Pardon the intrusion from my unexperienced self, just a few questions
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Ulrich Hansen wrote:
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> I have read that MS Client with MS DOS works OK for you. But if you want to
> stick with Free Software, why not use a real Samba server together with the
> FreeDO
Am 15.06.2012 um 23:26 schrieb Marcos Favero Florence de Barros:
> It did work, but it turned out to be very fragile.
> As soon as the two people use the database more intensively, the
> system crashes -- in most cases, both server and client. If on
> the other hand they do things slowly, it work
Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> [..] test your setup against an MS-DOS environment instead of
> FreeDOS? That could determine (or rule out) some issues.
Tom Ehlert wrote:
> try using MSDOS or linux (or even Windows) for the
> 'server' machine, and see if the problema go away
I did the test with MS-DOS in
Hi Tom,
This might be irrelevant to the case at hand.
> if the answer to 2) is 'FreeDOS' then either SHARE.EXE is not running
> or SHARE.EXE is buggy. the latter is quite likely as it was never
> really tested against network access.
If you know; does FreeDOS's file locking (ie "SHARE") propagat
>> if the answer to 2) is 'FreeDOS' then either SHARE.EXE is not running
>> or SHARE.EXE is buggy. the latter is quite likely as it was never
>> really tested against network access.
>
> I think SHARE.COM must be running because the two-computer test
> network works perfectly -- as long as the two
>> but likely that's already being taken care of by caching
>> software.
> ???
UIDE and LBACACHE will only work with INT 13h (local) drives, not network
drives. Caching shouldn't be an issue, at least for the clients -- could be a
problem on the server, though.
According to RBIL, DR/Novell/Cal
Tom Ehlert:
> could you be more specific about
> 1) where is the database located (not geografically, but what machine)
> 2) what's the 'servers' operating system ?
The database is in a Pentium machine running FreeDOS and
MS-Client with a Realtek RTL8139 network adapter card. I'm at
home now, so
Hi,
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Tom Ehlert wrote:
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> Japheth's SHARE is probably the one and only SHARE for FreeDOS. no use
> to search the internet
If I remember correctly (but haven't tested), Japheth made some minor
adjustments for FreeDOS (only) to SHARE to work better with a few
weir
> I'm running FreeDOS, but yes, Linux is a possibility. This
> database project started modestly in 2006, but now the Health
> Center is relying more and more on it, so I want it to be very
> safe.
in that case don't gamble with untested share.exe
> Still I would definitely prefer to stay with Fre
Hi,
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> Op 16-6-2012 15:25, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros schreef:
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>> I downloaded SHARE from Japheth's site, and it turned out to be
>> the same file I had. Where could I find other versions? I Couldn't
>> find it by searching the internet
> I remember databases benefitting from a high amount of file handles,
not 'benefit'. for some problems, many handles are needed, otherwise
the database will not work at all.
there is NEVER spurious problems caused by too many handles.
> but likely that's already being taken care of by caching so
Hi Marcos ,
>> So where exactly is the file server that's storing the data
>> file(s) in this scenario? Is it on the doctor's PC, assistant's
>> PC, or some other location?
> In another location.
could you be more specific about
1) where is the database located (not geografically, but what ma
Op 16-6-2012 15:25, Marcos Favero Florence de Barros schreef:
> Michael B. Brutman wrote:
>
>> I don't think you have a networking problem; I think it is a
>> hardware problem, or very bad device driver settings.
I remember databases benefitting from a high amount of file handles, but
likely that
Michael B. Brutman wrote:
> I don't think you have a networking problem; I think it is a
> hardware problem, or very bad device driver settings.
Could you give any hints on the "device driver settings" part?
> "General failure reading drive C" is a bad sign. I would make a
> new backup of that s
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