DOS ain't dead

Help setting up FreeDos/Dos (Users)

posted by glennmcc  , North Jackson, Ohio (USA), 05.07.2014, 23:48

I have never run dosbox in Windows because I got rid of Windows here on my
systems quite a few years ago.

However, I _can_ say that dosbox works like a charm in Linux.

So perhaps this is what you might like to try.
http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1

> I have a very old DOS based database. dBaseIV. And it's run just fine up to
> MS deciding to stop supporting 16 apps for 64 bit operating systems.
>
> So I now need to emulate this database.
>
> I've tried lots of things. I can't run the database in Virtualbox or VMware
> under and XP guest.
>
> So I'm now interested in trying a DOS guest. That is, loading an emulated
> DOS operating system inside of a VM where I'll run the database.
>
> The database makes use of network shares, network printers, etc. And so to
> set up this guest operating system in the VM, I need to be able to get DOS
> to do these things.
>
> I've played around with some programs that appeared to give FreeDOS access
> to network shares. But while the dos operating systems appear to have the
> NET command and can ping the server... they cannot map the network share to
> a drive letter or share their own file system with the network.
>
> I always get one of a couple different errors.
>
>
> The VM people threw me at your forum. So please don't throw me back at
> those guys. I'm getting bounced around here.
>
> I'd be perfectly happy with a downloadable drive image for Virtualdub with
> Freedos and functional SMB file sharing capability.
>
> I've tried to download those in the past and while they appear to work they
> fail to actually either share or access shares on the network. Which is
> really the whole point.
>
>
> I'm trying some other programs such as vDos with some success. Let me know
> the options.
>
>
> I appreciate this is an usual request but we're trying to keep an old
> database functional in an increasingly hostile computer environment.
>
> Currently, we're only keeping it working by putting it on a 32bit terminal
> server and then having people RDP into an XP host... where they then run
> the database.
>
>
> Its not a viable long term solution. The 32bit host won't be compatible
> forever. Any help keeping the database going in the 21st century would be
> appreciated.

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Complete thread:

• Help setting up FreeDos/Dos - karmashock, 05.07.2014, 15:20
  • Help setting up FreeDos/Dos - glennmcc, 05.07.2014, 23:48
    • Help setting up FreeDos/Dos - karmashock, 07.07.2014, 04:48
      • Help setting up FreeDos/Dos - Laaca, 07.07.2014, 07:54
        • Help setting up FreeDos/Dos - RayeR, 08.07.2014, 16:54
  • Help setting up FreeDos/Dos - tom, 08.07.2014, 17:31
    • Help setting up FreeDos/Dos - Rugxulo, 08.07.2014, 19:47
      • Help setting up FreeDos/Dos - RayeR, 09.07.2014, 03:26