Hi Carl,
As far as I know SAMBA has begun to implement them, although there was
some dispute as to reliability last time it was discussed. I agree about
the porting too, I'm not even aware of a true FreeDOS network client,
let alone one with these facilities? I currently have to use
On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 19:06 +, Gerry Hickman wrote:
Hi David,
1. LM authentication
2. SMB signing
Does Samba support those things? If so then at least there is hope that one
could port parts of the Samba code to DOS. I suppose the encryption code
may take up significantly more
Hi Gerry,
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 23:02:26 +
From: Gerry Hickman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
However, two recent changes to Windows networks have relegated FreeDOS
to the recycle bin:
1. LM authentication is no longer enabled once a corporation moves to
Windows Server 2003. No IT manager or
Hi Johnson:
The new machine comes with WindowsXP pre-installed
and configured. Often, people immediately add
software and spend a lot of time configuring it...
I sure do.
My experience suggests that people would rather use an
old, dedicated machine than spend hours re-installing
WindowsXP. I
Hi Johnson:
Johnson Lam wrote:
On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:32:55 -0500, you wrote:
Hi Mark,
...Partition Magic discussion...deleted
If it's 100% reliable, still worth to pay them, but it's not!
Not if the free alternatives work and are just as easy to use...
and they are! Grab a new
On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 07:25:46 -0500, you wrote:
Hi Mark,
The new machine comes with WindowsXP pre-installed
and configured. Often, people immediately add
software and spend a lot of time configuring it...
I sure do.
Yes, I did the same time consuming job, so I can understand adding
FreeDOS with
Hi Johnson:
I was thinking a bit more about automating this. We
MIGHT be able to grab some stuff from a Linux installer
to automatically, under carefully defined conditions,
shrink the NTFS partition and create a new fat32
partition. AFAIK, it can't be done under DOS at all.
Partition Magic
Good day, all:
I am working on the next version of a procedure to add
FreeDOS to almost any WindowsXP computer in a dual-boot
configuration and WITHOUT destroying the WindowsXP
installation. When the computer boots, you can select
either WindowsXP or FreeDOS.
I'm using open source Linux tools
On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:41:12 -0500, you wrote:
Hi Mark,
I am working on the next version of a procedure to add
FreeDOS to almost any WindowsXP computer in a dual-boot
configuration and WITHOUT destroying the WindowsXP
Great, on the Internet there're some guide to this, but all of them is
