Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 09:36:48 -0500 From: Rob McGee To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: help with a RAM drive, ftp, and telnet Message-ID: <20020803143648.GD1548@hal> References: <200208031157 DOT XAA09336 AT cantua DOT canterbury DOT ac DOT nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200208031157.XAA09336@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: opendos AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 11:57:22PM +1200, Michael Snowden wrote: > 1) In attempt to expand the size of my RAM drive using DOS 6.2, I > recently purchased considerably more memory for my Compaq Armada I don't know much about MS-DOS syntax, but they did provide a very useful "help.com" utility which documents almost everything. (It requires a help.hlp file as well as qbasic.exe. Win9x included these in an "other/oldmsdos" directory on the CD. If no such CD is handy I'll wager you can download these files from microsoft.com.) Personally, if this machine is at least a 386 I would recommend that you consider GNU/Linux rather than MS-DOS. Networking functionality is built-in to the Linux OS; you won't have to chase all over the Internet to get what you need. Distributions include all the tools you'll need. IMO DOS is still useful for pre-386 CPU's and for less than 4MB RAM. You have more than enough RAM, obviously. I don't know how much you paid for that RAM, but if it's proprietary, you probably paid too much. You can get used Pentium-class notebooks, excellent for GNU/Linux, from auctions like eBay for around US$100. (It might be difficult and/or expensive to have something shipped to Sri Lanka, of course.) > 2) I continue to search for some way to use telnet and ftp with DOS. > I have tried minuet, pegasus, bobcat, and arachne softwares and > cannot make any of them work. Is there a way? This page says you need to buy a commercial TCP/IP stack: http://www.anzio.com/support/troubleshooting/dostcp.htm This one says otherwise. The following link is the free TCP/IP stack: http://www.smashco.com/wattcp.asp http://www.wattcp.com/ A couple of good overviews of what there is and how to put it together: http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/ http://www.dendarii.demon.co.uk/FAQs/dos-apps.html You'll need a low-level network interface first. Packet drivers for most NIC's can be found here: http://www.crynwr.com/ If you're using a dialup connection, you need a PPPD. You'll find some mentioned in the above overviews. I saw at least 2 pppd's archived here: ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/pktdrvr/ Florian and others who post here maintain their own DOS Web pages which probably tell you exactly what to do. You're not alone; there are others who are using DOS for Internet access. I can't recall his URL, but perhaps he will tell us (or you can search the list archives.) HTH, good luck. Rob - /dev/rob0