Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

2009-03-30 Thread cleanzero
themouse wrote: Hello, I have the internet card and the drivers. So now what. I looked up all I could and there are alot of sites some the link works some they don't. I'm not really sure what needs to be done. thanks, Adam

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

2009-03-30 Thread Blair Campbell
1) Run the file crynwr.bat inside the directory FDOS If you've already installed the network driver in autoexec.bat, just skip that. 2)As suggested by Eric Auer configure the file WATTCP.cfg file as follows: my_ip = dhcp netmask = 255.255.255.0 gateway = 0.0.0.0 domain_list =

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

2009-03-30 Thread Ulrich Hansen
Hi Adam, If I understood correctly, you are using a Lifebook 770tx with PCMCIA-Slot. So which card did you buy? Which PCMCIA software do you use to enable the card? And what kind of network do you want to use? Surf the web and email with arachne, connect to ftp and ssh servers, set up your

Re: [Freedos-user] LFN in FreeDOS kernel? - was: aimed compatibility?

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Blair Campbell schrieb: Also according to http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.Compatibility it also seams doslfn is not the answer and needs bugchecking by a third developer. Even kernel support would have some of those issues, it seems only not very fast

[Freedos-user] Microsoft employee recommends FreeDOS, ctmouse, shsucdx

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
FreeDOS - http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/02/02/365232.aspx ctmouse, shsucdx - http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2004/10/21/246136.aspx -- ___

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and vmware problem - wattcp.cfg

2009-03-30 Thread David C. Kerber
Ftp? -Original Message- From: cleanzero [mailto:liquidt...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:25 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and vmware problem - wattcp.cfg ... Wow. It was easier than I thought and now I have a network

Re: [Freedos-user] aimed compatibility?

2009-03-30 Thread Christian Masloch
Originally it was 3.3 because that was a version which worked with most apps and still relatively simple. Later we got UMB and HMA which are very useful so we aimed for 5.0 kernel compatibility. Remember that 5.0 and 6.22 basically have the same kernel. Now we also have LBA and FAT32,

Re: [Freedos-user] LFN in FreeDOS kernel? - was: aimed compatibility?

2009-03-30 Thread Christian Masloch
It is strongly recommended that you use MS-DOS version 7.0 (the version of MS-DOS that ships with Windows 95/98), since it is the only version that will allow you to use long filenames with your NTFS drives. Using earlier versions of MS-DOS restrict you to using file names in 8.3 format.

Re: [Freedos-user] LFN in FreeDOS kernel? - was: aimed compatibility?

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Christian Masloch schrieb: LFN for FAT and for NTFS are working stable in Linux. Could a FreeDOS developer grab this free knowledge from Linux and improve DOSLFN this way? FAT and FAT32 are already supported by DOSLFN, even some CD-ROM filesystems are. NTFS is not supported by any free

Re: [Freedos-user] Microsoft employee recommends FreeDOS, ctmouse, shsucdx

2009-03-30 Thread Jim Hall
2009/3/30 Michael Reichenbach michael_reichenb...@freenet.de: FreeDOS - http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2005/02/02/365232.aspx ctmouse, shsucdx - http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2004/10/21/246136.aspx While these blog posts are a bit old (2004/2005) it is cool to

Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and vmware problem - wattcp.cfg

2009-03-30 Thread cleanzero
David C. Kerber wrote: Ftp? -Original Message- From: cleanzero [mailto:liquidt...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:25 PM To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] freedos and vmware problem - wattcp.cfg ... Wow. It was easier than I

[Freedos-user] FASM and DPMI

2009-03-30 Thread cleanzero
I was trying to using the flat assembler FASM on freedos, but it complains about missing DPMI services ? Is it possible in some way to use it ? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FASM-and-DPMI-tp22787995p22787995.html Sent from the FreeDOS - User mailing list archive at

Re: [Freedos-user] FASM and DPMI

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
cleanzero schrieb: I was trying to using the flat assembler FASM on freedos, but it complains about missing DPMI services ? Is it possible in some way to use it ? http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.DPMI example: hdpmi32 -r

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

2009-03-30 Thread usul
Uli, I bought ORiNOCO Classic Gold PC Card. http://www.orinocowireless.com/products/wifi/client/goldpccard/index.html I know wireless is a risk but I checked in the documentation it had dos and linux drivers :) and I downloaded the ISO with all of that on it. the iso has several directories

[Freedos-user] Installation problems (fixed) Networking UP

2009-03-30 Thread Braden C. Roberson-Mailloux
Greetings all; I managed to remove LILO from my MBR by using xfdisk /MBR. Afterwards, I used FreeDOS setup to install the standard BootManager. Also, I installed a 3COM adapter and corresponding packet driver. Now, I'm able to browse the net with Arachne (Arachne comes with TCP/IP

Re: [Freedos-user] aimed compatibility?

2009-03-30 Thread Tom Ehlert
Originally it was 3.3 ... Later we got UMB and HMA which are very useful so we aimed for 5.0 kernel compatibility. Remember that 5.0 and 6.22 basically have the same kernel. Just a bit compatible? yes and no. and irrelevant. the goal followed by the kernel programmers was both ' make

Re: [Freedos-user] LFN in FreeDOS kernel? - was: aimed compatibility?

2009-03-30 Thread Tom Ehlert
LFN for FAT and for NTFS are working stable in Linux. Could a FreeDOS developer grab this free knowledge from Linux and improve DOSLFN this way? very unlikely. Linux drivers are too different from DOS kernel or DOS TSR to be useful Tom

[Freedos-user] network drive

2009-03-30 Thread Christian Groessler
Hi all, after having my FreeDOS installation basically up and running, I'd like to ask what the preferred method to connect to a file server share is these days. I'm currently using MSCLIENT to connect to a samba share, but MSCLIENT is a memory hog and I'd prefer a better solution. Back in the

[Freedos-user] MSCLIENT

2009-03-30 Thread usul
Is MSCLIENT the only choice? Has anyone tried to create something open sourced for FreeDos? Like FDCLIENT? :) usul -- ___ Freedos-user mailing list

Re: [Freedos-user] network drive

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
This is an interesting topic... If you want you can setup a FTP server on DOS running as TSR in background. http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.Servers msclient is nice to mount a remote server into a DOS device letter, unfortunately it's indeed a memory hog and

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
usul schrieb: Uli, I bought ORiNOCO Classic Gold PC Card. http://www.orinocowireless.com/products/wifi/client/goldpccard/index.html I know wireless is a risk but I checked in the documentation it had dos and linux drivers :) and I downloaded the ISO with all of that on it. Well, wlan is

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
usul schrieb: But I can do that from another pc that i usually have next to me. but it would be nice to have a complete evironment. And I have forgotten to say... You are most likely much faster with browsing the web and mailing if you use a modern computer, modern multi tasking operating

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

2009-03-30 Thread Larry
If you're struggling to use Freedos to connect to the WWW, consider Damn Small Linux. It will fit on about anything that can run DOS, boots fairly quickly, and uses the capable Dillo browser. All this works on very modest hardware. You can then install Freedos into dosemu for a very nice dos

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

2009-03-30 Thread usul
I am testing a few Linux OSes to see what works best. Tried Tiny, DLS-N, Puppy so far. :) Just a matter of seeing which one likes the linux driver the best. And looks better, I don't really like the look and feel of DSL. Trying a flux based puppy tonight :) But yeah I was thinking that I would

Re: [Freedos-user] aimed compatibility?

2009-03-30 Thread Christian Masloch
the goal followed by the kernel programmers was both ' make as many programs happy as possible. if we have to decide which DOS version to follow, take the younger one. ' some (very few) internal ('undocumented') data structures changed between 3.x and 5.x; we took 5.x format Yes. I

Re: [Freedos-user] network drive

2009-03-30 Thread Christian Groessler
Hi, If you want you can setup a FTP server on DOS running as TSR in background. http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.Servers ?? This is a completely different topic. msclient is nice to mount a remote server into a DOS device letter, unfortunately it's

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
usul schrieb: But yeah I was thinking that I would cheat for some of the stuff for developing on FreeDos at first but later I would try and do everything I could inside. Cheat? Which kind of? Because you are not doing everything on pure DOS this makes your development more worse? That's s

Re: [Freedos-user] network drive

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Christian Groessler schrieb: Hi, If you want you can setup a FTP server on DOS running as TSR in background. http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.Servers ?? This is a completely different topic. No, since you asked for connecting to file server share in

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

2009-03-30 Thread usul
mr, Because you are not doing everything on pure DOS this makes your development more worse? That's s strange mind. :) I'm strange I admit that but thats not whyI think it would be cheating, you are coming from the wrong angle. If I am immersed in the environment, then its better because the

Re: [Freedos-user] network drive

2009-03-30 Thread usul
if someone were to write something that encompassed all the operation success, patent dead networking where would one start? What is the linux equivelent samba? On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Michael Reichenbach michael_reichenb...@freenet.de wrote: Christian Groessler schrieb: Hi, If

Re: [Freedos-user] network drive

2009-03-30 Thread Robert Riebisch
Christian Groessler wrote: Unfortunately I haven't come across any background network drive software not being a memory hog and using XMS/EMS/JLM instant. Maybe an idea for a project? :-) This is not a new idea, but so far nobody took that task, because it will be hard work. Robert

Re: [Freedos-user] LFN in FreeDOS kernel? - was: aimed compatibility?

2009-03-30 Thread King InuYasha
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Tom Ehlert t...@drivesnapshot.de wrote: LFN for FAT and for NTFS are working stable in Linux. Could a FreeDOS developer grab this free knowledge from Linux and improve DOSLFN this way? very unlikely. Linux drivers are too different from DOS kernel or DOS

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

2009-03-30 Thread Ulrich Hansen
usul schrieb: I want to, ftp, telnet, browse the web with arachne, SVN when I port the commandline client. etc. A ftp-server for DOS that works reliable for me is ftpsrv32.exe from the wattcp32 package available at: http://www.filegate.net/utiln/utilnet/wt32apps.zip Its not secure at

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Ok, now I got your point and must agree. :) -mr usul schrieb: mr, Because you are not doing everything on pure DOS this makes your development more worse? That's s strange mind. :) I'm strange I admit that but thats not whyI think it would be cheating, you are coming from the wrong

Re: [Freedos-user] network drive

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Well, msnetworks and samba wouldn't be bad as it's now compatible and widespread. Just msclient needs improvement. On the other hand the msnetworks protocol could be updated in the future and seeing updates for dos software is unlikely. Any other cross platform networking? Maybe simple connect

Re: [Freedos-user] network drive

2009-03-30 Thread Michael Reichenbach
Christian Groessler schrieb: Hmm, talking to a SMB server probably is quite involved (I've tried to debug some samba problems in the past and the probably in the last sentence is wrong). But how about a new, simple, protocol to transfer directory information and files between hosts? Nothing

Re: [Freedos-user] Networking

2009-03-30 Thread Ulrich Hansen
Ulrich Hansen schrieb: A ftp-server for DOS that works reliable for me is ftpsrv32.exe from I forgot to mention Datalight Sockets again, which is a FTP server that runs as TSR in DOS. See the mail at: http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0503736/php/drdoswiki/index.php?n=Main.Servers And by the

[Freedos-user] (no subject)

2009-03-30 Thread Fox Muldar
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