I am still figuring out DOS networking.
Update - The on-board Ethernet is a Realtec of some sort

Anyone remember the castaway? The adventures of a guy on a one-tree desert island.

My dedicated machine ignores disk swap on 2 of the 3 USB drives I have. The third one seems to be ok though.

This is The Way.

FreeDOS is running on a dedicated i5 desktop with 8gb ram. I wanted to get a period correct desktop machine to run MSDOS 6.22 but all the “Electronic Surplus” places have all dried up. So I built the least powered machine I could (Well I could have used an i3, but the difference in price was only $10.00. I only put in 1 of the smallest memory sticks they had …)

I have a dos running in DOSBOX, but it’s not the same as real hardware, and it’s not easy to use a usb floppy drive with it. With my dedicated machine I can even boot from floppy if I want/need to.

RIP Weird Stuff, Halted Specialties, The one that used to be near the Oakland Airport and others I remember but don’t remember their names. Not to mention the internet famous one in Texas - Computer Reset. Oh, now I am sad.

My production laptop is Debian, as is my server so I guess that would be the way to go then.

A Bard, an advanced story teller, One who draws pictures of things that never were (people with 3 arms for example), Lore from Star Trek. Don’t give it power to do anything on its own, always monitor it.

I refuse to let gaming preferences dictate my choice of operating system. I choose my OS first—Linux—because I demand full ownership of my computing environment. If an entity can extract data without your knowledge or control updates, shutdowns, or reboots against your will, they own your machine—not you. With Linux, I own my system entirely. I decide when updates happen, I control what data—if any—leaves my computer, and nothing happens without my explicit consent. My computer works for me, not someone else.