Hello all,
As you you may already know, we have been working on the FreeDOS 1.2 release.
One thing I would like to see make it into the release is some networking. I
don’t think it would be
practical to have a universal setup for each and every machine and NIC at this
time. But, it
may be possible to have the installer automatically do this for some of the
known virtual machines.
For example, it may be feasible to setup and configure VMware, VirtualBOX and
QEMU to do
networking. But, I don’t have the time to figure it all out. This is where all
of you come in.
If you can provide the detailed information for these platforms and Jim
approves, I may then be
possible to include it.
Here are the main and mostly obvious requirements.
All files and drivers must have an acceptable license and can be
redistributed. Public Domain,
GPL, BSD or another open source or unrestricted license. No encumbered
commercial drivers
(such as NOVELL Netware, 3COM, NetGear, ….. ).
DHCP setup only.
Links to (or provide) any drivers and files that are required.
(It would be nice if they were in a FDNPKG compatible package)
Completely setup configuration files for the platform. (all INI, CFG
files, etc)
List of any current 1.2 repo packages that may be needed (excluding
BASE packages).
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.2/repos/pkg-html/
Preferably, any files that are not in a package (like the config files)
are placed under
\NET\VMWARE, \NET\VBOX, \NET\QEMU or other appropriate directory for
the platform.
Also, please do not provide a customized config.sys or autoexec.bat. It
should be possible to
place all environment settings and load drivers from a
\NET\STARTNET.BAT file.
Thank you, Jerome
(Without your support, there is no way any type of pre-configured networking
will make it into the next release.)
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