Hi: VMWare itself does not provide a solution for copying files into the DOS system. However, one way I did is using ftp. FreeDOS comes with an ftp server that you can start up. You need to edit the configuration file to put in the User name and password you want to set up, then, once you start the program, you can use FTP on the host to upload files into your system. What I would do is to zip up any set of files I wanted and then upload it using ftp. Then, I can go into the DOS system, stop the FTP server with ctrl+x and then unzip the files I just uploaded, since zip and unzip are already included. Here's another thought, and this has also worked for me. If you have a way to create ISO files, you can create an ISO file containing whatever software you have and have VMWare mount that file. FreeDOS has CD-Rom support built in, so upon next bootup, it should find your mounted iso, and you can have a CD-Rom full of stuff you can manipulate. There may be a samba client or other network client in there, but, my family and other obligations prevent me from committing a lot of time to this. I basically set it up and hoped someone with more time might be able to improve on it. Maybe later today, I can try building another image with provox in it, but, I can't be sure, depending on what happens around here. Hope this helps. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Felix G. Hi Joseph and list, this is an amazing community, and I would like to say thank you for all the valuable help I am getting here. Since this is a process of playful learning for me, all your responses have been most welcome, and all have been useful to different degrees and in different areas. Your openness and questions are giving me some excellent opportunities to spread the word on how blind people use computers. Eric, your Dosemu approach seems optimum to me for casual gaming scenarios. Thank you very much for this. Joseph, you are correct in assuming I have been using Talking Dosbox, and so I'll definitely look into your VM solution. Thank you very much for that one. Could you please elaborate a bit on how I might get some games I have on my hard drive into the VM? Is there a way in VMWare Player to map, for instance, drive d: to point to some directory on the host? Or can I somehow mount and edit the VM's file system while the VM is sleeping? Best, Felix Am Mo., 16. März 2020 um 04:01 Uhr schrieb <joseph.nor...@gmail.com>: > > Hi Felix: > > > > Since you’re usig DOSBox, and the description of your setup, I think you have everything you need to run FreeDOS. > > > > If you want to try it, you can get VMWare Player for free and install it. > > > > I put together a version of FreeDOS 1.3 RC2 a couple months ago. Here is the instruction files I posted back then. > > > > If you’re using the Talking DOSBox package, I believe it is configured for com9 as one of the ports. If that’s the case, just substitute com9 for the reference to com3. Anyway, here is the instructions file I put together along with links that should get you on the way. You probably don’t need to download com0com or the virtual Braille ‘n speak program, but, it just depends on what you want. > > > > Reply to me off-list at: > > > > joseph.nor...@gmail.com > > > > if you have any questions: > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user |
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