Thanks for everyone, who responded to my inquiry about Laplink and linux.
I will try some of the options suggested and let you know, what happened. This might be a good solution for some others as well, who have got a small dos-box and debian box, how to share files. The message copied below is a good example of the same themes some others suggested, too. On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, John Pearson wrote: > On Mon, May 31, 1999 at 09:45:49PM +0300, virtanen wrote > > > > I've got a Debian-box, a small laptop with DOS, and a Laplink cable. > > > > What is an easy method to connet the Debian-box and DOS-box with the > > Laplink-cable so that I could easily at least copy files from the othe > > machine to the other? > > > > (The Debian box hasn't got any DOS-partition, so that I need some kind of > > Debian program there, but which kind of program?) > > > > Running Laplink on your Debian box under dosemu is the most obvious way to > go (although, I haven't tried it); I've tried it once. For some reason, which I cannot remember now, it did not work. But I'll try it again to see, what is the problem. I've managed to get some other DOS-programs working under dosemu, however. But what is the method to put some dos-programs on my linux hard-disk, which hasn't get any dos-partitions? (I've used small dos-programs on a floppy.) > you may also be able to create a PPP or > SL/IP link using a null modem cable, although you would have to find a DOS > ppp or SL/IP program (there may be something suitable amongst the Crynwyr > (?sp) packet drivers). I'm not sure if the LapLink cable is a 'proper' null > modem cable, but it may be... > I'll try this method as well, if I cannot get laplink program working under dosemu. hv