To: rmeber AT maila DOT wm DOT edu
Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: OpenDOS on an 8088 XT?
Message-ID: <19970811.004441.10391.0.editor@juno.com>
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From: editor AT juno DOT com (Bruce Morgen)
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 00:46:00 EDT
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On Sun, 10 Aug 1997 23:04:09 -0400 Rik! <rmeber AT maila DOT wm DOT edu> writes:
>i just pulled my old XT out of the closet to use as a terminal for my 
>Linux
>box and as a part of my network, still have to find an 8-bit ethernet 
>card
>(that is, if such a thing exists). i copied the 'directory install' of
>OpenDOS w/ networking onto my XT and tried to run the install program, 
>but
>i get an error saying: 'requires Microsoft Windows.' this doesn't seem
>right, considering i installed it onto a partition of my linux box 
>fine,
>without running windows. anybody ever encounter this? hell, anybody 
>ever
>try to install OpenDOS on an XT before? any suggestions (about 
>installing
>OpenDOS on an XT *or* finding an 8-bit ethernet card) would be 
>helpful.
>
Sounds like there's some 
other installer with the 
same command name on the 
path, I installed OpenDOS on 
a V40-based XT architecture 
system with Hercules graphics 
and, although the install was 
not seamless, there were no 
such error messages, which are 
typical of Windows apps when 
an attempt is made to run 
them from a DOS prompt.  Try 
logging into the install 
directory and prefacing the 
command with a "C:".

Believe it or not, I *do* 
have an 8-bit ArcNET card -- 
not what you need, but it 
bodes well for eventually 
turning an Ethernet card up.  
:-)