Hello,

I have been playing around with a FreeDOS VM and Binkd, but am stuck with an error message.

I try to execute Binkd with the following command line:

C:\BINKD>BINKD-1.EXE -P 4:801/188 binkd.cfg
15:46 [2026] BEGIN, binkd/1.0a-318/DOS -P 4:801/188 binkd.cfg
!15:46 [2026] sock_init: Permission denied

Is there anything else that might be needed?

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Hi Flavio!

02 May 2021 15:52, from Flavio Bessa -> All:

I have been playing around with a FreeDOS VM and Binkd, but am stuck
with an error message.
I try to execute Binkd with the following command line:

C:\BINKD>> BINKD-1.EXE -P 4:801/188 binkd.cfg

15:46 [2026] BEGIN, binkd/1.0a-318/DOS -P 4:801/188 binkd.cfg
!15:46 [2026] sock_init: Permission denied
Is there anything else that might be needed?

As DOS does not have any permissions ... I assume that you are missing the network driver.

CU, Ricsi

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On 03/05/21 03:44, Richard Menedetter -> Flavio Bessa wrote:

Is there anything else that might be needed?

As DOS does not have any permissions ... I assume that you are missing the network driver.

That's the weird part, DHCP fetches the IP address and telnet works...


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Hi Flavio!

03 May 2021 16:17, from Flavio Bessa -> Richard Menedetter:

As DOS does not have any permissions ... I assume that you are
missing the network driver.

That's the weird part, DHCP fetches the IP address and telnet works...

DOS does not support networkinf netively.
FreeDOS added something ... but as there is no standard it could be theat binkd implemented something else.

I assume binkd DOS uses the PKT driver interface.

CU, Ricsi

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Hi! Richard,

On 04 May 2021, Richard Menedetter said the following...

As DOS does not have any permissions ... I assume that you are
missing the network driver.

That's the weird part, DHCP fetches the IP address and telnet works..

DOS does not support networkinf netively.
FreeDOS added something ... but as there is no standard it could be
theat binkd implemented something else.

I assume binkd DOS uses the PKT driver interface.

He says that telnet works, mate. That could be a good port for binkP. ;)

Cheers,
Paul.

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Hi Paul!

04 May 2021 18:41, from Paul Quinn -> Richard Menedetter:

He says that telnet works, mate. That could be a good port for binkP.
;)

Sorry ... I do not understand.
In DOS you have multiple standards for networking, and each application needs to compile in a networking library to work.

It seems that his binkd binary will NOT work with the driver that is loaded.
I think that the DOS BinkD binary uses the PKT driver interface. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC/TCP_Packet_Driver

I do not see how telnet working is helping him with getting his DOS BinkD working.

CU, Ricsi

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Hi! Richard,

On 04 May 2021, Richard Menedetter said the following...

I do not see how telnet working is helping him with getting his DOS BinkD working.

You're correct. I had a brain-cramp, thinking that the experiment might be worth a go. No doubt the provided telnet would be a custom-compile but I didn't think this through at te time.

Ta, muchly.

Cheers,
Paul.

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