Topic: DOS machine and E-Smith

[M Syncro]

Is there any way of connecting a DOS machine to the E-Smith server?
I have software that only runs in DOS mode (not in a DOS box within Windows 98).

[Dave Fisher]

Would the Microsoft Lanmanager client for DOS not work with this ?

If you have a WinNT 4 CD it should have a clients directory... in there will be a DOS network client which will do IPX, TCP/IP and even RAS...

If you haven't got an NT cd , not to sure if the license permits someone to send it to you...

[M Syncro]

Does LanManager allow mapping of shared directories with a drive letter (eg. V:)?

If that is the case, then great !!!

[Colin Mattoon]

E-smith uses Samba. I've been advised elsewhere that this will work with Samba; in fact, this is a project I will be working on over the next "few" days myself.

I was also advised to download dos network clients at this location:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/clients/msclient/

which I have done, but have not had the opportunity to test yet.


I have several proprietary dos applications that refuse to run in a dos window and that need a server so that four DOS 6.22 workstations can keep the shared data files in sync and share a single printer.

If this sounds similar to your problem, you might try the ftp site.

To keep costs down further, since my intent in this application is to operate the machine solely as a file and print server in our service department, I'll use an older 486 machine as the "departmental e-smith."  If this is also similar to your situation, you may want to search the forum for tips on installing e-smith on a machine with an ISA motherboard.

[Charlie Brady]

M Syncro wrote:

> Is there any way of connecting a DOS machine to the E-Smith
> server? I have software that only runs in DOS mode (not in a
> DOS box within Windows 98).

Yes, the microsoft networking client will enable you to access files on the server (select the TCP/IP
protocol). Just beware that the Microsoft TCP/IP stack uses up a lot of below 640KB RAM, so some DOS proggrams may not be able to run. OS/2 might be your next best bet if that is the case, although that can be a bit of a trial to set up.

Best wishes

Charlie

[M Syncro]

Thanks for the information.  It works.  LAN Manager was quite easy to setup.
There is one snag.  I cannot get the drive letters to automatically map when I boot the DOS machine.
Manually works.
This is a pain if it is not possible to map automatically.  Does anyone know how to automatically
do it at boot ???

Thanks.




M Syncro wrote:

> Is there any way of connecting a DOS machine to the E-Smith
> server? I have software that only runs in DOS mode (not in a
> DOS box within Windows 98).
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>
>
>

[Charlie Brady]

M Syncro wrote:

> Thanks for the information.  It works.  LAN Manager was quite
> easy to setup. There is one snag.  I cannot get the drive
> letters to automatically map when I boot the DOS machine.
> Manually works. This is a pain if it is not possible to map
> automatically.  Does anyone know how to automatically do it at
> boot ???

You will find a bunch of "net' commands in autoexec.bat which start up the networking. Just add something to the bootom of that:

net use f: \servershare1
net use g: \servershare2
net use LPT0: \serverprinter

Charlie

[M Syncro]

Charlie Brady wrote:

> M Syncro wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the information.  It works.  LAN Manager was
> quite > easy to setup. There is one snag.  I cannot get the
> drive > letters to automatically map when I boot the DOS
> machine. > Manually works. This is a pain if it is not
> possible to map > automatically.  Does anyone know how to
> automatically do it at > boot ???
>
> You will find a bunch of "net' commands in autoexec.bat
> which start up the networking. Just add something to the bootom
> of that:
>
> net use f: servershare1 net use g: servershare2 net use LPT0:
> serverprinter
>
> Charlie

Thanks Charlie.

That worked out great.  

I noticed that the ibays have 3 directories (files, html, & cgi-bin) and I cannot
create any directories at the same directory tree level as those three directories
but I can create subdirectories in 'files'.  How do I go about mapping the directories
in the directory 'files' and not go thru 'files' first ?

I noticed that there was a posting back on April 14/00 that described how to get
this to happen.  How do I get access to that file  /etc/smb.conf ?

M. Syncro