Message-ID: <009c01c108cb$e197f4a0$c408e289@mpaul>
From: "Matthias Paul" <Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
To: <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
References: <001e01c10811$07ce6e80$80de4c18 AT cr140962a>
Subject: Re: L_disk
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:49:06 +0200
Organization: University of Technology, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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On 2001-07-09, Fergus Hayman wrote:

> I't would be nice to be able to Xtransfer files with Laplink
> or something __won't have to keep zipping floppies for ever.
> I have a Parallel cable male to male that should work.

DR-DOS comes with FILELINK, that will do the job, but is
not very fast. If you can get hold of Sewell´s FASTLYNX (FX)
from somewhere, try this instead, it is easier to set up
and very fast.
Alternatively, you can also using the Link facility of
the Norton Commander (NC) or the DOS Navigator (DN) 
(Also I had problems to set up the later there are reports
that it works).

Regarding the 510 Mb BIOS limitation: Get OnTrack´s DiskManager
or one of the OEM products. At least as long as the other
OSes use the BIOS to access the disk (as DOS does), this is
compatible with other non-DOS OSes and also with multi-boot
utiities that install into the MBR (you must install them in
the "virtual MBR" provided by DiskManager, not the physical
MBR). OSes that bypass the BIOS to access the disk are
incompatible with DiskManager, so BSD will probably
not work.

Greetings,

 Matthias

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