What's new in Universal Network Boot Disk 4.0 Beta

Dec 14, 2011
  • New support for autodetecting NIC (thanks to Bart for the utility)
  • the .DOS file must be included for any autodetected NICs
  • For 3rd party place the driver in a:\netdrv
  • Using a smaller ramdrive program that loads in autoexec.bat
  • Completely rewritten MENU program
  • support to save your answerfile from the menu
  • support for encrypted password in answerfile
  • menu option allows for auto drive mapping
  • added /CDROM command line option for makeboot.exe
  • Updated NIC drivers - now includes:
  • [3com 3C90x family Adapter]
  • [Intel Pro 10/100 Adapter]
  • [Intel Pro 1000 (Gigabit) Ethernet]
  • [Linksys NC100 10/100 Fast Ethernet Adapter]
  • [3Com Megahertz 57x series 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card]
  • [3Com 556 10/100 + 56K LAN CardBus PC Card (untested)]
  • [XIRCOM 10/100 + 56K PC Card]
  • [Broadcom 57xx Series Gigabit Ethernet]
  • [RTL8139/810X Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC]
  • [FA311 Fast Ethernet Adapter]
  • [VIA technologies VT6105M/VT86C100A/PCI 10/100 Ethernet]

New in Universal Network Boot Disk 3.55 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Added TIMER= function in answer file to specify or disable the override timeout
  • Added commandline option to makeboot.exe to specify location of the answerfile
  • the default location is A:\
  • The command line is as follows:
  • makeboot /n {location of \net folder} /a {location of answerfile}
  • example: makeboot /n c:\net /a a:\
  • New version of Intel 10/100/1000 Pro driver
  • Added advanced configuration of protocol.ini via answer file
  • Moved LMHOSTS file to A:\ it will be copied to the \NET folder upon boot
  • this allows for you to have preconfigured name resolution