On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Christoph Reichenbach wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > > Well, I can sympathize with that; unfortunately, I can't run Sierra stuff on
> > > DOSEMU on my only ia32 box either ATM (rebooting is not an option there).
> >
> > What's the problem with DosEMU? I use it to run Sierra games (I tried
> > KQ1, LSL2, GfQ1, SQ3), and all run just fine.
> ^^^? :->
>
> I'm running potato on that box, because I needed something where I could
> rely on Debian's security patches without having to risk libc, nscd, or
> exim breaking occasionally (happened to me twice in woody). Therefore, I
> only have DosEMU 0.98.8.0 installed, and that dies slowly and painfully
> when trying to run a Sierra game.
>
> I'm not the only one using that box, so I don't want to upgrade to woody
> just yet. Doing a manual install of DosEMU should fix the problem, but
> I haven't come around to doing that.
I think woody is in a kind of frozen state at this time, and the new
unstable is sid. Woody is focused upon not breaking things but still being
up to date. Therefore it is not as hazardous to use woody as it used to
be.
DosEMU 1.0.1 woody package works fine for me.
--
/Rickard Lind
