Thank you all for your insight. I will investigate the vmsmount and the network idea. I need to import or load a program to use in the freedos platform and would like to add the folder into my dos C:\ drive but haven't figured that out yet. Then I wouldn't need to use a shared folder. I have the folder in my /home/documents/ now and just want to copy it into the virtual drive so I can run the .com and use the program.
James Kendzierski jken...@gmail.com On Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 4:17 AM <freedos-user-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Send Freedos-user mailing list submissions to > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freedos-user-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > freedos-user-ow...@lists.sourceforge.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Freedos-user digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Shared folders in VirtualBox (jkendzi) > 2. Re: Shared folders in VirtualBox (Liam Proven) > 3. Re: Shared folders in VirtualBox (Eduardo Casino) > 4. Re: Shared folders in VirtualBox (Liam Proven) > 5. Re: Shared folders in VirtualBox (Eduardo Casino) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: jkendzi <jken...@gmail.com> > To: Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 17:32:17 -0700 > Subject: [Freedos-user] Shared folders in VirtualBox > I am trying to setup a shared folder between my VirtualBox/FreeDOS and my > /home/documents folder. > > I am having difficulty with this setup, is there another way to access a > folder on the host or another attached drive to the host? > James Kendzierski > jken...@gmail.com > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> > To: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS." < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 11:34:50 +0200 > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Shared folders in VirtualBox > On Tue, 26 Apr 2022 at 02:34, jkendzi <jken...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am trying to setup a shared folder between my VirtualBox/FreeDOS and > my /home/documents folder. > > > > I am having difficulty with this setup, is there another way to access a > folder on the host or another attached drive to the host? > > I have spent a little time and effort on this, too. > > My sad conclusion is that I don't think you can, directly. VBox will > only share folders with its own guest additions in the VM. If there > are no GAs, it won't share folders. There are no GAs for DOS. > Therefore, you can't share folders with a DOS guest. > > (I would love to be shown to be wrong.) > > Therefore, all you could do is to share the folders to your LAN with > your host OS, and install an SMB client (such as the MS LAN Manager > client, or the IBM DOS network client) into FreeDOS and connect it to > the LAN using VBox' bridged networking functionality. > > Connectix' VirtualPC used to offer DOS guest additions, but it only > works on VirtualPC. VPC is freeware now, but only supports up to Win7 > (with a hack to run on Win8). > > I don't think VMware has DOS guest additions. > > -- > Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com > Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven > UK: (+44) 7939-087884 ~ Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) > 702-829-053 > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Eduardo Casino <m...@eduardocasino.es> > To: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS." < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:05:22 +0200 > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Shared folders in VirtualBox > > I don't think VMware has DOS guest additions. >> > > > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.3/pkg-html/vmsmount.html > > Regards, > Eduardo > >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> > To: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS." < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:28:15 +0200 > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Shared folders in VirtualBox > On Tue, 26 Apr 2022 at 12:25, Eduardo Casino <m...@eduardocasino.es> > wrote: > > > >> I don't think VMware has DOS guest additions. > > > > > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/repositories/1.3/pkg-html/vmsmount.html > > Very terse. Me gusta mucho. :-) > > OK, so I think I was not technically wrong, VMware does not, *but* > there is a way round it? > > Very useful info. Thank you! > > -- > Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com > Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven > UK: (+44) 7939-087884 ~ Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) > 702-829-053 > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Eduardo Casino <m...@eduardocasino.es> > To: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS." < > freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:56:37 +0200 > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Shared folders in VirtualBox > > >> Very terse. Me gusta mucho. :-) >> > > I'm sorry, I did not mean to be rude. > > >> OK, so I think I was not technically wrong, VMware does not, *but* >> there is a way round it? >> > > It is correct that VMWare does not provide guest additions for DOS, that > is why I developed vmsmount, which implements just the shared folders > interface. > > Very useful info. Thank you! >> > > You're welcome. > > Regards, > Eduardo > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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