Oops, I didn't notice that this went through the list, and I replied only directly earlier today - thereby I've wasted some of Eric's precious time and effort. Thanks for a second opinion Eric :-)
Frank
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From: Frantisek Rysanek <frantisek.rysa...@post.cz>
To: Bryan Kilgallin <kilgal...@iinet.net.au>
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Print via USB
Date sent: Wed, 12 May 2021 08:33:56 +0200
Hello Bryan,
I think you can just use your current FDCONFIG.SYS, and profile #1
matches my config.sys pretty closely.
Maybe in the line starting with
12?SHELLHIGH=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024
you'd better specify /E:4096 . If memory serves, this is the space
available for environment variables - not sure if you risk running
out with /E:1024, maybe even that is fine, those 4096 are taken from
the NetBootDisk.com which uses *a lot* of environment variables in
its scripts, unlike my simple batch files.
The only other differences are
buffers=30
stacks=0,0
=additions in my config.sys. Those look fairly harmless...
Frank
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From: Bryan Kilgallin <kilgal...@iinet.net.au>
Date sent: Wed, 12 May 2021 14:20:07 +1000
Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Print via USB
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Dear Frank:
> As I've already written, I myself have investigated the dark rabbit
> hole of MS-DOS networking for you:
> http://frantisek.rysanek.sweb.cz/FD_NET.zip
> Unzip the three directories to your DOS hard drive, take a look at
> the config.sys suggested, and see if you can get your DOS box to take
> a breath of your LAN.
I have unzipped your package and copied MSNET, MTCPAPPS, and PKTDRV
to
my FreeDOS PC's C: directory. The latter contains FDCONFIG.SYS.
Incidentally, in the page whose URL follows, I have difficulty
reading
because of the background fish logo!
http://www.bootablecd.de/fdhelp-internet/en/hhstndrd/cnfigsys/fdconfig
.htm
My FreeDOS PC's FDCONFIG.SYS file contents follow.
{SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS
!COUNTRY=001,858,C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS
!LASTDRIVE=Z
!BUFFERS=20
!FILES=40
!MENUCOLOR=7,0
MENUDEFAULT=1,5
MENU 1 - Load FreeDOS with JEMMEX, no EMS (most UMBs), max RAM free
MENU 2 - Load FreeDOS with EMM386 (Expanded Memory) and SHARE loaded
MENU 3 - Load FreeDOS without drivers (Emergency Mode)
MENU 4 - Load FreeDOS low with some drivers (Safe Mode)
124?DOS=HIGH
12?DOS=UMB
124?DOSDATA=UMB
1?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS X=TEST I=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG
234?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE
2?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMM386.EXE X=TEST I=TEST I=B000-B7FF NOVME
NOINVLPG
34?SHELL=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024
/P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
12?SHELLHIGH=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024
/P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT}
I found `!' and `?'.
{? (DR DOS 3.41 and higher, Embedded DOS[nb 2] and FreeDOS only)
Displays a Yes/No query and (since DR DOS 5.0) optional message
to
ask the user for confirmation to execute the following CONFIG.SYS
directives.[14] (FreeDOS does not support optional messages, but
optional conditions in conjunction with boot menus defined with MENU
and
MENUDEFAULT.) (DOS 6.0 and higher supports a similar feature by
adding a
? after the corresponding CONFIG.SYS directive, f.e. DEVICE? or
DEVICE?=
instead of ?DEVICE. This variant is also supported by DR DOS.)}
{! (FreeDOS only)
Unconditionally execute the following CONFIG.SYS directive.}
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONFIG.SYS
Whereas in your FD_NET, CONFIG.SYS contains this.
{device=DOS\JEMMEX.EXE X=TEST NOEMS
files=40
break=off
buffers=30
lastdrive=z
stacks=0,0
dos=high,umb
SHELLHIGH=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 /P}
But I am unfamiliar with interpreting .SYS files. And so I need to do
some reading!
I take it that I am to merge the contents of your CONFIG.SYS into my
FreeDOS PC's FDCONFIG.SYS. But I am shy of doing so, and request
hand-holding guidance!
Bryan.
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