Uncreative Labs

Joined: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 274 Location: USA

here is an easy way, make a 500mb partion on the xp drive. boot the xp machine with dos and intersvr.exe and run interlnk.exe on the limited computer. i havn't tried to access fat16 partitions with intersvr under xp yet.

Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:27 pm

Or get wmware and make a dosinstallation on a virtual machine. (I use an XP installation on virtual machine to run keygenerators and other scary stuff)

Joined: 02 Oct 2008 Posts: 6 Location: Tucson, AZ

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Or get wmware and make a dosinstallation on a virtual machine.

I absolutely agree with bear on this one, which is why I was recommending Virtual PC on my earlier post. The main difference between Virtual PC and VMWare - price. If you already have VMWare, then by all means use it, or you can download Virtual PC for free (yes I know some versions of VMWare are free).

The basic point is this - using virtualization will save the agony of having to repartition your hard drive. It might run a bit slower than running DOS in its own acutal partition, but it's functional, and you won't have to reinstall Windows XP.

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nothing permenant or fast, just something that works...

Using virtualization running a DOS virtual machine should fit the bill without too much hassle (just my opinion).

Jon

Joined: 19 Oct 2004 Posts: 138 Location: Lynnwood,WA

My way has always been this

Install MS-DOS on the DOS machine
Install IPX/SPX and NetBEUI protocols on the Windows Machine
Disable Encrypted Password in Windows XP (security risk, I know, but I'm willing to live with it)
Install an Ethernet adapter into the vintage PC
Install Microsoft Network Client/Microsoft LAN Manager on the Vintage PC
Set up LANman/NC to connect via one of the following ways
-- NetBEUI and/or IPX/SPX - What I use for XT based machines
-- TCP/IP with Static IP - For stubborn 286's that refuse to use DHCP
-- TCP/IP with DHCP - I use this with my 286 and higher machines
I connect to the XP machine without issue, and the XP machine uses a batch file with the command line commands programmed into it to map to network drives on the DOS machine

I kind of treat the DOS machine like a physically huge jump drive (with a teensy weensy capacity). Kind of like loading games on my DS via the flash card I have.