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XFS Network File System Client

Version 1.8 · Robert Juhasz

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Description

XFS is a Network File System (NFS) client for DOS that runs atop your ethernet card's packet driver. This will allow you to mount network disks and printers as local devices on your palmtop. Requires a palmtop-friendly NIC like the Silicom or Accton. Shareware.

Technical details

File
xfs180.zip
Size
166.4 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1994
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1998-06-05
Files inside
23
Author
Robert Juhasz
Path
anonftp/pub/xfs180.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 149.2 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • XFS.BAT → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 131 B
  • WINPKT.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 3.5 KB
  • ARP.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 9.7 KB
  • LS.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 17.4 KB
  • MV.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 12.7 KB
  • NETSTAT.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 9.0 KB
  • XFSKRNL.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 44.4 KB
  • XFSKRNLF.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 44.9 KB
  • XFSTOOL.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 46.8 KB
  • XPING.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 16.4 KB

No need to put 0CHANGES, BUGS, HOSTS, INIT, WARNING, XFSFMX.DLL, ORDER.FRM, DIS_PKT9.TCP and 5 more: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 149.2 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy XFS.BAT, WINPKT.COM, ARP.EXE, LS.EXE to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

The author's instructions
4. Installing XFS ..........................................4
              4.2.The Kernel ........................................4
              4.3.Network Configuration .............................5
              4.4.Configuration Syntax ..............................5
         5. Authentication ..........................................6
         6. Mounting Drives .........................................6
              6.1.Mount a Drive .....................................7
              6.2.Mount a Printer ...................................7
              6.3.Mount Options .....................................7
              6.4.Unmounting Drives/ Printers .......................7
         7. Other Commands ..........................................8
         8. More about PCNFSD and Printing ..........................9
              8.2.Printing ..........................................10
                   8.2.1.Using XFS Printers with Microsoft Windows ..10
                   8.2.2.Using XFS Printers with other
                   Applications .....................................10
                   8.2.3.The Timeout Value ..........................10
         9. File Manager Extension ..................................10
              9.1.How to install XFSFMX .............................10
              9.2.Commands ..........................................10
         10.Command Scrips ..........................................11
         11.Using XFS over other Networks ...........................12
              11.1 Microsoft LAN Manager and Windows for
              Workgroups 3.1 ........................................12
              11.2 Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ............12
…

Literal excerpt from XFS.TXT, exactly as it came in the package.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

First time? How to connect the palmtop, step by step →