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Windows Forum / Virtual PC / May 2008Files sharing between DOS and XP
Dear guys, My host is Windows XP Pro SP2 and my guest is dos6.2 + win3.1 How do I share files between the host and the vm? Thanks Jack Did you try definig a shred folder in the Settings option of VPC? Saga  Signature> Dear guys, > My host is Windows XP Pro SP2 > and my guest is dos6.2 + win3.1 > How do I share files between the host and the vm? > Thanks > Jack Oops, that was "shared". Saga Signature> Dear guys, > My host is Windows XP Pro SP2 > and my guest is dos6.2 + win3.1 > How do I share files between the host and the vm? > Thanks > Jack > Oops, that was "shared". And "defining", we suppose... ;-) SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net Yes, thank you :-S Saga Signature>> Oops, that was "shared". > > And "defining", we suppose... ;-) You'll need to go to Action-Install or Update Virtual PC Additions and install them in order to share folders between Guest and Host. Buddha > Yes, thank you :-S > Saga >> >>> Oops, that was "shared". >> >> And "defining", we suppose... ;-) > You'll need to go to Action-Install or Update Virtual PC Additions and > install them in order to share folders between Guest and Host. Hmmm, but does it work for DOS because I find the shared folder item in vm setup dimmed? and just for DOS... I think... correct me if I am any wrong. Thanks Jack > Buddha > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >>> >>> And "defining", we suppose... ;-) > Hmmm, but does it work for DOS because I find the shared folder item in vm > setup dimmed? and just for DOS... I think... correct me if I am any wrong. Settings... I meant, sorry for my bad english > Thanks > Jack [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >>>> >>>> And "defining", we suppose... ;-) >> You'll need to go to Action-Install or Update Virtual PC Additions and >> install them in order to share folders between Guest and Host. > > Hmmm, but does it work for DOS because I find the shared folder item in vm > Settings dimmed? and just for DOS... I think... correct me if I am any > wrong. OK, let's take a step back here... 1) DOS is not a supported guest operating system in VPC 2007. Therefore, there are no Additions for DOS in VPC 2007. 2) DOS was a supported guest operating system in the previous version of VPC. Therefore, it will be necessary to get hold of the previous version of the Additions. If you don't have them, you can download them here: http://www.essjae.com/VPC/VPC2004VMAdditions.zip 3) Extract the DOS Additions .VFD file and capture it while the DOS virtual machine is running. 4) Run the install program from the virtual floppy. SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net > the Additions. If you don't have them, you can download them here: > http://www.essjae.com/VPC/VPC2004VMAdditions.zip Thanks Mark, I will give it a try. Jack >>> You'll need to go to Action-Install or Update Virtual PC Additions and >>> install them in order to share folders between Guest and Host. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >4) Run the install program from the virtual floppy. The DOS Additions are also on the 2007 Additions ISO file, but they need to be extracted and manually set up, there is no batch file for configuration. SignatureCheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ I do not work for Microsoft. > The DOS Additions are also on the 2007 Additions ISO file I wasn't aware of that... http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2007/10/30/installing-dos-additions -under-vpc-2007.aspx SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net >The DOS Additions are also on the 2007 Additions ISO file, but they >need to be extracted and manually set up, there is no batch file for >configuration. And right you are! The ISO file can be opened with WinImage and then the DOS additions can be pulled out from the iso file. WinImage can also be used to put the additions onto a virtual floppy ready to be used in tghe guest os. Bo Berglund Thank you guys for your additional information. I must confess that I am a bit ambitous that I want to install everything in DOS for example CD-ROM, sound, emm386 and himem etc, I finally end up with less than 380K of conventional RAM after everything gets loaded. Now I want to install network for DOS. For this sake, I use memmaker.exe to shuffle all the programs up to upper memory, but it's still not enough because only 3-4 programs gets moved up. Are there any ways to get more conventional memory in my case? I use DEVICEHIGH and emm386.exe ram etc Thanks Jack Jack, I have never installed Vmadds in Win3.1, but the DOS Vmadds must be installed via the autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Get a copy of the VPC 2004 help files are read about the DOS vmadds. You will need to change the mouse driver, fshare, Idle (maybe) and Vmadd's 386emm driver (there are some limitations with using this driver). SignatureWesley > Thank you guys for your additional information. > I must confess that I am a bit ambitous [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Thanks > Jack > Jack, I have never installed Vmadds in Win3.1, but the DOS Vmadds must be > installed via the autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Get a copy of the VPC > 2004 help files are read about the DOS vmadds. You will need to change the > mouse driver, fshare, Idle (maybe) and Vmadd's 386emm driver (there are > some > limitations with using this driver). what is vmadd386.vfd for? I don't quite get it :( Do I have to put a line like DEVICE=C:\VMADD386.vfd etc into autoexec.bat? I have a lack of conventional memory < 380K!! :( Just the network drivers/kits occupy almost all of it.... :) Thanks Jack > -- > > Jack, I have never installed Vmadds in Win3.1, but the DOS Vmadds must be >> installed via the autoexec.bat and config.sys files. Get a copy of the VPC [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I have a lack of conventional memory < 380K!! :( > Just the network drivers/kits occupy almost all of it.... That is the virtual floppy disk that contains the additions for DOS. SignaturePaul Adare http://www.identit.ca Another megabytes the dust. Should be vmadd.386 included in the Floppy disk image.. It's okay now, but it is running out of memory when executing autoexec.bat. I used memmaker to no avail... I can add those lines in my autoexec.bat but the conventional memory seems to be overcrowded so I can't start other programs Thanks Jack Tried to cram everything in, to no avail I give up :( Thanks Jack > Tried to cram everything in, to no avail > I give up :( Even with all of the Additions and networking loaded, I still have 410K of conventional memory free: Modules using memory below 1 MB: Name Total = Conventional + Upper Memory -------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- MSDOS 16,141 (16K) 16,141 (16K) 0 (0K) HIMEM 1,120 (1K) 1,120 (1K) 0 (0K) EMM386 4,144 (4K) 4,144 (4K) 0 (0K) CDROM 4,224 (4K) 4,224 (4K) 0 (0K) COMMAND 2,928 (3K) 2,928 (3K) 0 (0K) FSHARE 26,560 (26K) 26,448 (26K) 112 (0K) PROTMAN 400 (0K) 400 (0K) 0 (0K) DC21X4 42,704 (42K) 42,704 (42K) 0 (0K) TCPDRV 1,328 (1K) 1,328 (1K) 0 (0K) DIS_PKT 4,192 (4K) 4,192 (4K) 0 (0K) PROTMAN 2,560 (3K) 2,560 (3K) 0 (0K) TCPTSR 76,784 (75K) 76,784 (75K) 0 (0K) TINYRFC 18,256 (18K) 18,256 (18K) 0 (0K) NMTSR 6,160 (6K) 6,160 (6K) 0 (0K) DNR 14,512 (14K) 14,512 (14K) 0 (0K) BASIC 13,776 (13K) 13,776 (13K) 0 (0K) DISPLAY 8,336 (8K) 0 (0K) 8,336 (8K) MOUSE 8,864 (9K) 0 (0K) 8,864 (9K) KEYB 6,944 (7K) 0 (0K) 6,944 (7K) NEMM 672 (1K) 0 (0K) 672 (1K) UMB 688 (1K) 0 (0K) 688 (1K) IFSHLP 4,000 (4K) 0 (0K) 4,000 (4K) SMARTDRV 27,488 (27K) 0 (0K) 27,488 (27K) MSCDEX 27,952 (27K) 0 (0K) 27,952 (27K) DOSKEY 4,144 (4K) 0 (0K) 4,144 (4K) Free 443,840 (433K) 419,600 (410K) 24,240 (24K) Memory Summary: Type of Memory Total = Used + Free ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Conventional 655,360 235,760 419,600 Upper 113,440 89,200 24,240 Reserved 0 0 0 Extended (XMS) 2,966,752 1,271,008 1,695,744 ---------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total memory 3,735,552 1,595,968 2,139,584 Total under 1 MB 768,800 324,960 443,840 Largest executable program size 419,488 (410K) Largest free upper memory block 10,480 (10K) MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area. DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\VMADD386.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS HIGHSCAN I=B000-B7FF BUFFERS=15,0 FILES=30 LASTDRIVE=z FCBS=4,0 DOS=HIGH,UMB COUNTRY=044,,C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS DEVICEHIGH /L:1,15792 =C:\DOS\DISPLAY.SYS CON=(EGA,,1) DEVICEHIGH /L:0,4208 =C:\DOS\CDROM.SYS /D:MSCD001 DEVICEHIGH=C:\NETTCPIP\NET\ifshlp.sys @ECHO OFF PROMPT $p$g PATH C:\DOS;C:\NETTCPIP\NET SET TEMP=C:\DOS SET DIRCMD=/O:GN MODE CON CODEPAGE PREPARE=((437) C:\DOS\EGA.CPI) MODE CON CODEPAGE SELECT=437 LH /L:0;3,45456 /S C:\DOS\SMARTDRV.EXE /X LH /L:1,16656 KEYB UK,,C:\DOS\KEYBOARD.SYS LH C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 LH C:\DOS\DOSKEY.COM LH C:\DOS\MOUSE.COM LH C:\DOS\FSHARE.EXE cd C:\NETTCPIP\NET net init netbind LH umb tcptsr tinyrfc nmtsr LH emsbfr dnr net start workstation net logon cd\ I've tried to persuade some of the smaller networking utilities to load into the remaining 24K of UMB, but to no avail. Have you tried QEMM...? http://www.vetusware.com/download/QEMM%209.0/?id=3307 SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net > Even with all of the Additions and networking loaded, I still have 410K of > conventional memory free: > Have you tried QEMM...? With QEMM, I get just under 500K free conventional RAM... SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net Hi Mark, Hmm... but you haven't included a sound card driver :) have fun Thanks Jack >Hi Mark, >Hmm... but you haven't included a sound card driver :) > >have fun >Thanks >Jack Generally, you didn't include a sound driver with DOS. Each DOS app had it's own sound driver. SignatureCheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ I do not work for Microsoft. >>The DOS Additions are also on the 2007 Additions ISO file, but they >>need to be extracted and manually set up, there is no batch file for [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > also be used to put the additions onto a virtual floppy ready to be > used in tghe guest os. Or you can just open the ISO in any Windows VM (capture ISO image) and copy the files out that way. >>>The DOS Additions are also on the 2007 Additions ISO file, but they >>>need to be extracted and manually set up, there is no batch file for [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Or you can just open the ISO in any Windows VM (capture ISO image) and copy >the files out that way. However, how can one then get them over to the guest??? AFAIK the only option at thta stage is the VFD. Bo Berglund I've already done all the work of setting up a Win98 DOS disk that includes Virtual PC file sharing. Instructions (and a download) here: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/virtualpc.html#usedos Networking between a DOS machine and an XP host is possible, but not really practical. You can find prebuilt setup files for NetBEUI and TCPIP here: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/vpcdosnetworkfiles.zip I haven't touched them since 2002, but presumably they'll still work. Use a floppy to share files if you cannot get the VM additions to work.. The console prompt in Windows 98 will work fine and it can be rebooted in DOS for games. Windows 98 is supported as a guest OS wven with Virtual PC 2007. Windows 3.11 etc is also not supported. WIndows 2000 up are all that are recognized. The oldest version of Windows we have tested in Windows 98 SE. > Dear guys, > My host is Windows XP Pro SP2 > and my guest is dos6.2 + win3.1 > How do I share files between the host and the vm? > Thanks > Jack |
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