Subj : Accessing SHARES on DOS P
To   : Peter Knapper
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Apr 07 2005 12:43 pm

> MP> Will OS/2 easily mount a CD-image?  If I have to put all the CD
> MP> and HD drives in  the same box, I was
> MP> thinking it might get a little crowded.  ;-)

>Of course it can, the issue as I see it is simply the "cost" of having a CD
>Changer in use. The delay in changing Discs can cause all sorts of issues if 2
>people want files from different CD's at the same time. Thats why S/W like
>Maximus specifically handles this by staging the CD data on the HD so no 
impact
>occurs. If you network the resource, the client can't determine the relevance
>to CD changing and so "protect" the usage issue.

By "mount a CD-image," I mean mount the image file, which is on the HD, and
not the CD itself.  My idea was to create images of most of the CDs, so
that they could all be accessed online, without a changer.

>Its the DOS box, it has "issues" matching the full criteria required for a
>true SMB environment. Windows boxes are aware of this and can work around 
them,
>but you can stil run into a few oddities...

There is a project, called FreeDOS, where they are trying to replicate DOS
with totally free software.  Whenever anyone mentions an SMB implementation,
they will usually point to what is already available free (the MS programs),
and say that it does not need to be done again.  I have always felt that
it does not work quite right, and a replacement, with bug fixes, would
be a lot more than just "redundant."

>Most people I know who have done this have migrated DOS machines to OS/2 by
>simply running the DOS system in an OS/2 DOS box. Then they convert the BBS
>stuff to OS/2 slowly and over time.

I would not be converting much of anything.  The problem is moving it
all over there.  There is lots to be moved.  ;-)

Mike
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