THINLAPS.EXE
This utility creates a minimal ("thin") LAN transport installation on a target drive — a
single protocol (TCPBEUI, TCPIP, NETBIOS, DHCP, or NFS) rather than the full MPTS
product — generating the necessary CONFIG.SYS device statements and
PROTOCOL.INI automatically. It is documented in the IBM MPTS Configuration
Guide (MPTSCFG.INF) under "Creating a Thin LAN Transport Using THINLAPS", and
shares its message catalog with LAPSDISK.EXE/LAPSRSP.EXE.
Versions
| Date | Version | Size | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05-21 | 60.58 | 45,301 bytes | WR_8708 |
Syntax
THINLAPS <source> <target drive> <NIF_file> [/P:<PROTOCOL.INI filespec>] [/ADD] [/TU]
</TCPBEUI | /TCPIP | /NETBIOS | /DHCP | /NFS>
[/IP:<address>] [/NM:<netmask>] [/H:<hostname>] [/DMN:<domain>]
[/NSIP:<address>] [/RT:<router IP>] [/NODE:<B|H|P>]
[/RFCN:<file> | /RFCBC:<file> | /RFCDMN:<file>]
[/NBNS:<server>] [/NBDD:<distributor>]
Parameters
- /P
- <filespec>
- Use a user-supplied PROTOCOL.INI instead of the one THINLAPS generates
- /TCPBEUI, /TCPIP, /NETBIOS, /DHCP, /NFS
- Select the transport to install
- /IP
- , /NM:, /H:, /DMN:, /NSIP:, /RT:, /NODE:
- TCP/IP and TCPBEUI addressing parameters (IP address, netmask, hostname, domain, name server, router, NetBIOS node type)
- /RFCN
- , /RFCBC:, /RFCDMN:
- NetBIOS-over-TCP/IP name/broadcast/domain list files — see RFCADDR.EXE
- /NBNS
- , /NBDD:
- NetBIOS Name Server / NetBIOS Datagram Distributor for TCPBEUI
Notes
Expects (or creates) a CONFIG.SYS on the target drive and appends the
necessary device statements for the selected transport. Can extract files from a ZIP image
of the MPTS product, falling back to a direct subdirectory copy — the same mechanism
LAPSDISK.EXE uses. IBM's own documentation for this program's processing describes it
as part of MPTS's "C/I/D" (Configuration/Installation/Distribution) handling.