From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alain Subject: Re: Direct PCI Access Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:12:29 -0200 Message-ID: <41ED518D.1050000@pobox.com> References: <41E8F688.5010802@aknet.ru> <41ED0CAD.3090904@pobox.com> <41ED451B.6030902@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <41ED451B.6030902@gmail.com> Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format="flowed" To: Dosemu Mark Mitchell escreveu: > We are dedicating a machine to just that purpose but the problem is t= he=20 > current dedicated machine runs DOS and nothing else. This limits us t= o=20 > how we can spool data and modify forms on the machine. There are Servers that run in a DOS box and can be accessed by Windows,= =20 One is from Microsoft, IIRC it=C5=9B called LANMANAGER > My idea is to run Linux on a dedicated machine with dosemu running th= e=20 > spool sofware inside Linux. This will allow me to access the DOS driv= e=20 > from Linux and Windows via the network and SMB. I can then create cus= tom=20 > jobs and forms without going over to the physical DOS box. >=20 > So is the "Packet Driver" a way to connect DOS to the PCI bus or a wa= y=20 > to connect DOS to a PCI Network card only? Packet sounds kinda=20 > networkish and may be confusing me. No, the packet driver in DOSEMU conects to LINUX, not to the harware.=20 How Linux itself is be conected to anywhere is completely transparent=20 and unknown, could be USB, satelite or whatever. Alain - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html