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Making a DOS 6.22 Network Boot Floppy from a Hard Drive

I have a computer (an oooold ALR, 486DX-66) that has a hard drive that boots to DOS 6.22. This ALR computer boots to DOS, loads network drivers (it has an old Dlink DE-220 network card). It then maps ...
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How to avoid future locks in MS-DOS

I'm running a legacy application in MS-DOS 6.22, which writes and reads some files in a folder. This folder is shared in my LAN and I'm trying to read these files, but I can't because these files are ...
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How to go to another network or host in Windows Command Line

Example, I have network 3 host namely RJMB , SOBRANG , GWAPO currently I am in the host RJ.. What is the specific command to go to another host?
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Connect from MS-DOS to shared folder

I have problem with connecting to shared folder from MS-DOS. I can easily connect to it from Windows 7. The system I am working on was migrated. Before both computers were in domain and communication ...
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Network printing in FreeDOS (VirtualBox) to a Shared Windows Printer?

I have a scenario with a printer on a Windows 8 machine that needs to be shared to a FreeDOS instance that is running on same said machine via VirtualBox. Initially I'd hoped that there was a printer ...
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External IP of Internal Server

I've seen this question, but it doesn't address my current issue (it's about getting the external IP address of the current machine): Windows command that returns external IP I'm on a network that ...
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LAN connection - DOS to Windows 7

Hello community, This is my problem: I'm trying to connect a DOS-machine to a Windows 7 computer, using a LAN-crossover-cable - and it won't work. I want to access a shared directory on the Windows-PC ...
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Connect DOS and Windows 7 Computer with a crossover cable

Ok, here is the scenario.... I have a DOS machine and a Windows 7 computer that I want to be able to share files together. The Windows 7 computer will need to also be able to access the internet so ...
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DOS network-adapter driver compatible with VirtualBox

I'm migrating some DOS machines to VirtualBox. I use the common NetWare-style IPX stack. The problem is that VirtualBox doesn't emulate any of the network-adapters that I have drivers for. So, where ...
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How do I access a network location from my MS-DOS 6 Virtual Machine?

Maybe it's a question that's more appropriated on ServerFault. But here is my problem: I have a Virtual Machine runing MS-DOS 6.22 and I would like to access some file on the Network. I keep being ...
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