The dosemu HOWTO: dosemu and Netware

6. dosemu and Netware

6.1 How do I get Netware access from dosemu?

James B. MacLean (jmaclean@fox.nstn.ns.ca) reported (11/28/94) that

Dosemu now supports pdipx (an IPX over pktdrvr) and pdether (uses Novell's MLID spec) to access Novell LAN's via the built in packet driver. The packet driver sits at interrupt 0x60, and abids by the normal packet driver rules. That said, beware of trying any DOS TCP/IP just yet. Single access can be made by:

1) cd ./net
2) cp libpacket.c.single libpacket.c
3) cp pktnew.c.single pktnew.c
4) recompile dosemu
5) run dosemu
6) load pdether as described by its docs (pdipx is another method)
7) load netx
8) enjoy netware access :-)

If you need special access to your NIC, read on. By default dosemu will not get interrupts from the kernel. That said, if you'd like to give your NIC to dosemu for it to control, maybe for access to Netware on the network through a NETX client, I do have a driver (Silly Interrupt Generator) to put in the kernel that any program, like dosemu can use to get at the interrupt for your NIC. I use it in dosemu to access a Novell Lite network in the past until the packet driver existed.

Any interested parties should E-mail me (jmaclean@fox.nstn.ns.ca) and I'll pass along some directions.

Want multiple dosemu's access to Novell?

1) compile current [pre-release] dosemu
2) follow directions in ./v-net/dosnet.README
3) carry on from 5) above.

6.2 Netware HOWTO

(4/8/95)

The Netware-HOWTO by Lauri Tischler (ltischler@fipower.pp.fi) is now a separate document. It is included with the dosemu distribution and may also be found at your favorite HOWTO sites (e.g., http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/linux.html).