Hi, After creating a VM with VirtualBox 6.1.22_Ubuntu r144080 under Ubuntu 20.04, I did a full install of FreeDOS 1.3 RC4 from the Live CD. Then, with FDIMPLES I installed all networking programs with, amongst them, the Crynwr drivers.
I found the CRYNWR.BAT file that is in the fdos\drivers\crynwr\ directory to be very helpful to assist with the installation of the relevant packet driver. The thing is, that file installs the packet driver's path as %dosdir%\drivers\net\crynwr\ in fdauto.bat whereas the drivers are installed in %dosdir%\drivers\crynwr\ by FDIMPLES. So when one restarts the computer or relaunches the fdauto.bat file, this results in the following error message: Bad command or filename - "C:\FDOS\drivers\net\crynwr\pcntpk" The diff at the end of this mail should give a more precise idea. Then there's the 7th option of the CRYNWR.BAT file which allows the user the dial via a modem and which requires the LSPPP.EXE program (GPL'ed free software). The problem is that this file is not installed. Simply adding it makes the menu item work. Would it be possible to include it in the crynwr archive please? Many FreeDOS users may still have old computers with dial-up modems so IMHO that would make sense. Note that Arachne brings it in for itself, but it would be nice to have a copy in the crynwr archive/directory as well. Also, the file that's mirrored at Ibiblio on <https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/net/lsppp/> has version 0.9, whereas on <http://macall.net/ladsoft/index.htm> you may find version 1.0, so maybe it could also be updated. Just wanted to bring this to the attention of list members. The diff mentioned above follows: --- ./old/CRYNWR.BAT 2021-03-18 21:13:57.000000000 +0300 +++ ./new/CRYNWR.BAT 2021-08-09 01:24:00.171148625 +0300 @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ :menu pushd -cdd %dosdir%\drivers\net\crynwr +cdd %dosdir%\drivers\crynwr ctty con cls echo 1) Attempt to detect PCI-based adapters (recommended) @@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ echo Example: A:\DRIVER.COM set /P usrinput=[(driver name-and-path) + ENTER] : if not exist %usrinput% goto enterfail -copy %usrinput% %dosdir%\drivers\net\crynwr\custom.com +copy %usrinput% %dosdir%\drivers\crynwr\custom.com echo Enter the arguments to be given to the driver echo Example: 0x60 irq io_addr mem_addr base_addr (not all options may be required) echo 0x60 5 0x210 @@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ :sucess ctty con choice /c:yn Install packet driver in %autofile% -if "%errorlevel%"=="1" echo %dosdir%\drivers\net\crynwr\%pktcmd% >> %autofile% +if "%errorlevel%"=="1" echo %dosdir%\drivers\crynwr\%pktcmd% >> %autofile% goto end :end popd _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
