Dosemu help
Hi , folks; I installed the dosemu_0.66.7-13.deb with raw config.sys and autoexec.bat. After I boot to drive A (executing dos -A with a Win95 bootdisk in /dev/fd0), the MSDOS editor can start but not functioning at all. Thanks for any help in advance. Alan Tam
Dosemu Help
Dear Debianers,
I need some basic help on dosemu.
I use Debian 2.0, kernel 2.0.36, and this is my /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# file system mount point type options dump pass
/dev/hda1/c msdos defaults0 2
/dev/hda2/ ext2defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda3none swapsw 0 0
/dev/fd0 /dosfloppy msdos user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /ext2floppyext2user,noauto 0 0
proc /proc procdefaults0 0
I'd like to run a couple of programs which reside in my dos partition /c
from within the DOS box under X11. I also would like to know how I install
further DOS programs: it would be ideal to keep them all in /c and free the
precious Linux partition from any contamination.
For this, I edited
/usr/lib/dosemu/commands/config.sys as follows:
rem This sets up the redirector to look at the Linux root directory.
rem this is probably not a good idea once you have dosemu installed
rem Following line commented by myself (12-98):
rem device=c:\emufs.sys /
device=c:\ems.sys
rem Lines below added by myself (12-1998):
rem Below I use n: (not g: as in the dosemu-HOWTO) as of the file
rem /etc/mtools.conf:
install=C:\subst.exe n: c:
install=c:\lredir.exe c: LINUX\FS\c
Is this correct?
I read that the two config.sys must be identical: which ones, the above
and the one in /var/lib/dosemu/hdimage.first?
If so, how do I copy (is this the right word?) the above config.sys into
/var/lib/dosemu/hdimage.first (provided this config.sys is correct)?
Apart from this, I have only set a couple of things in /etc/dosemu/conf:
keyboard, mouse.
Do I have to uncomment the following line in /etc/dosemu/conf for what I
want to do?
#disk { partition /dev/hda1 readonly } ## 1st partition on 1st ...
Finally, what I think is the first question that one should find answered in
any HOWTO or README: what is hdimage (hdimage.first)?
Thank you.
Remo Badii
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Re: dosemu help
On Sun, Nov 22, 1998 at 01:43:03PM -0600, Matt Garman wrote:
I just installed dosemu on my system via Debian package (version
0.66.7-13). I need to run a dos program, but I cannot even access the
partition through dosemu.
Thus far, I have tried the following:
- lredir, always fails. Checking deja news, apparently the FreeDOS
does not support this? I keep getting Error 42 redirecting...
FreeDos doesn't seem to support lredir. You need to install
OpenDos, DR-Dos or M$-Dos if you want redirection
- mkfatimage16, seg faults. For instance, I tried
mkfatimage16 -p -f dos_img /the/directory/* and it just gives me a
Segmentation Fault. Also, I tried _not_ using the -f switch, just
to see if mkfatimage16 gets anywhere, and, in fact, it does write
crud to the screen, but still seg faults after a bit.
mkfatimage it seems to work for me
mkfatimage -p dir/* dos_image
- /etc/dosemu/conf modification, doesn't appear to do anything. I use
/dev/sda1 as my Windows/DOS partition, so I tried adding the
following line to my dosemu configuration file:
disk { partition /dev/sda1 }
and nothing happens. I assumed this would appear under the as the
next available drive letter, but I can't get to this data anywhere.
No, it should appear as C:
-Michele
dosemu help
I just installed dosemu on my system via Debian package (version
0.66.7-13). I need to run a dos program, but I cannot even access the
partition through dosemu.
Thus far, I have tried the following:
- lredir, always fails. Checking deja news, apparently the FreeDOS
does not support this? I keep getting Error 42 redirecting...
- mkfatimage16, seg faults. For instance, I tried
mkfatimage16 -p -f dos_img /the/directory/* and it just gives me a
Segmentation Fault. Also, I tried _not_ using the -f switch, just
to see if mkfatimage16 gets anywhere, and, in fact, it does write
crud to the screen, but still seg faults after a bit.
- /etc/dosemu/conf modification, doesn't appear to do anything. I use
/dev/sda1 as my Windows/DOS partition, so I tried adding the
following line to my dosemu configuration file:
disk { partition /dev/sda1 }
and nothing happens. I assumed this would appear under the as the
next available drive letter, but I can't get to this data anywhere.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
Matt
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Re: dosemu help
On Sun, 22 Nov 1998, Matt Garman wrote: I just installed dosemu on my system via Debian package (version 0.66.7-13). I need to run a dos program, but I cannot even access the partition through dosemu. Thus far, I have tried the following: - lredir, always fails. Checking deja news, apparently the FreeDOS does not support this? I keep getting Error 42 redirecting... Correct, FreeDOS does not support lredir. It works fine if you follow the procedure to install with MS-DOS. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Dosemu help
Hello all, I downloaded dosemu 0.64.3 and compiled it according to the Quickstart. I am currently running kernel 2.0.9. If I understand correctly, my kernel DOES NOT require any patching to enable vm86plus with this latest version of dosemu. When I try to run dos I get, vm86plus service not available in your kernel. The kernel IS compiled with SYSVIPC enabled - this is the IPC required by dosemu is it not? When I compile dosemu with no vm86plus, it works ok, but I want this feature enabled. What am I doing wrong? The documentation is rather outdated but from what I have read, vm86plus should work. Thanks to Phillipe Troin for the suggestion on Afterstep, installing the 8 bit icons did restore my colormap. 8-) Pat Van Ryn [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
