Alain I would love to try this one of these days when I get some spare time. When I do use it, I will be sure to let you know what I come up with :)
Till Quoting Alain Mouette <ala...@pobox.com>: > The basic idea is to start with a fresh install of an Ubuntu LTS > server. Then a Script could install all the rest. I am already doing > this on a project and it works very well, all scripts are posted on > github: https://github.com/alainm/nfas (sorry, it's in portuguese > due to local colaborators) > > On basic script could install DOSEMU with an updated FreeDOS and > maybe a few needed packages. I have a set of guidelines that I could > translate > > Another small script could create a DOSEMU instance. The default > screen could be a FreeDOS console > Remember that dosemu can run a DOS program from de Linux command line ;-) > > WHAT I DON'T KNOW is the minimum system to run graphics programs in > FreeDOS+Dosemu+Linux, I have allways used with X > > _Would you give it a try_? Just start with a plain Ubuntu 14.04 LTS > 32bits (use VirtualBox), it has a dosemu package that works prety well > > Alain > > > Em 16-08-2015 03:09, Till escreveu: >> Quoting Alain Mouette <ala...@pobox.com>: >> >>> Why not use all that effort to run FreeDOS over Linux? Dosemu works very >>> well... >>> >>> It has already been done in the past, mas it was slackware based and as >>> soon as released had no mantainance, so it went dead. >>> >>> *) you get all the drivers to run on any hardware >>> *) you can run multiple FreeDOS instances, it works very well >>> *) disk sharing works very well >>> *) networking via PacketDriver woks just fine, it may just be a bit >>> confusing to configure >>> >>> and you can have background tasks in Linux for other tasks ans remote >>> access. >>> >>> It would be just fine to make it over Ubuntu LTS, and I am willing to help. >>> >>> PS: I have some legacy system runing in Dosemu and I use that regularly >>> for development >> >> This is a brilliant idea that I would love to see come to life. I'm >> interested in hearing more about this. >> >> Till >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-kernel mailing list >> Freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list Freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
