Or since you're using Linux, you can unzip it from Linux when you have
the virtual disk mounted, and extract the files directly into the
virtual disk.
You have your disk mounted like this:
$ guestmount -a data.qcow2 -m /dev/sda1 ./mnt
I like to put the installer in a temporary directory, and run it from
there. So let's say your data.qcow2 is the C: drive for QEMU. Run
these two commands to (1) create the TEMP directory if it's not there,
and (2) unzip the As-Easy-As installer into C:\TEMP\ASEASY
$ mkdir -v mnt/TEMP
$ unzip asa57.exe -d mnt/TEMP/ASEASY
That works for me. For example, from my Linux box, here's using unzip
to list the contents of the asa57.exe self-extracting archive:
$ unzip -l asa57.exe
Archive: asa57.exe
Length Date Time Name
--------- ---------- ----- ----
2239 03-02-1998 09:06 VENDOR.DOC
187980 04-08-1997 07:35 ASA57U.EXE
338561 08-07-1998 13:22 ASEASY.570
418 08-07-1998 15:25 FILE_ID.DIZ
26727 08-07-1998 14:56 INSTALL.EXE
2791 08-07-1998 15:24 ORDER.DOC
171 08-07-1998 15:25 READ_ME.1ST
405 08-07-1998 15:25 READ_ME.BAT
2623 08-07-1998 15:25 UPGRADE.DOC
50637 08-07-1998 15:25 VENDINFO.DIZ
3271 02-18-1998 15:45 AGENT.DOC
--------- -------
615823 11 files
And from my FreeDOS system:
D:\TEMP>unzip -l asa57.exe
Archive: asa57.exe
Length Date Time Name
--------- ---------- ----- ----
2239 03-02-1998 09:06 VENDOR.DOC
187980 04-08-1997 07:35 ASA57U.EXE
338561 08-07-1998 13:22 ASEASY.570
418 08-07-1998 15:25 FILE_ID.DIZ
26727 08-07-1998 14:56 INSTALL.EXE
2791 08-07-1998 15:24 ORDER.DOC
171 08-07-1998 15:25 READ_ME.1ST
405 08-07-1998 15:25 READ_ME.BAT
2623 08-07-1998 15:25 UPGRADE.DOC
50637 08-07-1998 15:25 VENDINFO.DIZ
3271 02-18-1998 15:45 AGENT.DOC
--------- -------
615823 11 files
On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote:
>
> I keep forgetting that TRIUS made a Windows-only self-extracting zip
> file for the DOS version of As-Easy-As. Oh the irony. So yes, you'll
> get that message if you try to run asa57.exe on DOS.
>
> Use the 'unzip' program on it, like it was a zip file. You can rename
> it from asa57.exe to asa57.zip if you like. Then you can unzip it and
> run the installer.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM Davide Erbetta via Freedos-user
> <freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > after having read the very interesting book by Jim Hall about "As-Easy-As"
> > software I've decided to try the software; so, I've downloaded it from the
> > link suggested in the FreeDOS website:
> >
> > https://web.archive.org/web/20240527084029/http://triusinc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10&sid=2ed30802f5c185374381efde55d60eae
> >
> > and then:
> >
> > https://web.archive.org/web/20240527084029/http://www.triusinc.com/old_files/asa57.exe
> >
> > Then I've mounted my FreeDOS "hard drive", in linux, as I do usually:
> >
> > guestmount -a data.qcow2 -m /dev/sda1 ./mnt
> >
> > Then I've moved the asa75.exe in it, and started FreeDOS.
> > In FreeDOS, when I try to run asa57.exe I get the following message:
> >
> > "This program cannot be run in DOS mode."
> >
> > What am I missing ?
> > The same if I download it from:
> > https://archive.org/details/as-easy-as-version-5.7-for-dos
> >
> > I've downloaded in the past other DOS programs and moved them into FreeDOS
> > with the same procedure and I've never received that message.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any hint!
> > Best regards,
> > Davide
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