Oops, I didn't notice that this went through the list, and I replied only directly earlier today - thereby I've wasted some of Eric's precious time and effort. Thanks for a second opinion Eric :-)
Frank ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: Frantisek Rysanek <frantisek.rysa...@post.cz> To: Bryan Kilgallin <kilgal...@iinet.net.au> Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Print via USB Date sent: Wed, 12 May 2021 08:33:56 +0200 Hello Bryan, I think you can just use your current FDCONFIG.SYS, and profile #1 matches my config.sys pretty closely. Maybe in the line starting with 12?SHELLHIGH=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024 you'd better specify /E:4096 . If memory serves, this is the space available for environment variables - not sure if you risk running out with /E:1024, maybe even that is fine, those 4096 are taken from the NetBootDisk.com which uses *a lot* of environment variables in its scripts, unlike my simple batch files. The only other differences are buffers=30 stacks=0,0 =additions in my config.sys. Those look fairly harmless... Frank On 12 May 2021 at 14:20, Bryan Kilgallin wrote: To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net From: Bryan Kilgallin <kilgal...@iinet.net.au> Date sent: Wed, 12 May 2021 14:20:07 +1000 Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Print via USB Send reply to: "Discussion and general questions about FreeDOS." <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> [ Double-click this line for list subscription options ] Dear Frank: > As I've already written, I myself have investigated the dark rabbit > hole of MS-DOS networking for you: > http://frantisek.rysanek.sweb.cz/FD_NET.zip > Unzip the three directories to your DOS hard drive, take a look at > the config.sys suggested, and see if you can get your DOS box to take > a breath of your LAN. I have unzipped your package and copied MSNET, MTCPAPPS, and PKTDRV to my FreeDOS PC's C: directory. The latter contains FDCONFIG.SYS. Incidentally, in the page whose URL follows, I have difficulty reading because of the background fish logo! http://www.bootablecd.de/fdhelp-internet/en/hhstndrd/cnfigsys/fdconfig .htm My FreeDOS PC's FDCONFIG.SYS file contents follow. {SET DOSDIR=C:\FDOS !COUNTRY=001,858,C:\FDOS\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS !LASTDRIVE=Z !BUFFERS=20 !FILES=40 !MENUCOLOR=7,0 MENUDEFAULT=1,5 MENU 1 - Load FreeDOS with JEMMEX, no EMS (most UMBs), max RAM free MENU 2 - Load FreeDOS with EMM386 (Expanded Memory) and SHARE loaded MENU 3 - Load FreeDOS without drivers (Emergency Mode) MENU 4 - Load FreeDOS low with some drivers (Safe Mode) 124?DOS=HIGH 12?DOS=UMB 124?DOSDATA=UMB 1?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMMEX.EXE NOEMS X=TEST I=TEST NOVME NOINVLPG 234?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\HIMEMX.EXE 2?DEVICE=C:\FDOS\BIN\JEMM386.EXE X=TEST I=TEST I=B000-B7FF NOVME NOINVLPG 34?SHELL=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT 12?SHELLHIGH=C:\FDOS\BIN\COMMAND.COM C:\FDOS\BIN /E:1024 /P=C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT} I found `!' and `?'. {? (DR DOS 3.41 and higher, Embedded DOS[nb 2] and FreeDOS only) Displays a Yes/No query and (since DR DOS 5.0) optional message to ask the user for confirmation to execute the following CONFIG.SYS directives.[14] (FreeDOS does not support optional messages, but optional conditions in conjunction with boot menus defined with MENU and MENUDEFAULT.) (DOS 6.0 and higher supports a similar feature by adding a ? after the corresponding CONFIG.SYS directive, f.e. DEVICE? or DEVICE?= instead of ?DEVICE. This variant is also supported by DR DOS.)} {! (FreeDOS only) Unconditionally execute the following CONFIG.SYS directive.} https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONFIG.SYS Whereas in your FD_NET, CONFIG.SYS contains this. {device=DOS\JEMMEX.EXE X=TEST NOEMS files=40 break=off buffers=30 lastdrive=z stacks=0,0 dos=high,umb SHELLHIGH=C:\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 /P} But I am unfamiliar with interpreting .SYS files. And so I need to do some reading! I take it that I am to merge the contents of your CONFIG.SYS into my FreeDOS PC's FDCONFIG.SYS. But I am shy of doing so, and request hand-holding guidance! Bryan. -- members.iinet.net.au/~kilgallin/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------- End of forwarded message -------
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