Hello, thanks so much for having taken the time to respond with several tracks to explore !
> It will be hard to fix when the software isn't freely available. Most > of us aren't willing to download random (still copyrighted) > "abandonware." :-/ Understood. > > I was wondering whether dosemu wouldn't offer some debugging facilities > > that could be useful here... > > It does, but I don't know what or how to use it, sadly. You'll have to > wait for (or nag) Eric Auer or Bart Oldeman or similar to chime in. Or > just read the online manuals: > > http://www.dosemu.org/docs/ Will give the manuals a try, thanks. Incidentally: does dosemu have an (active) IRC channel ? There is one mentioned on the web site but I was unable to connect to the server... > But here's two horribly wimpy suggestions to isolate the problem. > > 1). Download File 5.09: > http://sites.google.com/site/rugxulo/file509.zip?attredirects=0 Done. > Put file.exe in your %PATH% C:\>path C:\FILE;%PATH% C:\>path PATH=C:\FILE;z:\bin;z:\gnu;z:\dosemu > and "set MAGIC=/dev/c/fdos/magic.mgc" (or > similar, /dev/c/ means C:\). C:\>set MAGIC=C:\FILE\MAGIC.MGC > Now try "file dictionary.exe" (or whatever, etc.) to see if it uses > any special .EXE format or DOS extender. It seems something has not been set up appropriately: C:\>file ROBERT\MENU.EXE C, 0: Warning: using regular magic file `\FILE\MAGIC.MGC' \FILE\MAGIC.MGC, 1: Warning: offset `◈◈↑' invalid \FILE\MAGIC.MGC, 1: Warning: type `◈◈↑' invalid \FILE\MAGIC.MGC, 6: Warning: offset `Firmware v' invalid \FILE\MAGIC.MGC, 6: Warning: type `Firmware v' invalid \FILE\MAGIC.MGC, 7: Warning: offset `◈' invalid \FILE\MAGIC.MGC, 7: Warning: type `◈' invalid \FILE\MAGIC.MGC, 8: Warning: offset `◈' invalid \FILE\MAGIC.MGC, 8: Warning: type `◈' invalid file.exe: could not find any magic files! Note: I downloaded the archive under Linux. I went to ~/.dosemu/drive_c Created a FILE directory there, went into it and unpacked the archive there with unzip, I hope that was right. > 2). Download KGB 1.04: > http://archives.scovetta.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysutl/kgb104.zip > > kgb.exe (start the TSR) > dictionary.exe (run the program) > kgb /u (unload TSR) > edit c:\history.dat (see what files it tried to open) Here is history.dat: OpenFile-R : robert OpenFile-R : menu.exe OpenFile-R : menu.exe Exec : E:\ROBERT\MENU.EXE OpenFile-R : kgb.COM OpenFile-R : kgb.EXE OpenFile-R : kgb.EXE Exec : D:\KGB\KGB.EXE /u It seems it does not even try to execute the file... ? > Who knows, maybe one of those two things will help somehow. :-/ Thanks again. So I guess solution one has to be tuned before it can be said whether it can or can't help. Cheers, Sébastien. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Write once. Port to many. Get the SDK and tools to simplify cross-platform app development. Create new or port existing apps to sell to consumers worldwide. Explore the Intel AppUpSM program developer opportunity. appdeveloper.intel.com/join http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-appdev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
