Re: [Freedos-user] networking: virtio, NFS?

[Rugxulo <ru...@gm...>]

Hi,

On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:35 AM, Ivan Shmakov <one...@gm...> wrote:
>
>         I'm interested in running multiple instances of FreeDOS within
>         QEMU.  So, my questions are:
>
>         • QEMU offers a “simplified” networking hardware (AKA virtio);
>           is there a packet driver for it for FreeDOS?

Dunno, doubt it, esp. if it's not just standard stuff and needs
special code. IIRC, most people use Crynwr's NE2000 there.

(quoting old email from Erwin):

"
qemu -L . -m 64 -hda freedos.img -boot c -hdb fat:c:\fat -net
nic,model=ne2k_pci -net user
"

BTW, what host OS are you planning to use QEMU? IIRC, most development
is targeted towards Linux. But our own Bernd often tries to use it
atop Windows. The latest Win32 (unofficial) build I can find (1.1.1-1)
is here, though I haven't tested it:

http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/

>         • I've seen mentions of XFS — a (free software?) DOS NFS client;
>           where could it be obtained from?

Never heard of it, but I'm far from network savvy. A quick search
shows these sites:

https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15377
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/freedos/index.php?title=NFS
http://freedos.trez0r.eu.org/freedos/news/technote/151.html

http://www.mmnt.net/db/0/0/hope.eunet.lv/pub/msdos/nfs
http://fossies.org/windows/misc/dos/old/

> PS.  Are there any promotional materials (flyers, posters, videos, etc.)
>         for FreeDOS that we can use on our Software Freedom Day
>         celebration next month, BTW?

Online files to download (and print out) or actual physical copies?

http://www.freedos.org/images/

http://www.zazzle.com/freedos