Hi there,

i have an old FreeBSD-based web-server on which i want to install a Network-MS-DOS.

Problem: The System has no vga-connector, just a small LCD-display, which i couldnt use.

Later i want to control the system thru terminal-emulation and TCP/IP, but because i dont know the network-card-vendor/type, which is installed, its complicated to install a working Network-MS-DOS.

Is there any MS-DOS-Tool, with which i could get the console and my typings thru a 9-pin-serial connector to another pc?
That would make my search for a working netcard-driver easier. Cause, i could configure such a serial-system on an other pc and just plug the hdd to the vga-less-server.

Maybe someone could give me a tip.

Thanks in advance,
B.Poller

I found this tool so far: http://josh.com/tiny/

Maybe i try it at the weekend with just a standard NE2000-driver.

But if anyone has some other tools or clues, just post.

Bye,
B.Poller

Most probably NOT the answer you seek, but did you try a "universal" boot disk, like this very good one:
http://www.netbootdisk.com/

This usually covers 99% of NIC's

jaclaz