>>>>> Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> writes: >>>>> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:35 AM, Ivan Shmakov wrote:
[…] > 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'm not that interested in W32, but here's the plan: • the FreeDOS 1.0 “Live” image is, in fact, two images: one that gets booted by MEMDISK and contains the necessary software to access CD, and the CD image itself; • replacing the CD driver with an XFS one, I'd be able to use an NFS server instead of a CD image; • the NFS shared (read-only) directory may be hosted on either a private or public NFS server; • assuming that there's such a public NFS server, and also an HTTP one to host a few KiB's iPXE script, the whole matter of booting FreeDOS boils down to, say: $ qemu \ -kernel ne2k_pci.lkrn \ -net nic,model=ne2k_pci \ -net user,bootfile=http://192.0.2.34/diskless/ipxe/world-default In the example above, ns8390.lkrn is a version of iPXE for NE2000 PCI, compiled as a zImage (should there be virtio driver for FreeDOS, that'd be virtio-net.lkrn and model=virtio, respectively), and it's the /only/ file (beyond QEMU itself, and perhaps a script containing the command line above) that has to be loaded to access FreeDOS (and not only FreeDOS, check, e. g., [1]) this way! Hopefully, this would work on all systems able to run QEMU. [1] news:868vdc1kyb.fsf...@gray.siamics.net http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.cpm/msg/ff454d8479391542 >> • 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: […] > http://www.mmnt.net/db/0/0/hope.eunet.lv/pub/msdos/nfs > http://fossies.org/windows/misc/dos/old/ ACK, thanks! I've also found the following one: http://files.chatnfiles.com/Power-Dos-96/network/tcpip/general/ I'm yet to check whether it works or not. […] -- FSF associate member #7257 http://sf-day.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
