Don't forget you can use "ndis" (LAN manager) and "odi" (Novell netware) drivers as packet drivers in DOS. With some additional tools.
> Am 22.08.2014 um 07:53 schrieb Louis Santillan <lpsan...@gmail.com>: > > There's 100 PCI drivers here > (http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/dos/pktdrv.zip). > >> On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 9:23 PM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> N.B. The OP's subject line is too vague. You'd probably get more help >> with a more specific description of the problem. Some people don't >> have time to pore over all the various threads. >> >> Anyways, please keep reading below, I'll (weakly) respond inline. >> >>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 3:50 AM, Mateusz Viste <mate...@viste.fr> wrote: >>> >>> The PCNTPK driver is meant to be used only on computers with the AMD >>> PC-NET network card (which is also emulated by VirtualBox). >>> >>> You most probably have a different network card - what you need is to >>> know exactly what network card you have (vendor/model), and then look >>> for a matching "packet driver". A packet driver is what makes it >>> possible for TCP stacks under DOS to use networking. >>> >>> Mateusz >> >> Georg Potthast has some packet drivers mirrored on his website: >> >> http://www.georgpotthast.de/sioux/packet.htm >> >> He also has NICSCAN, which "maybe" will help ease your search: >> >> http://www.georgpotthast.de/sioux/pktdrv/nicscan.zip >> >> But don't get your hopes up too high, a lot of (wired) network cards >> these days probably aren't well-supported on DOS, if at all. Blame >> your manufacturer directly (write them an email, offer to pay them, >> etc). >> >> Keep reading below. >> >>>> On 08/18/2014 10:44 AM, Thsise Faek wrote: >>>> >>>> I just installed freedos on a computer (not VirtualBox, real install) >>>> and ive been trying to set up the network. >> >> What kind of computer? What network card? What does Linux detect it >> has? "dmesg | grep eth0"? >> >>>> Just like in the instructions, I went into the autoexec.bat, and removed >>>> the REM from REM LH PCNTPK INT=0x60. It gave me this error during >>>> startup (PCNTPK-DOS-015: Device not found.) >>>> >>>> Removing the LH and leaving only PCNTPK INT=0x60 gave me the same error >>>> during startup. Because of this I cant use any network functions. >>>> How do I fix this? >> >> Well, the obvious answer (that you seem to avoid, why?) is to use an >> emulator / hypervisor like VirtualBox. It works there, at least. I >> know that's not necessarily ideal, but it's better than nothing. >> >> Some of the more obvious packet drivers are in the set from Crynwr: >> >> http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.1/repos/net/crynwr.zip >> >> However, once again, you have to know exactly what you want and how to >> set it up. I don't remember the details on searching for specific PCI >> IDs, so you'll have to hope that someone like Eric Auer or Bernd Blauw >> chime in here. Presumably you use something like PCISLEEP or BERNDPCI: >> >> 1). http://ericauer.cosmodata.virtuaserver.com.br/soft/pcisleep-2005mar12.zip >> 2). http://ericauer.cosmodata.virtuaserver.com.br/soft/specials/berndpci.zip >> >> Wasn't there some database of all the various PCI devices? Was it some >> website? Anyone remember? (Probably Eric does.) Hmmm, maybe this is >> it: >> >> http://pciids.sourceforge.net/ >> >> Hope some of this helps! Please report back to us with your results >> (successes, failures). >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Slashdot TV. >> Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. >> http://tv.slashdot.org/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Slashdot TV. > Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. > http://tv.slashdot.org/ > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
