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Arev 3.12 on DOSEMU / Linux (AREV Specific)

At 09 MAR 2001 05:43:11PM Brandon Reed wrote:

Has anyone had any luck trying to run arev on a Linux box using Dosemu? I get the following error every time:

Linear Hash IPX Driver - REVMEDIA Open Error: FS466.

relevant information:

Novell 4.11 server running the linear hash nlm

Redhat 7 machine with IPX support in the kernel

DOSEMU V 1.0.1-1

I have no problems running arev on any of my DOS, Win95/98, WinNT boxes I'd just like to be able to run it on my linux workstation as well.


At 12 MAR 2001 03:06PM [url=http://www.sprezzatura.com]The Sprezzatura Group[/url] wrote:

No guarantees, but if you switch to byte-range locking we've heard from an antipodean correspondent that you can run both Linux clients and servers running AREV under the DOS emulation. This has not been tested by ourselves, (certainly not in a mixed workstation environment).

The Sprezzatura Group

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At 12 MAR 2001 05:04PM Don Miller - C3 Inc. wrote:

Nothin' like playing Russian Roulette with a machine gun. I'd try it on a local disk copy first though. Otherwise, it's like reading braille with a hook.

Don Miller

C3 Inc.


At 14 MAR 2001 12:24AM Jonathan Bird wrote:

Hi Sprezz,

Of course, you antipodean correspondent would probably have some interest in dosEMU - he would have known the famous Eric before Eric's sad and unfortunate demise……


At 16 MAR 2001 04:13PM Brandon Reed wrote:

Since DosEMU causes the FS466 error but running on Native DOS doesn't I'm curious what's missing from the DosEMU environment. That is what is necessary for my current locking scheme to work that is different from the scheme used by byte-range locking?


At 04 MAY 2001 02:42AM Christo Allers wrote:

We ran into exactly the same problems. After trying different timings and versions, there is no progress. Is there anybody with more information? What else can we try?

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