Ralf - I gave up on that motherboard with the onboard PCIe Realtek network adapter and picked up a circa 1999 Intel Pentium II machine with (2) Adaptec ANA-6911 PCI network adapter boards. I'm pretty sure I found the right NDIS drivers for them. It also has a spare ISA slot, so I have that option, too. I'm hoping to install FreeDos on it later today.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 11:50 AM Ralf Quint <freedos...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/9/2020 7:35 AM, Marv wrote: > > > I assume rtl8139 is a generic virtual driver and is the only choice for a > virtual Realtek adapter. My actual network adapter identifies as a > rtl8111/8168B. but says 8111GR on the chip. I realize my virtual > installation isn't going to use my physical network board. > > Can anyone give me some direction on this? > > Well, at this point in time, unfortunately not really. > > Just one note, a RTL8139 is a real hardware based 100MBit NIC chip, while > the RTL8111 is one of those "hybrid" hardware/software chips. So a 8139 > driver certainly will NOT work on an 8111. Don't recall right now what > exactly a 8168, my guess is that if it is mentioned together with the 8111 > in that driver that you tried, it is a dumbified RTL8169, which is a > hardware based chip. > > Realtek unfortunately seemed to have "cleaned up" their download sections > and removed anything pre-Windows 7. They are also only the (fab-less) > manufacturer of the actual NIC chips, they do not make any actual NIC > boards (or any motherboards for that matter). So a chance trying to find > any Realtek driver for DOS might be better done by roaming the actual board > manufacturers sites, as they might still have access to Realtek's > "internal/OEM" software library. > > Ralf > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > <#m_-6923549759433770804_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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