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C C h h a a p p t t e e r r 6 6 5 5 3 3
IGURE ERBOSE BOOT SCREEN
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In addition to the TCP/IP-specific tools mentioned in this chapter, the MBA Utility Disk or the
EtherCD MBA subdirectory includes other tools that help simplify the installation and use of
MBA. These tools are outlined in this section.
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FREEMEM releases all the memory used to transfer the boot image file from the server after
the PC has booted. It also changes drive A: back to the local floppy drive (drive A: is used as
a RAM disk while the PC is booting from the image file).
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Before you can use FREEMEM you must change your DOS COMSPEC
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error when DOS tries to reload COMMAND.COM after FREEMEM
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FREEMEM can not be included in the image file; it must be executed from
a network drive (or local hard drive).
After using FREEMEM you should have about 2 KB less memory available
than you have when you boot from the diskette used to create the image
file.
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The BPPATCH program is used to replace parameters from the BOOTP/DHCP reply packet
into text files. This allows one common image file to be used by several PCs, with the
parameters unique to each PC (like the IP address) being specified in the BOOTPTAB file on
the server and replaced in the image file when the PC boots.