Hi, Roberto Perotti pointed me to a solution for:
I have been trying - and trying and trying - to read a large multi-page
Postscript file [[the REXX manual]] using FreeDOS. The pages were too
small to read when sent directly to screen. So I sent pages to the
pcxmono driver [[-NOPAUSE
Hi,
I am familiar with DOS and have used FreDOS, though it was some time ago.
What is the present outlook for an endeavor to use FreeDOS to run older
machines with K6-2 processors [typically 400-500mHz], using a RAID card and
making some large storage, to archive data on over a network? I
I'm no authority on it, but my experience with using FreeDOS as a file server
was not encouraging. I used the MS networking services that came with WFW
3.11, and it was functional but unacceptably slow. At the time (a few months
ago), nobody had a suggestion of a faster set of server
Hi!
... endeavor to use FreeDOS to run older machines with K6-2
No problem.
processors [typically 400-500mHz], using a RAID card
and making some large storage
Only hardware RAID supported (RAID card) but not software
RAID. Also only FAT supported, no journaling or otherwise
feature-rich,
Hi Eric,
Thanks for responding... If you wish you can respond to some
questions I've inserted into the message.
Eric Auer-3 wrote:
Hi!
... endeavor to use FreeDOS to run older machines with K6-2
No problem.
processors [typically 400-500mHz], using a RAID card
and making some
Hi David,
Thanks for responding. An answer and questions are mixed in with your
response,
if you wish to address them.
David C. Kerber wrote:
I'm no authority on it, but my experience with using FreeDOS as a file
server was not encouraging. I
used the MS networking services that came
What is the outlook for freedos 1.1? I'd like to see improved stability
overall, better networking options, and integration of the package
manager into a gui. Gem is great because it is light and that's what
freedos should be, light on resource use. I think there should be
some discussion on
