Excellect work!
On Sun, Jun 2, 2024, at 5:35 PM, Brandon Taylor via Freedos-user wrote: > I've been agonizing over the question of why I can't connect an 86Box virtual > machine powered by FreeDOS to the Internet. But now, it seems, I have found a > fix, or at least a preliminary one. > > Using a fine-toothed comb (as it were), I went over the FDAUTO.BAT file and > found that it referenced another batch file that handled all of the > networking stuff, namely, C:\FREEDOS\BIN\FDNET.BAT. So, going over THAT, I > arrived at what I figured was a critical line in the second batch file, which > was `vinfo /m`. Typing this into the command line didn't seem to do anything, > but when I typed `vinfo /m | echo %errorlevel%`, lo and behold, FreeDOS > returned the number 5. So, going back into FDNET.BAT, I eventually arrived at > this piece of code: > ``` > :hw086 > :hw186 > :hw286 > :hw386 > :hw486 > :hw586 > :hw686 > :NoHardware > vecho /t %_FDNET.LANG% ERROR.HARDWARE > goto End > ``` > and that's why it told me that `Physical hardware networking is not supported > at this time.` > > Well... > > Not willing to admit defeat, I continued going through FDNET.BAT to find out > what it was about VirtualBox and VMware that made the network go... > > ...and both of them branched to `:vmGeneric`. > > From THERE, I discovered that FreeDOS supports three network card families: > AMD PCnet, Realtek RTL8139, and NE2000-compatibles – the same ones used by > VirtualBox, VMware, and (though I haven't used FreeDOS on this) QEMU! > > So, going back to the physical hardware section of the batch file, I simply > added a branching line after `:hw686`, so that the code block now reads: > ``` > :hw086 > :hw186 > :hw286 > :hw386 > :hw486 > :hw586 > :hw686 > goto vmGeneric > > :NoHardware > vecho /t %_FDNET.LANG% ERROR.HARDWARE > goto End > ``` > and opened the 86Box configuration to install an AMD PCnet-FAST III into an > emulated PCI slot, which triggered a hard reset. > > And wouldn't you know? The network worked! > > I was able to `ping www.google.com` and get a pong sent back to me. I'm kinda > having a little bit of difficulty with `fdnpkg` though, so maybe there are > still some kinks to work out. But for right now, I can declare at least a > preliminary victory! > > Brandon Taylor > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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