As I said: www.netbootdisk.com detects and installs the correct driver. Alain
Em 06-08-2010 23:53, Someone escreveu: > On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 23:10 -0300, Alain Mouette wrote: >> I completly disagree. >> >> Just today I installed FreeDOS on a brand new Asus board with SATA2 a >> gigabit ethernet chip. >> >> Simple: go to www.netbootdisk.com and create a floppy. After it boots >> and detects the NIC, copy it's driver including packet driver. Easy... >> >> The truth is that if you have an application that is worth using with >> FreeDOS, drivers exist :) >> >> And it is damn fast >> >> Alain > > Command line Linux tuned properly is also fast where Linux supports more > network cards than Freedos does. Another problem, how did you find out > that there is a driver for your particular card? For Linux users, the > kernel supports a lot of network cards straight off. > > Does Freedos support common nics such as: > > Netgear Fa311/Fa312? > > Thuderlan dual port 10/100 nics? > > AOpen nics? > > Tulip nics? > > Other nics? > > I stand by my statement that TCP/IP and DOS are probably not the best > combination. DOS does not protect the hardware from programs that > execute, because it can't. DOS cannot stop viruses/worms very easily > because it doesn't shield the hardware in the first place. This is > all the more reason to avoid connecting to global networks from a > DOS based environment. > > How about DOSbox, Virtualbox, and VMWARE nics? Can Freedos use any > virtual NICS? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by > > Make an app they can't live without > Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Make an app they can't live without Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge http://p.sf.net/sfu/RIM-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
