379]

I created a bootdisk with Ghost that loads the network
driver and brings me to a DOS prompt. When I try to map a
network drive with the net use command, I get a message
that "this program cannot run in DOS". How can I map a
drive to a network share from DOS?

Thanks!
-Steve

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I created a bootdisk with Ghost that loads the network
driver and brings me to a DOS prompt. When I try to map a
network drive with the net use command, I get a message
that "this program cannot run in DOS". How can I map a
drive to a network share from DOS?

Thanks!
-Steve

You are trying to run the net.exe version that belongs to
Windows 2000. This won't work while you're in DOS. You
must run the version that comes with your DOS boot disk.

 

[Jetro]

Is it a valid net.exe, i.e. MS-DOS version?

 

[madhur]

Hello
net.exe is not a DOS program I think.
Its a win32 executable console program.

Madhur
India

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

In you believe this is so then I wonder what the version
of net.exe is that I have on my DOS boot disk . . .

Just to clarify the issue: Numerous programs come
in 16-bit and in 32-bit versions. The 16-bit versions
were issued with DOS, and to a lesser degree with
Win9x. The 32-bit versions were issued with Win9x/
WinNT etc, and require Windows. They will not run
in DOS, as the OP found out.

net.exe exists in both flavours.