Arachne connection problems were apparently related to fragmentation of drive C. I was trying to resolve the issue of FreeDos Defrag v1.21 returning error when set to "full optimization". Here is the quote from another thread describing the fix to both Defrag and Arachne issue.
Lester ----------------------------- > After \FDOS\ folder was moved from drive C to drive D, FreeDos Defrag's full > optimization started to work ok on drive C. Now there are only four files > (and no folders) left on drive C: > - kernel.sys > - command.com > - fdconfig.sys > - fdauto.bat > Drastic solution but very effective. I made drive D (with all binaries, > Arachne, etc.) visible from WinXP and defragged it from there. http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8236/10152006043119hr0.png ----------------------------- >>> original message >>> >> Yesterday Arachne was working fine. After that the only thing I did was >> defragging >> (Defrag v1.21) drive C and shutting off the computer. Arachne is on drive D >> which is >> visible in WinXP ad was defragged from there. After starting FreeDos a few >> hours later >> I'm back to square one: tcp/ip looks ok but web pages won't load. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
