Hi Mutant Mut, nice to hear that Novell Netware 6.1 and MarsNwe 0.99 (in Netware 3.11 mode) 16bit IPX nwclient 4.13 file access does work with FreeDOS 1.0, kernel 2036cvs of 8/2006 and FreeCOM shell 0.84pre2... Well, ALMOST.
LSL ODI 2.20 / odi9008, ne2000 or o2000 NIC driver (ODI, I assume?) and IPXODI as basis for VLM 1.21 and the Netware login tool looks intuitive, but maybe you can tune things with http://lazybrowndog.net/freedos/ For example: does it make a difference whether and which memory drivers you use? Maybe HIMEM (or HIMEMX from japheth.de) without any EMM386 is a good choice: Enough DOS RAM, XMS and HMA free, but no EMS / UMB compatibility issues... If thinks work better WITH EMM386 (or JEMM386, also from Japheth), this would also be interesting to know :-). > MS-DOS clients can do all manipulations on each server > - write, read, execute (of course where policy allows it). > FreeDOS clients can read and write only, but they can > not run most of applications [for example FoxPro...] > when freedos tries to run application on the server, > nothing happens or Phar Lap Err 45 (Can't open EXP file). Interesting. Did you try if it helps to load the SHARE TSR? Maybe you have a network file locking / sharing issue here. You could also try if using another shell instead of FreeCOM command.com helps. For example you can try 4DOS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4DOS A next step would be to let you run some debugging tools to see why exactly running exe files from the server does not work in FreeDOS... You say that you can not run MOST applications - does that mean that some do work fine? Can you find out what the difference between those which work and those which do not is? For example do only EXE or only COM files work? Or only such with a certain DOS extender? Or does it for example depend on the file sizes? Can you copy apps to local disks or does even that fail sometimes? Does it make a difference whether you use LH (LOADHIGH, it might help even if no UMB free) LOADFIX to run your apps? > p.s originally posted in faq The FAQ does not send mail to anybody, so it is a question of luck whether any DOS networking experienced user sees the item and answers it... Good that you asked on the list as well :-). Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
