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> HAs anyone used FreeBSD to act as a fileserver for a DOS based
> computer,,
> Does anyone know the setup required on FreeBSD and the software
> I need on DOS and also reccommend ways of connecting them together
> i.e parrallel port or serial  or network card ?

> > HAs anyone used FreeBSD to act as a fileserver for a DOS based
> > computer,,

> > Does anyone know the setup required on FreeBSD and the software
> > I need on DOS and also reccommend ways of connecting them together
> > i.e parrallel port or serial  or network card ?

> With the price of ethernet cards so cheap now, it's the only way to go.
> For this purpose, pcnfs works just fine.

> For the DOS side, you will need the appropriate packet driver for your
> particular network card, and an nfs client.  Go to the Simtel archive, the
> nfs directory.  I have used xfs186.zip.  This is shareware; perhaps there
> are other sources that are free.

> For the FreeBSD side, run the pcnfsd daemon.  Refer to the usual
> documentation for configuration.  You will export directories off your
> FreeBSD box that will be just like drive letters on your DOS machine.

> As with everything about FreeBSD, this is just damn sweet!

> --
> W. Marshall

>Yes, but you will need to use TCP/IP as your protocol.  The MSClient
>TCP/IP stack is TSR based, uses lots of RAM below 640K, and is slow.  It
>may be better to use WfWG with the MS 32-bit TCP/IP stack if possible -
>this needs a 486 in 4MB as a minimum but is easy to setup and fast.