On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 at 00:44, <jer...@shidel.net> wrote: > > Since your on Linux, you might want to check out Mateusz’s EtherDFS. It works > pretty well. I’ve used it a lot while doing development. > > Basically, you run a EtherDFS server on linux. Then, the DOS EtherDFS client > to mount it. It however does not support Long File Names.
That is a great idea and I will look into it -- thank you! I have heard of it, but I didn't make the mental connection. > For me, I use it in a slightly more complex way. I do most of my stuff on a > Mac and it won't work on this machine directly. But, no problem. My server > runs Linux. So, I have a disk image disk image that gets mounted by the > server. I then share that directory over Samba (for the Mac) and with > EtherDFS for real and virtual DOS Machines. Hmmm. Interesting point. I do work on a Mac at home, although I do DOS stuff on Linux because it's so much more flexible. But I wonder if I could run EtherDFS on my TrueNAS server, and so DOS VMs could talk to that? I spent quite some time during lockdown trying to get a DOS SMB-over-TCP/IP stack working in VBox to connect to the host, which communicates over Samba... but then I found that VBox only enables this special network connection when it "sees" the guest running the VBox Guest Additions. As such, even an OS which can natively talk SMB over IP, such as Win98SE or WinME, can't connect to the host because the host is not enabling the relevant services. This is why I came up with the VM's-HDD-on-USB trick. So long as you're careful not to mount the VMs' drive while the VM is running, it works a treat. If you do mount it, it will corrupt the filesystem, so it's not ideal, though. -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven UK: (+44) 7939-087884 ~ Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
