Ulrich: If you really have an "MCB chain corrupted" error, you have a serious problem and need to figure out what's causing it. It's more than likely a device driver or TSR that isn't compatible with FreeDOS for some reason (could be INTERxxx or could be something else).
Eric/Tom: I used to use INTERxxx a lot many years ago using the special parallel cables designed for that purpose (I think I still have a couple of those cables in my "spare cable box"). Parallel is MUCH faster than serial (null modem) cables. I believe Eric is correct when he says INTERxxx is sector-based rather than file-based as Tom states. I do know that the client (INTERLNK) must be capable of "understanding" the file system of the server (INTERSVR). For example, if the client is MS-DOS 6.2 (which doesn't understand FAT32) and the server is MS-DOS 7.x (which does understand FAT32) and you're trying to access a FAT32 disk on the server, it doesn't work. I know this for sure because I've tried it. If INTERxxx was file-based, it wouldn't matter which version of FAT was on either computer (and could even work on non-FAT drives the server had mounted, like CD's and network drives). As a logical extension to the above, I don't think Eric is correct when he says it will only work with 512-byte sectors, though I've never actually tried it. I don't think it matters what the sector size is, as long as both computers can "understand" the sector size. For example, MS-DOS is compatible with large sector sizes (larger than 512 bytes) with a little finagling, but FreeDOS is not. I suspect that INTERxxx would work with any sector size (whether bigger or smaller than 512), as long as both OS's "understand" it. ____________________________________________________________ Find your perfect car Search 4.1 million listings http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/56b4c14aacfe2414a3382st01vuc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
