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v3 v4 4 4 5 5 Below you find tips on how to set up host/guest networking. The guest is a DOS 6.22 VM. 6 My host system is a typical WinXP machine with 1280*1024 display. I used !VirtualBox 1.4.0.6 My host system is a typical WinXP machine with a 1280 x 1024 display. I used !VirtualBox 1.4.0. 7 7 8 8 == Prerequisites == 9 9 10 10 What do you need (apart from having a basic DOS 6.22 VM): 11 * MS Client for networks (two self-extracting files DSK3-1.EXE, DSK3-2.EXE) 12 * wg1049.exe 11 * MS Client for networks (two self-extracting files DSK3-1.EXE, DSK3-2.EXE) 12 * wg1049.exe 13 13 * netshar.exe 14 * Microsoft KB 128800 - on how to add extra NDIS2 drivers to the client setup 15 * AMD NIC drivers 14 * Microsoft KB 128800 - on how to add extra NDIS2 drivers to the client setup 15 * AMD NIC drivers 16 16 17 All the above is available at the web; e.g. check contributions by Johannes Helmig on connecting DOS clients. 18 19 I used these AMD drivers: "NDIS2 driver for Windows 3.1 - 166 KB" which results in a file wfw31.exe 17 All the above is available at the web; e.g. check contributions by Johannes Helmig on connecting DOS clients. I used these AMD drivers: "NDIS2 driver for Windows 3.1 - 166 KB" which results in a file wfw31.exe. 20 18 21 19 Important: create a host interface .e.g VM1 external, and select Host Interface networking for your DOS VM, connecting it to VM1 external. See the [/download/UserManual.pdf VirtualBox manual] for additional explanation and details. … … 68 66 }}} 69 67 70 Now you should be able to read from and write to the host. 68 Now you should be able to read from and write to the host. 71 69 72 70 == Final result == 73 71 74 Now I can read from and write to my hosts drive from the VB DOS machine! Internet access via the physical host IC is still possible including keeping the host firewall alive.72 Now I can read from and write to my hosts drive from the !VirtualBox DOS machine! Internet access via the physical host IC is still possible including keeping the host firewall alive. 75 73 76 I did not care much about optimi sation, just wanted to get it up and running.77 74 I did not care much about optimization, just wanted to get it up and running. 75 78 76 Limitations: 79 77 * I was not able to read guest files from the host.
