Bart Oldeman wrote:
> You are using the redirector:
> "It is actually located in /var/lib/DOSEmu, which is its
> own 2GB Ext2 (actually Ext3) filesystem. "
> this means that DOS in DOSEMU sees it as a network drive
> and uses the redirector.

Ahhh, my "newbie user" status gets me!  Yes, I think I remember
reading that somewhere in the docs.

> If a DOS program does an open() via INT21/AH=3D then this
> is translated by the DOS to INT2F/AX=1116 which is
> intercepted by DOSEMU. DOSEMU then uses Linux open(2) to
> open the file.
> If you don't use the redirector you use an hdimage or
> direct partition access (which you should not normally
> need to use).

Thanx for "clarifying" it for me.

Is compatibility "improved" or "reduced" by using a real DOS
partition?

Sorry for all the "
newbie action" here.

-- Bryan

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