02 August 2008, 15:21 | #1 |
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Network Boot Disk
found this while surfing another board. might be of interest for some:
http://jpv.wmhost.com/NetworkBootDisk/ |
02 August 2008, 18:55 | #2 |
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Now that IS interesting, thank you.
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02 August 2008, 19:00 | #3 |
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Interesting..... what are the CPU & memory requirements? 020+? 2Mbytes? 4Mbytes?
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02 August 2008, 19:13 | #4 |
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havnt tested it by myself, but look at "Tested on":
- A600/KS2.05 (unexpanded) with 3COM driver |
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I hate to dredge up a really old thread like this, but when I was looking for a way to get my A1200 onto the network with a PCMCIA wired network adapter, I found this thread and downloaded the NetworkBootDisk.
It works pretty good and offers some basic connectivity, however, I ran into some issues using it. I can't find an FTP program on my PC which will properly connect to it and navigate the folder structure. FileZilla has issues, as well as WinSCP. The only thing that seems to work well is Windows' command-line ftp program, but it's not exactly easy to use. It looks like this was last updated in 2019, but still using AmiTCP 3 as its base. Ideally, I'd like to get Amiga Explorer running on it to make it trivial to copy or extract archives onto my A1200, but that seems to require at least AmiTCP 4. Is there any chance that something like this boot disk exists, but using a more recent TCP/IP stack tghat is compatible with Amiga Explorer? Or someone could make a suggestion of a good FTP client for Windows that works well with this? I know some people will suggest just installing a full TCP/IP stack on my A1200's hard disk, like Roadshow (which I do have a license for), but I'd like to run my A1200's FAST RAM expansion at the full 8MB, which means it's either: network but with only 4MB, or 8MB and no network. I figure I just need the network long enough to transfer files, so I don't mind plugging in my network card and running this disk only when I have stuff to transfer. Thanks! |
16 February 2021, 19:15 | #6 |
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Have you tried enabling passive mode?
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16 February 2021, 20:39 | #7 |
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I can try that, but from what I've seen using Filezilla, the issue isn't to do with connectivity or ports, but has issues interpreting the file structure on the Amiga. It's not able to understand that "Work:", for example, is a valid path and it expects ""'s in certain places.
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Does it boot on 3.1.4 without complaining?
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17 February 2021, 00:20 | #9 |
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Another thing is that it would be best to share a certain directory with ftp and not trying to access directories outside it. If you want to share the whole Work: partition, edit the AmiTCP/db/passwd file and change "ram:" to "Work:" at the end of the "amiga_user" line. Or if you create a dedicated dir, it could be something like "Work:FTP" etc... |
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Ideally, though, I'd like to get Amiga Explorer working so I can simply drag & drop files or possibly extract LHA's from my PC directly into the Amiga. I need to test if this can even be done, though. |
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21 February 2021, 15:08 | #12 |
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Try the latest smbfs see if that works if you can instead of ftp.
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22 February 2021, 07:39 | #13 |
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But do remember, that extracting on PC will not preserve Amiga's file attributes and not all characters are allowed on PC that you might find some Amiga archives, and that might affect with some programs. The safest bet is always to extract on Amiga or on Amiga emulator, but I wouldn't use extracting programs on an alien system.
He is trying to transfer files in other way, from PC to Amiga where Amiga is acting as a server. |
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The original link doesn't seem to work. Does anyone have the files handy?
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26 February 2021, 16:52 | #15 |
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Works here.
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26 February 2021, 17:39 | #16 |
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How strange, I still get a "404 Page Not Found / Sivua ei löytynyt" message
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Access The Zone: http://eab.abime.net/zone.php? |
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28 February 2021, 09:28 | #18 |
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Greatly appreciated lesta_smsc! Thank you
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I still need to test this out to see if it's feasible. If it is, then I'd like to circle back to my original post to see if someone can update or recreate this network boot disk with a newer version of AmiTCP that Amiga Explorer would be compatible with. |
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