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[network]
Netname = Filename,"Description", [HelpFile], [OptionalFile],
         [WinIniSect], [SysIniSect],[VirtualDevice]...
 
The [network] section identifies the networks that are available for
installation. Setup uses the [network] and related sections to install
network drivers and update the SYSTEM.INI file.
 
Parameter      Description
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Netname        Specifies a unique name identifying the network driver.
 
Filename       Specifies the MS-DOS filename of the network-driver file. If
               no filename is given, Setup searches for a [netname.versions]
               section in the information file.
 
Description    Specifies an ASCII string that describes the network driver.
               This parameter must be enclosed in double quotation marks
               (").
 
HelpFile       Specifies the MS-DOS filename of the associated Help file.
               Setup copies this file to the WINDOWS directory. This
               parameter is optional.
 
OptionalFile   Specifies the MS-DOS filename of any file that may be
               necessary for a given network. Setup copies this file to the
               WINDOWS directory. This parameter is optional.
 
WinIniSect     Specifies the name of the section in the OEMSETUP.INF file
               that describes modifications to be made to the WIN.INI file.
               For more information about the section associated with this
               parameter, see the following "Comments" section.
 
SysIniSect     Specifies the name of the section in the OEMSETUP.INF file
               that describes modifications to be made to the SYSTEM.INI
               file. For more information about the section associated with
               this parameter, see the following "Comments" section.
 
VirtualDevice  Specifies the MS-DOS filename of an associated virtual device
               to be installed for running 386 enhanced-mode Windows.
 
Comments
 
The sections corresponding to the WinIniSect and SysIniSect parameters
contain one or more lines defining the modifications to make to the WIN.INI
and SYSTEM.INI files. For more information about the lines in these
sections, see the [netname.versions] section.
 
If a network has a corresponding [netname.versions] section, the
work-section (or sections) defined by the [netname.versions] section specify
most (if not all) of the files and initialization file changes that need to
be made to install the network. This means that, other than the Netname and
the Description parameters, all parameters in the [network] section can be
empty. If a network driver is specified in the [network] section, it becomes
the default driver if none is specified in the work-section. If any of the
OptionalFile, HelpFile, and VirtualDevice parameters specify files, Setup
adds the files to the list of such files given in the work-section. The
SysIniSect and WinIniSect parameters also specify work-sections and actions
that will be performed for all versions of the network.
 
Example
 
The following is an example of a [network] section in the OEMSETUP.INF file
for a specific network driver:
 
[disks]
1 = . ,"Oem Network driver disk #1"
 
[network]
oem_net = 1:oem.drv, "OEM Network Driver", 1:oemnet.hlp,
        1:oem_app.exe, oem_winini, oem_sysini, 1:oem1.386, 1:oem2.386
 
[oem_winini]
Windows,load,oem_app.exe
 
[oem_sysini]
386enh,TimerCriticalSection,500
 
In this example, Setup adds the setting load=OEM_APP.EXE to the [windows]
section of the WIN.INI file, and adds the setting TimerCriticalSection=500
to the [386Enh] section of the SYSTEM.INI file. If a load setting already
exists in WIN.INI, Setup appends OEM_APP.EXE to the setting.
 
The following example relies on the section [mynet.versions] to identify the
files to install for the network:
 
[networks]
mynet=,"My Network"
 
See Also
 
[disks],[netname.versions]
 
 
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