[arachne] Re: pocket Arachne for 386 and up.....

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On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:48:39 +0100, Bastiaan Edelman wrote:

> On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:28:34 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:

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>> Pocket Arachne for 386 and up.....

>> http://www.glennmcc.org/pa195386.zip

>> Length   Method    Size  Ratio   Date   Time   CRC-32    Name
>> --------  ------  ------- -----   ----   ----   ------    ----
>> 24566  Defl:X    23726   3%  02-27-97 07:01  bb0e03d7  diskcopy.com
>> 1474979  Defl:X  1354330   8%  07-15-09 19:03  e310be8c  pa195386.img
>>  31  Stored       31   0%  07-15-09 19:01  b0bd52da  makedisk.bat
>> --------          -------  ---                            -------
>> 1499576          1378087   8%                            3 files

>> Unzip the file to a temp dir on HDD and run makedisk.bat to make
>> the bootable 3.5" 1.44mb diskette

>> Now reboot the computer with the diskette in-place.

>> The diskette boots OpenDos v7.01, creates a 7meg RamDisk
>> onto which it unzips Arachne v1.95GPL;387+ and runs setup.bat
>> in installation mode exactly as is done when installing onto HDD
>> but this one runs Arachne 100% on the 7meg RamDrive.

> First I tried the pocket Arachne from a few weeks ago and got no further
> than memorytype and videotype in the setup, that both failed...

> Error loading font file: system\fontinfo.bin

> Now I downloaded "pa195386.zip"
> The setup pages were there with the right videomode...

> But how to install the right packetdriver?
> No '//doc//lan.htm' available.
> I use Arachne with a RTL8139 LAn-card and rtspkt.com driver; rtspkt 0x60

> There is some room on the diskette and I added rtspkt.com and changed
> the autoexec.bat to run it.

> But to connect to the modem I have to use telnet, that is not in the
> packet and is too large to fit on the diskette also... how to proceed?

> Original C:\ has gone
> Original D:\ changed to C:\
> Virtual disk = D:\

> Alt-X is not functioning => "No network interface available"

> In setup: 'use new settings' failed

> Glenn how did you construct pa195386.zip so that I can add files that i
> need and abandon files I don't need. EG phone dail in that can't be used
> overhere.

Hi Bastiaan,

There's a brand-new version of PA just now uploaded.

http://www.glennmcc.org/pa195386.zip

This one includes RamDrive:\arachne\telnet.exe

It also inclides rtspkt.com on the diskette.

The diskette image file is made like so....

diskcopy.com a: pa195386.img

The BAT in the zip reverses it to make the new diskette on your end.

diskcopy.com pa195386.img a:

______________

re:

Original C:\ has gone
Original D:\ changed to C:\
Virtual disk = D:\

This suggests to me that your original C: is a FAT32 partition
which OpenDos does not 'see'

And further that your original D: is a FAT16 partition
which OpenDos 'sees' and assigns C: as its drive letter.

The Vdisk then gets the next available drive letter of D:

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