On 21 Apr 2021 at 0:00, Bryan Kilgallin wrote: > I had transferred data from my DOS PC to my Linux PC via a USB-2 > stick. But I thought that I might do something as simple as printing > text, directly from the DOS machine. > So there's another solution, one I already hinted at:
Install Samba on your Linux PC. It may take a wee bit of learning to configure, but it does not bite back. I can help with snippets of config to make it accept ancient DOS clients. Install the Microsoft Network Client for MS-DOS. You can install this from scratch, or you can try using/refactoring the NetBootDisk: https://www.netbootdisk.com/floppy/download.htm ...and then redirect the LPT device: NET USE LPT1: \\my_samba_server\printer_queue Actually I hope I'm not kidding here... most of the howtos mentioning this command are actually about doing this in a Windows command prompt = a more modern version of the MS Network stack... I've never tried this myselfs in pure DOS. Frank _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
