DISKLESS ANGEL Options
Preparing DISKLESS ANGEL Client
15.1
This chapter is a continuation of Chapter 4 about configuring and preparing DISKLESS ANGEL Client, a system image of Windows 9X for running in ram. The upper DISKLESS ANGEL Options panel of the DISKLESS ANGEL Configuration main form of DISKLESS ANGEL Client Configurator provides tools to facilitate this configuration and preparation process.
The following is a lengthy and technical description of how to prepare a DISKLESS ANGEL Client with DISKLESS ANGEL Options panel above. One can however refer to Chapter One – Loading File System From File – for the simplest way to prepare a DISKLESS ANGEL Client file.
15.2
DISKLESS ANGEL Options
Grouped under this panel are tools coordinated together for customizing and preparing a DISKLESS ANGEL Client in a more sophisticated manner.
15.2.1
Boot Windows in Ramdisk
This instructs the real mode driver, WDDOS.EXE, to make provision for booting Windows 9X system image in the ramdisk drive so created with it into Protected-Mode Windows. If not specified, the ramdisk drive created will be used as data drive.
15.2.2
Boot Options
By pressing Boot Options, the following screenshot appears:
15.2.2.1
The "Connection" section is used to choose the method for booting up the computer as described as follows:
15.2.2.1.1
Auto
Use default setting. Normally, this means booting from local hard disk.
15.2.2.1.2
Local
Specify specifically to boot from local hard disk.
15.2.2.1.3
Network
Boot from network. If one specifies this option, one must also fill the form below.
15.2.2.1.3.1
Server
It is a required field; the remote DISKLESS ANGEL Server machine IP or DNS name.
15.2.2.1.3.2
Port
It is an optional field; the Port number used by the server; the default value is 1050.
15.2.2.1.3.3
IP
It is a required field; the IP address of the client computer.
15.2.2.1.3.4
Netmask
It is an optional field; the Netmask of the client computer.
15.2.2.1.3.5
Gateway
It is an optional field; the Gateway IP or DNS name.
15.2.2.1.3.6
Nameserver
It is an optional field; the IP address of the name server.
15.2.2.1.3.7
Domain
It is an optional field; the Domain name.
The following are some examples:
a. Minimum setting
Server: 192.168.2.1
IP: 192.168.2.10
b. Use DNS names
Server: server
IP: client
Nameserver: 192.168.2.1
c. Use domains
Server: server
IP: client
Domain: my.com
Nameserver: 192.168.2.1
Note that in this example, the actual server name used to resolve IP address would be server.my.com
d. Use gateways:
Server: server
IP: client
Nameserver: 192.168.2.1
Gateway: 192.168.2.2
e.Use DHCP/BOOTP to discover client configuration
Server: bootp
IP: bootp
Netmask: bootp
When one uses name "bootp", it means using the correspoding value returned by DHCP/BOOTP.
15.2.2.1.4
Prompt
This instruct the real mode driver WDDOS.EXE to show a prompt asking the user to choose between booting from local hard disk or network. If one ever wants to boot from network, one must fill the above Network fields properly as well.
15.2.2.2
The "Prompt" section is used to specify whether or not to ask the user for confirmation before certain operation(s). This is useful for debugging the booting process.
15.2.2.2.1
Hotkey
The key pressed prior to the running of the real mode driver WDDOS.EXE decides the level of prompt. Pressing Hotkeys '0', '1', '2', '3' means disabling prompt, level 1 prompt, level 2 prompt and level 3 prompt, respectively. If none of the Hotkey is pressed, disabling prompt is assumed.
15.2.2.2.2
Disable
Do not prompt.
15.2.2.2.3
Level 1
Prompt whether or not the user wants to load of the real mode driver, WDDOS.EXE and boot Windows 9X on the ramdisk drive so created by WDDOS.EXE.
15.2.2.2.4
Level 2
Level 1 prompt plus confirmation for the loading of each ramdisk drive.
15.2.2.2.5
Level 3
Prompt for every command in WDDOS.WDC.
15.2.3
DISKLESS ANGEL List Box
This is the list box to the left of Add Disk, Edit Disk and Delete Disk buttons within the DISKLESS ANGEL Options panel. This list box lists out the DISKLESS ANGEL drive(s), whether ramdisk drive or VFS partition drive(s) on local hard disk mounted up by WDDOS.EXE as configured in WDDOS.WDC.
15.2.3.1
The DISKLESS ANGEL list box in the DISKLESS ANGEL Options panel above shows that the present configuration uses LITESTEP.IMG – a DISKLESS ANGEL Client – as a system file.
To add a DISKLESS ANGEL drive to be mounted up by WDDOS.EXE, one has to click the Add Disk button and the Build Dialog would appears as follows:
15.2.3.2
By selecting LITESTEP.IMG and clicking Edit Disk button, the same Window Dialog, Build Dialog, would show up as follows:
One can use this dialog to change the attributes of how WDDOS.EXE loads up LITESTEP.IMG.
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