On Fri, 25 May 2001 08:33:20 +1200 (NZST), Arnim Littek wrote:
>From my angle, it would be faster to create a minimalist Linux kernel
>which has a nice, reliable TCP/IP stack, and then put netcat on the
>machine. You can do just about anything you want with netcat over the
>wire, IMHO.
That's another option, too. It really depends on what OS you're more
familiar with. Basically, everyone is saying the same thing: don't
even think about writing your own OS/NE2000 drivers/Protocol Stack
(yes, you'll need one no matter what). Leverage the work done by
others. Crynwar drivers are OpenSource; FreeDOS is OpenSource; They
fit on a floppy; They're small and light and ready to be molded.
Linux is OpenSource; It fits on a floppy; It's larger, heavier, but
has a lot of advantages over DOS. Either way, you're lightyears ahead
of what you were thinking.
I missed what started this thread. What is your reason for needing all
of this? More importantly, what do you need to do that you can't do
over a UDP connection? If you cannot come up with a good answer to
this, why in the world would you do *anything* other than write a
normal Linux *program* that opens up such a UDP connection? Including
DOS packet drivers?
Tim Massey
Tim Massey
