On Sun, January 18, 2009 19:28, Eric Auer wrote: >> As far as web browsing and dos, isn't dos susceptible to almost >> every single virus on the planet? Another thing, some people >> want to run dos thinking that it can't browse the Internet. > > DOS is too old to support modern viruses, so unless you download > infected copies of old DOS software, risks are quite acceptable. > And of course you can use antivirus software for DOS...
Disk space is almost ubiquitous. Lets say your 486 has a 500 MiB hard disk, which was quite big at the time. I can now fit that 16 times on my 8 GiB usb stick. Just make regular backups, and keep a clean image. Make one before you go in the interwebz. Got a virus? Just wipe the disk and put the image back. It only takes a couple of minutes. I think that, except for the embedded developers, most FreeDOS users use it on a hobby machine. It's not a bad idea to isolate it from your main network. Put it on a separate subnet, in a DMZ. Sandbox it. Or virtualize. Qemu works great on Linux. >> I want to go the Netware route because Netware without >> special IPX to IP gateway software isn't Internet compatible > > You want to avoid internet compatibility?? ² I just want to know, is FreeDOS IPv6 compatible? ;-) >> I'd like to see the MARS netware emulator brought >> over to freedos and revived. > > Why not, say, Samba? There already is smbclient for DOS. Didn't know that! Kewl! >> of Freedos being to revive old computers that aren't >> powerful enough to run Windows or Linux and I see it's >> purpose as being to provide a simple OS for the embedded >> computing market. Yes Freedos can be run in an emulator, >> but that isn't my favorite application of it. > > It is indeed useful for embedded computing and when you > want a small OS which is not in the way while you want > to access your hardware directly. I also like running it > in dosemu or full emulators, for old games and testing. > As I only use one (modern, fast, energy-efficient) PC > normally, I do not typically revive ancient PCs ;-). I have an ancient laptop, small and light enough to carry around, and with reasonable battery life. I'll make it my netbook avant-la-lettre. I just have to get the network card working. >> Something that would be nice would be a modified dhcp >> client for freedos that through some reasonable trick >> can accept a different configuration for a particular >> machine than it would normally get. I'm thinking, an >> isolated network for freedos with an update repository >> on that network would be nice. The alternative... > > I see no reason to isolate DOS. Only servers are at risk > regarding "bad internet trying to infect your PC" and in > DOS, you do not have any server running in the background. > That said, I wonder how safe Sioux / EzNos DOS servers are. > (And you can also tweak dhcp SERVERS, instead of clients) Isolation of DOS isn't a client issue, it's a server/network issue. You don't need a modified DHCP client. You only need a well organized network with subnets/VLANs, and a good DHCP server. >> One request for freedos is a nice Gem based backup program >> that can back the system up in part or in entirety to >> anything from a network share to a local DVD burner or >> hard disk. I'm thinking a modern and free program >> with a MyBackup like environment. > > While it is not GEM, what do you think about: > cdd c:\ and then... > > - xcopy /e /s c:\ x:\ (where X: is your USB stick or similar) > - zip -r x:\everyth.zip c:\ (same idea as above but compressed) > - use doscdroast GUI or mkisofs/cdrecord (iso9660 CD or DVD) Indeed. But for my personal use, I prefer 7zip. It has superior compression rates. -- Amedee who will be following this list with more attention, and who will ask questions, and maybe answer some too! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
