Hi Gerry, Thanks for the analysis of the problem.
By Preboot I was meaning an application that can work in DOS mode but access all devices for remote system debugging and testing. FreeDOS is fine but if it cannot access most of the latest LAN cards, it will be a problem. As the network cards will belong to customers it can't be chosen by my application., I need to be sure that FreeDOS can take care of most LAN cards. ----- Original Message ---- From: Gerry Hickman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2006 2:57:01 AM Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Lan Card drivers Hi, If you buy hardware in a managed way (e.g. HP, IBM, Dell) I don't think you'll have any problems getting FreeDOS to pull o/s builds from servers. I use this to do Windows 2000 builds on a big network; it's very reliable and fast. However, I'm not sure there a future in this for a few reasons: 1. Windows Vista has a new deployment system, it's a seriously bloated o/s and pulling an image over DOS with LanMan and messing around with FAT conversions and cluster sizes might not be viable. I don't know for sure but it would not surprise me if Microsoft try to scupper this kind of build strategy. 2. If you run Windows 2003 servers you could find it impossible to connect to your server share from FreeDOS network clients for two reasons: a) Kerberos Authentication b) SMB Signing In theory tools such as WinPE get round these kinds of problems in that you can write straight to NTFS with the correct cluster size and you can connect using Kerberos and SMB signing (at least in theory). When you say "bootable application" it's hard to know what you mean; if you mean a real-mode 16bit DOS app then FreeDOS should be perfect. If you mean a 32/64bit Windows app then that's another story. basudeb gupta wrote: > Hello All, > > I have to decide between FreeDos. WinPE as the platform for a bootable > application. Are the latest > lan card drivers available on FreeDOS? Is there a list of supported lan cards > somewhere? > > Thanks > Basudeb > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > -- Gerry Hickman (London UK) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
