linux-msdos-digest Monday, February 7 2000 Volume 01 : Number 165
In this issue:
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From: Andris Pavenis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 09:52:26 +0200
Subject: Re: How to compile?
On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Michael D. Stemle Jr. wrote:
> Where might I find DJGPP?
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/
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From: Jan Stobbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 16:09:16 +0100
Subject: Problem with dosemu/function keys
The situation: I've to setup a Clipper application locatet on a "Netware
Fileserver" in a dosemu Linux OS. It's Debian 2.1 with kernel 2.14 and
dosemu 0.98.1. The user connect to the Linux-Server with telnet (Netterm)
from MS Windows PC's and starts dos. Linux is up and running. Dosemu is up
and running, and the Clipper application is running too.
The problem: I can't use shifted function keys and keys like PageUp / Page
Down in the Dosemu. If tryed to setup a new termcap entry for this keys and
Netterm but nothing happend when i use shifted F1. (I though shifted F1
should be key_f13 in terminfo. That could be that problem)
PageUp and PageDown are working when I telnet to linux and for example use
the "Midnight Commander". When I use the dosemu I just get a 3 or a 9 when I
use PageUp or PageDown.
Does anybody have an idea where the problem could be or where I should have
a look ?
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From: Mark Glassberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 10:23:27 +0000
Subject: SVGA cards
Is there a list of svga cards which work with dosemu?
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From: ate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 10:52:31 +0100
Subject: connecting to NT under dosemu
Hello !!
Have a good day
Do you know if anybody have make connection to an NT or Samba server
in tcp/ip protocol under dosemu
if yes where can i get the information ?
Thank you for advancing
Excuses for my bad english, i am french
Pierre
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From: Chris Willis-Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 14:42:40 -0800 (PST)
Subject: graphics modes in xdos
Hi all...
I've been wandering through the list archives and haven't yet see a
solution to this one, so I figured i'd ask.
For background, I'm running an ATI Rage Pro (XPert@Play 98 card) PCI on an
Asus K7M (Athlon) mobo... i'm running a bootdir that's pointed to my
normal DOS drive.
Anyway, the problem I'm having is this: DOS runs fine, but when I try to
start up anything gaphical (DOOM for instance) the screen just goes black.
The interesting thing about DOOM is that I still get sound (PC Speaker)
and the pallette shifts that go along with getting hurt or picking up an
item... the whole window flashes red or green or whatever. So I know the
program is running, I'm just not getting any graphics.
I haven't gotten console graphics to work yet period, but that's at a
lower priority for me.
A big thanks to anybody with some advice! :)
Chris Willis-Ford
Student Computing Services
Washington State University
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From: Catalin Bucur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 08:07:29 +0200
Subject: Re: graphics modes in xdos
Chris Willis-Ford wrote:
>
> Hi all...
>
> I've been wandering through the list archives and haven't yet see a
> solution to this one, so I figured i'd ask.
> For background, I'm running an ATI Rage Pro (XPert@Play 98 card) PCI on an
> Asus K7M (Athlon) mobo... i'm running a bootdir that's pointed to my
> normal DOS drive.
> Anyway, the problem I'm having is this: DOS runs fine, but when I try to
> start up anything gaphical (DOOM for instance) the screen just goes black.
> The interesting thing about DOOM is that I still get sound (PC Speaker)
> and the pallette shifts that go along with getting hurt or picking up an
> item... the whole window flashes red or green or whatever. So I know the
> program is running, I'm just not getting any graphics.
[snip]
Have you used `$_graphics = (1)' in /etc/dosemu.conf?
If this is not working, try to modify the following settings in
/etc/dosemu.conf:
$_video =
$_console =
$_videoportaccess =
$_vbios_seg =
$_vbios_size =
$_vmemsize =
$_chipset =
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Catalin Bucur mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hardware Engineer - Electronic Computing Centre
Sidex S.A. - Galati - Romania
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From: Steffen Winterfeldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 10:51:09 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Re: graphics modes in xdos
Hi,
> I've been wandering through the list archives and haven't yet see a
> solution to this one, so I figured i'd ask.
> For background, I'm running an ATI Rage Pro (XPert@Play 98 card) PCI on an
> Asus K7M (Athlon) mobo... i'm running a bootdir that's pointed to my
> normal DOS drive.
> Anyway, the problem I'm having is this: DOS runs fine, but when I try to
> start up anything gaphical (DOOM for instance) the screen just goes black.
> The interesting thing about DOOM is that I still get sound (PC Speaker)
> and the pallette shifts that go along with getting hurt or picking up an
> item... the whole window flashes red or green or whatever. So I know the
> program is running, I'm just not getting any graphics.
> I haven't gotten console graphics to work yet period, but that's at a
> lower priority for me.
Which DOSEMU version do you use? The 0.98.x series will not do.
Try 0.99.13.
Bye,
Steffen
- --
"Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you."
(chimp Nim, using sign language)
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From: "Ron Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 12:51:56 -0600
Subject: XDOS display question
Please excuse me if this problem has been discussed before, but I am new to
this list and wasn't able to
find any reference to my problem in the archives.
First a little background on the machine I'm using:
Mandrake 6.1
Voodoo 3500 AGP video card
XFree86 that comes with Mandrake 6.1 -- using the SVGA server
16 bit color depth @ 1024 x 768 resolution
128MB RAM
Abit BP6 MB w/single Celeron 366 -- not overclocked (yet)
DOSEMU .99.13
The problem I experience is when I try to run 'xdos.' I used to have the
VGA font problem, but that is fixed. The problem
I have now is when I try to run xdos, I can't get any text to appear. I
know xdos is working, because I can type commands
and see weird video corruption at the very top (1/10th) of the of the xdos
session. If I run the DOS 'edit' command, the
screen then displays completely correct, but as soon as I exit, it goes
back to being all black except a little bit of the
video corruption at the top of the screen I was talking about earlier. To
make matters even more interesting, there are
some programs that will actually "fix" this problem. For example, there is
a CoCo 3 emulator I tried running from inside
xdos. I know the command, so I can start it without actually having to see
the command I'm typing. Once it starts running,
the display looks fine. When I exit the emulator, the xdos session works
perfect. I can see all the text just fine. I do know
that the CoCo 3 emulator does require SVGA graphics, so maybe it
"initializes" something for my display that xdos
doesn't when it first starts.
I know this is not a lot to go on, but I'm hoping someone might be able to
help me with this problem.
Thank you!
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From: Peschka =?iso-8859-1?Q?Istv=E1n?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 20:30:13 +0100
Subject: File locking with Samba
Hello!
I use a dosemu 0.98.8-6, by kernel 2.2.13 on a suse 6.3 system. The
File server is samba 2.0.5a-54. When a dos (foxpro 2.6, clipper 5.2,
cobol) program make a record lock on the dbf (rlock()), then its ok, but
the other program make this rlock, then is not god. The all program can
write the sam rekord. The rekord locking system dosn't work. When this
program run under windows, the files are on the samba fileserver, then
the locking system work properly.
Can you help me?????
Istv�n PESCHKA
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Peschka Istv�n
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.datatrans.hu/kekbonusz
tel.: 30/9940-773
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From: Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 01:03:28 -0600
Subject: Fossil Driver Question
Hello,
I am currently using dosemu-0.98.8. My goal was to use the dos emulator
and figure out a way to allow it to take the telnet port. I noticed on
the hard drive image there is a fossil.com. Does this driver redirect
linux ports so people can telnet in? I would like to be able to run
either PCBoard or Iniquity and run some door games (Such as barren
realms elite). I know falken supports dosemu for door games, but
I really hated it. :) If you have any information on how to configure
the fossil driver to take a port and answer a telnet as though it was a
phone call, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PS:
(I wanted to set this up before I get DSL in a couple of weeks, so no
rush on the answer ;) If you know something that can do this that I can
run in DOSEMU (such as a dosemu telnet driver or something) then I would
appreciate that information too.
Thanks again
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From: "Jason Gardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 09:35:14 +0000
Subject: GEM desktop...
Hi all...list newbie, etc, etc...
I've been playing around with dosemu for a few days and I have a little question for
the list.
I have a requirement to run some software that runs under the GEM desktop and I have
been trying to get GEM to run under dosemu, with little success.
Does anyone have any comments...that is, am I wasting my time? I suspect that it is
just my dodgy version of GEM that is causing me trouble, but I would be grateful if
anyone who has experience in running (or trying to run) GEM under dosemu would give me
some tips.
Thanks in advance...
...from Jason Gardner
0208 763 4021 (Office)
07968 260692 (Mobile)
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Try not thinking about an elephant.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kari Suomela)
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 12:27:41 est5edt
Subject: Partition type
Excuse me, if this is a dumb question, but do I need a DOS partition,
or can I install/run DOS programs on an ext2 partition under dosemu?
KS
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From: James Hiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 18:55:22 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: Partition type
> Excuse me, if this is a dumb question, but do I need a DOS partition,
> or can I install/run DOS programs on an ext2 partition under dosemu?
Have a look at the tail end of the dosemu-HOWTO.txt file in the doc
subdirectory in the distribution to learn about lredir, subst, and
various tricks you can do with them. I haven't tried to do what you're
asking, but I can't think of a reason why you couldn't. But I'm no
expert. Why not set up an lredir and give it a whirl?
jbh
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kari Suomela)
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 23:30:36 est5edt
Subject: Partition type
Tuesday February 01 2000 21:49, Hugh Lawson wrote to Kari Suomela:
>> Excuse me, if this is a dumb question, but do I need a DOS
>> partition, or can I install/run DOS programs on an ext2 partition
>> under dosemu?
HL> That's a good question. I know that you can run dos programs that
HL> you copy into an hdimage.
Under OS/2 you can *install* DOS stuff on an HPFS partition. I hoped to
be able to do the similar thing with dosemu.
KS
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From: Jesper Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 04:59:18 +0100
Subject: Re: Partition type
On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 11:30:36PM +0000, Kari Suomela wrote:
>
> Under OS/2 you can *install* DOS stuff on an HPFS partition. I hoped to
> be able to do the similar thing with dosemu.
I run DosEMU completely under ext2fs, with no lredir. I have a
directory under my /home/user dir that is the C disk. I can copy
things into this directory (even with DosEMU running) and install into
it. It works just like a HD image. All files are visible from both DOS
and Unix.
I set a symlink from /var/lib/dosemu/hdimage.first to
/home/user/bootdos and it worked right away.
Of course, you can place the directory in /var/lib/dosemu, but I found
it more convenient to have it in my home directory.
Jesper
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'"Every terrorist organization has its own internet web site" to
propagate it, recruit manpower, purchase firearms and even sell
children for sexual purposes.'
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 02:06:18 -0500
Subject: [none]
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From: Hugh Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 08:13:22 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Partition type
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Jesper Anderson wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 11:30:36PM +0000, Kari Suomela wrote:
> >
> > Under OS/2 you can *install* DOS stuff on an HPFS partition. I hoped to
> > be able to do the similar thing with dosemu.
>
> I run DosEMU completely under ext2fs, with no lredir. I have a
> directory under my /home/user dir that is the C disk. I can copy
> things into this directory (even with DosEMU running) and install into
> it. It works just like a HD image. All files are visible from both DOS
> and Unix.
>
> I set a symlink from /var/lib/dosemu/hdimage.first to
> /home/user/bootdos and it worked right away.
>
> Of course, you can place the directory in /var/lib/dosemu, but I found
> it more convenient to have it in my home directory.
Did you use the "setup-bootdir" method of setting up your hdimage, or are
you using a "traditional" hdimage?
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kari Suomela)
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 07:48:44 est5edt
Subject: Partition type
Wednesday February 02 2000 04:59, Jesper Anderson wrote to linux-msdos:
>> Under OS/2 you can *install* DOS stuff on an HPFS partition. I
> hoped
>> to be able to do the similar thing with dosemu.
JA> I run DosEMU completely under ext2fs, with no lredir. I have a
JA> directory under my /home/user dir that is the C disk. I can copy
This is encouraging! Thx! :)
KS
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From: Hugh Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 21:49:25 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Partition type
On Tue, 1 Feb 2000, Kari Suomela wrote:
> Excuse me, if this is a dumb question, but do I need a DOS partition,
> or can I install/run DOS programs on an ext2 partition under dosemu?
That's a good question. I know that you can run dos programs that you
copy into an hdimage.
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Hugh Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:29:52 -0500 (EST)
Subject: vga.pcf not found by xdos
RedHat 6.1
dosemu-0.98.8-1
Here is the error I get when xdos starts:
ERROR: X: Unable to open font "vga"ERROR: , trying "vga"...
ERROR: X: Unable to open font "vga"ERROR: , trying "9x15"...
How do I troubleshoot this problem?
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "H. Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 08:14:10 -0800
Subject: Slackware 7.0, DOSEMU, Lantastic, PCMCIA
To whom it may concern:
I just recently downloaded several versions of DOSEmu.
It looks like DOSEmu version .98.8 is the version for me.
I would like to know if I'm hoping for too much.
I would like to move to Linux at least 90% of the time, but
I have some legacy apps written in Clipper for DOS that
I would still like to use.
This is what I would like to do:
Run DOSEmu under Linux 7.0, with Dos 6.22 or DrDOS 7.03
on a Dell inspiron 7000. The only problem I have is the PCMCIA
card and the Lantastic network. I'm not eaven sure if they will
work under DOSEmu, and I haven't tried. I do know that 3 out of 4
of my apps will run without re-compiling/linking.
Any ideas or comments?
Harry
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From: "Jason Gardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 16:21:45 +0000
Subject: GEM desktop...
Hi all...list newbie, etc, etc...
I've been playing around with dosemu for a few days and I have a little question for
the list.
I have a requirement to run some software that runs under the GEM desktop and I have
been trying to get GEM to run under dosemu, with little success.
Does anyone have any comments...that is, am I wasting my time? I suspect that it is
just my dodgy version of GEM that is causing me trouble, but I would be grateful if
anyone who has experience in running (or trying to run) GEM under dosemu would give me
some tips.
Thanks in advance...
...from Jason Gardner
0208 763 4021 (Office)
07968 260692 (Mobile)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Try not thinking about an elephant.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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From: edge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 17:31:43 -0600
Subject: irq passing
dosemu 0.99.13
All I want to do is allow my msdos-based program to control my modem on
com2. Setting $_com2="/dev/ttyS2" in /etc/dosemu.conf only appears to
do the job. The dos program reports "No IRQ found". So I tried using
the $_irqpassing="3". The modem doesn't respond at all. Also tried
$_irqpassing=" 3", due to some note about spaces in the Tech Readme.
Also tried $_ports="0x2f8", then $_ports="range 0x2f8 0x2ff". Several
other varieties of these settings were attempted, all with the same
results. Either the modem does not respond at all or the program
reports no IRQ. The modem is jumpered for com2, irq 3 and is *not* a
winmodem.
Please help. Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kari Suomela)
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 22:26:11 est5edt
Subject: irq passing
Wednesday February 02 2000 17:31, edge wrote to All:
e> Readme. Also tried $_ports="0x2f8", then $_ports="range 0x2f8
e> 0x2ff".
e> Several other varieties of these settings were attempted, all with
e> the
e> same results. Either the modem does not respond at all or the
e> program
e> reports no IRQ. The modem is jumpered for com2, irq 3 and is *not*
Have you disabled COM2 in CMOS?
KS
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From: "Kai Breitbarth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 09:27:56 +0100
Subject: Umlaute
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Hallo.
bestimmt wurde die Frage schon tausend mal gestellt, aber ich krieg es =
einfach nicht hin:
Umlaute, ohne direkten Keybordzugriff (ich will auch mit telnet Umlaute =
sehen).=20
K=F6nnen Sie mir weiterhelfen? Gibt es eine Mailingliste oder News?
Besten Dank und entwickelt dosemu weiter, es ist ein prima Weg alte =
DOS-Programme internetf=E4hig
zu machen!
Gru=DF Kai.
PS: Der Trick mit Alt und Ctrl-Tasten sollte irgendwie weiter oben =
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eine=20
Mailingliste oder News?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Besten Dank und entwickelt dosemu =
weiter, es ist=20
ein prima Weg alte DOS-Programme internetf=E4hig</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>zu machen!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Gru=DF Kai.</FONT></DIV>
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From: Reinhard Karcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 09:39:04 +0100
Subject: Re: Umlaute
On Thur, 03 Feb 2000 Kai Breitbarth wrote:
> [ something about how to use german ��� ]
1. Please don't post in german, it is an international list.
2. Do you use console or xdos? Send your dosemu.conf
Do you use telnet? I'm afraid, you can't.
Greetings
Reinhard
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From: Hugh Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 07:55:20 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: irq passing
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, edge wrote:
> dosemu 0.99.13
>
> All I want to do is allow my msdos-based program to control my modem on
> com2. Setting $_com2="/dev/ttyS2" in /etc/dosemu.conf only appears to
> do the job. The dos program reports "No IRQ found". So I tried using
> the $_irqpassing="3". The modem doesn't respond at all. Also tried
> $_irqpassing=" 3", due to some note about spaces in the Tech Readme.
> Also tried $_ports="0x2f8", then $_ports="range 0x2f8 0x2ff". Several
> other varieties of these settings were attempted, all with the same
> results. Either the modem does not respond at all or the program
> reports no IRQ. The modem is jumpered for com2, irq 3 and is *not* a
> winmodem.
On my system:
COM1=/dev/ttyS0
COM2=/dev/ttyS1
...
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bernie Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 22:19:15 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: Beginners questions
I'm just beginning to get dosemu set up. It seems to be working but there are
a couple of problems I'ld like some help on.
1)On startup, it has to have a floppy disk in the drive or it fails with :
ERROR: can't open /dev/fd0: I/O error
It works fine with a completely blank disk, so it's not looking for any
particular program. Is there a way to boot without the disk in, but have it
recognize the disk if one is inserted?
2)The dos program I'm trying to run uses various combinatins of
alt/shft/ctrl-fn keys. This works fine when running dos from a terminal but if
I use xdos in xwindows (KDE) the function key combinations don't work
correctly. For example, the program uses the alt-f1 combination which brings
up the kde menu panel. Is there a way to have all key combinations work as
expected within xdos when its in the foreground?
Thanks for any suggestions,
Bernie Gardner
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Myers, Jeffery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 17:25:29 -0500
Subject: < 8M Linux installed
I would like to use LILO as a boot manager on our Sales Team's laptops.
I need to strip Linux to the bone to keep the partition smaller than 8 Meg.
I remember a few years back seeing some very small setups for booting from
floppies.
Anyone know of a simple down and dirty install of less than 8 Meg? Or a
simple way to accomplish this.
I know how to configure Lilo no problem, but I need a very small footprint.
Any suggestions appreciated.
Thanks...
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From: edge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 17:38:31 -0600
Subject: RE: irq passing
e> same results. Either the modem does not respond at all or the
e> program
e> reports no IRQ. The modem is jumpered for com2, irq 3 and is *not*
KS> Have you disabled COM2 in CMOS?
Yes. The modem works fine when I boot dos or win95. It also works well
with getty or mgetty. But, I can't figure out how to turn control of
the modem over to the dos program running in dosemu. I don't need this
modem to be used by Linux, only by an old dos-based bbs program.
Without access to the irq, file transfers via the bbs program are very
slow due to retries.
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From: edge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 17:46:22 -0600
Subject: RE: irq passing
e> All I want to do is allow my msdos-based program to control my
e> modem on com2. Setting $_com2="/dev/ttyS2" in /etc/dosemu.conf only
e> appears to do the job. The dos program reports "No IRQ found".
HL> On my system:
HL>
HL> COM1=/dev/ttyS0
HL> COM2=/dev/ttyS1
HL> ...
>Hugh Lawson
Oops. Mine too. The original was simply a typo; the setting in
/etc/dosemu.conf *is* $_com2="/dev/ttyS1"
The dos program can access the modem, but cannot access the irq. It
needs this access for Zmodem file transfers (as well as other
protocols).
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From: Hugh Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 19:30:04 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: < 8M Linux installed
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Myers, Jeffery wrote:
> Anyone know of a simple down and dirty install of less than 8 Meg? Or a
> simple way to accomplish this.
> I know how to configure Lilo no problem, but I need a very small footprint.
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/
Has a bunch of distributions, some of them specially set up to be very
small, but I've never used any of them.
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Chris Albertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 00:29:43 GMT
Subject: Re: < 8M Linux installed
Go to www.freshmeat.net and do a search for "tomsrtbt"
this fits on one floppy. _And_ you can customize it
with the included tools.
>I would like to use LILO as a boot manager on our Sales Team's laptops.
>I need to strip Linux to the bone to keep the partition smaller than 8 Meg.
>I remember a few years back seeing some very small setups for booting from
>floppies.
>Anyone know of a simple down and dirty install of less than 8 Meg? Or a
>simple way to accomplish this.
>I know how to configure Lilo no problem, but I need a very small footprint.
>
>Any suggestions appreciated.
>
>Thanks...
>
>
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From: "Brian K. White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2000 20:07:33 -0500
Subject: Re: < 8M Linux installed
Hugh Lawson wrote:
>
> On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Myers, Jeffery wrote:
>
> > Anyone know of a simple down and dirty install of less than 8 Meg? Or a
> > simple way to accomplish this.
> > I know how to configure Lilo no problem, but I need a very small footprint.
>
> ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/linux/distributions/
>
> Has a bunch of distributions, some of them specially set up to be very
> small, but I've never used any of them.
>
> Hugh Lawson
> Greensboro, North Carolina
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I installed tomsrtbt on a 386sx16 laptop with only 5 megs of ram and 40 megs
of HD, and set up lilo (and PLIP!) all with included utils. I did give linux
more than 8 megs plus a 6 meg swap, but I could have given it as little as 3
or 4 for the root filesystem and no swap. The only thing I had to use that was
not included right in tomsrtbt was fips.exe.
I was able to boot tinylinux on another of the same laptops that had only 3
megs, but it did not come with the capability to install itself at that time,
but I think it does now.
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From: "josezubcoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 17:07:56 +0100
Subject: Help to unsubscribe-me!!
Excuse me, but I've been trying to unsusbcribe me but I can't.
If is possible somebody can do it for me or somebody can help me to do that.
Thank you, and again excuse me!.
Jose Zubcoff.
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From: Hugh Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 12:52:13 -0500 (EST)
Subject: vga.pcf, RedHat 6.1
Can anybody help with this problem?
I can't get xdos to find the "vga" font. Has anybody managed this with a
stock RH 6.1 install? I have the dosemu-98.8 installed by the rpm
downloaded from www.dosemu.org.
The problem may be with X, for the vga.pcf font doesn't appear in the
list when xfontsel is run. I feel that I must have missed something. The
font shows up fine in dosemu in another distribution (Mandrake 6.0) on the
same computer.
Other facts about my setup:
vga.pcf is located in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
vga.pcf is listed in in the fonts.dir for that directory
I have run mkfontdir in that directory
I have re-started the xfs font server
I have closed down X and restarted
Thanks,
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
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From: "Greg LaBossiere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 14:01:59 -0600
Subject: Problems with file sharing and locking in DOSEMU
We are using MS-DOS 6.22 running under DOSEMU 0.98.8 on Red
Hat Linux 6.1 (kernel version 2.2.12-20). The PC is an Intel Pentium
233MHz with 64 MB RAM.
DOSEMU boots MS-DOS from a native msdos partition on a linux
machine (Server1). We use DOSEMU to run a DOS accounting
database application written in Clipper (which is a dBase III
compiler/IDE). The Clipper executable also resides on the linux
msdos partition on Server1.
We use the DOSEMU program lredir.exe to create a network drive 'D:'.
The network drive 'D:' points to a SAMBA share '/mnt/remote_D'
mounted on the linux filesystem tree of Server1. The SAMBA share is
mounted from another linux machine (Server2) on the network which
hosts the database files needed by the Clipper executable residing
on Server1. The database files are located in a native msdos (actually
a vfat) partition on Server2.
The database files on Server2 are accessed by other copies of the
Clipper application running in DOS sessions on Windows 95/98
workstations on the network. Many users are reading and writing to
the shared database files residing on Server2.
Each separate copy of the Clipper application uses the DOS program
share.exe to control file sharing of the common database files.
Remote users telnet to Server1, start a DOSEMU session and launch
the Clipper application. They read, write, lock and unlock the shared
database files residing on Server2. These same database files are
being read, written, locked and unlocked by other copies of the
same Clipper application running on the Windows workstations.
The Clipper executables running on the Windows workstations
perform their file operations correctly... there are no problems or
conflicts. However, when the telnet users of the Clipper application
connect to the database files under DOSEMU, there is a problem. The
copies of the Clipper application running under DOSEMU do not
seem to recognize that another copy of the Clipper application has
incremented a counter in a database file: the results are duplications
of batch/transaction identifiers. We end up having two batches with
the same transaction identifier, and the contents of one batch get
overwritten (in part) by the second batch with the same identifier.
We think this might be a bug in how DOSEMU passes file sharing
requests from 'real' DOS (or from share.exe).
Is there a patch or fix for this? Can you help us at all? Any assistance
you can provide would be most appreciated. Thank you in advance
for any help you may be able to offer.
Greg LaBossiere
Xview Solutions Inc.
Information technology consultants
Computing Innovations for eBusiness
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://xview.com
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Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 22:34:08 +0300
Subject: (no subject)
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From: Hartmut Figge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 00:12:38 +0100
Subject: Re: Help to unsubscribe-me!!
josezubcoff wrote:
>
> Excuse me, but I've been trying to unsusbcribe me but I can't.
> If is possible somebody can do it for me or somebody can help me to do that.
you should had received the mail below:
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From: Ari Moisio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:54:12 +0200 (EET)
Subject: RE: irq passing
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, edge wrote:
> Yes. The modem works fine when I boot dos or win95. It also works well
> with getty or mgetty. But, I can't figure out how to turn control of
> the modem over to the dos program running in dosemu. I don't need this
> modem to be used by Linux, only by an old dos-based bbs program.
> Without access to the irq, file transfers via the bbs program are very
> slow due to retries.
If your BBS software uses fossil driver you can try dosemu own fossil
driver, fossil.com.
Another way is to give dosemu direct access to ioport adresses of given
serial port. Keyword in dosemu.conf is 'ports' if i remeber correctly. In
that case you have also pass irqs do dosemu.
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From: Marcel Landman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2000 10:45:05 +0000
Subject: Re: vga.pcf, RedHat 6.1
Hugh Lawson wrote:
> Can anybody help with this problem?
>
> I can't get xdos to find the "vga" font. Has anybody managed this with a
> stock RH 6.1 install? I have the dosemu-98.8 installed by the rpm
> downloaded from www.dosemu.org.
I have. At the moment I am unable to help you any further (some deadlines to
meet), but at least you know there is hope.
> The problem may be with X, for the vga.pcf font doesn't appear in the
> list when xfontsel is run. I feel that I must have missed something. The
> font shows up fine in dosemu in another distribution (Mandrake 6.0) on the
> same computer.
>
> Other facts about my setup:
>
> vga.pcf is located in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
> vga.pcf is listed in in the fonts.dir for that directory
> I have run mkfontdir in that directory
were there any errors when running mkfontdir?
>
> I have re-started the xfs font server
> I have closed down X and restarted
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hugh Lawson
> Greensboro, North Carolina
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Hugh Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 07:46:31 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: vga.pcf, RedHat 6.1
On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Marcel Landman wrote:
>
>
> Hugh Lawson wrote:
> > I can't get xdos to find the "vga" font. Has anybody managed this with a
> > stock RH 6.1 install? I have the dosemu-98.8 installed by the rpm
> > downloaded from www.dosemu.org.
>
> were there any errors when running mkfontdir?
>
Thanks Marcel for the reply. While typing this, I'm going to step
through the procedure once more.
cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
ls # vga.pcf is present in the directory
ls -l vga.pcf #output is:
# -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24632 Jul 9 1999 vga.pcf
grep vga.pcf fonts.dir
# vga.pcf vga
mkfontdir
# no errors
grep vga.pcf fonts.dir
# vga.pcf vga
xset fp rehash
# no errors
xfontsel &
# vga.pcf is not listed. There is
# no vga under family misc
/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart
# no errors
xdos &
ERROR: X: Unable to open font "vga"ERROR: , trying "vga"...
ERROR: X: Unable to open font "vga"ERROR: , trying "9x15"...
I hope you can spot something wrong!
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
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From: Mark Glassberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:08:29 +0000
Subject: Request for assistance
Has anyone gotten dosemu to output graphics using a Diamond Stealth II
S220?
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From: Marbio Maciel Pereira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 18:56:27 -0200
Subject: LINUX + MS-DOS
gostaria de saber se tem como rodar programa de dos em linux
Ex: CA-CLIPPER
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From: Bernie Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 03:03:47 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: Serial line problem
I have dosemu working fairly well with a dos program which among other things
uses a com port to communicate with an external device (amateur radio tnc). The
serial line (ttyS0) works fine with seyon so I know the port and the external
device are ok. However in xdos data is received from the external device ok
but no data is sent from the computer to the device. I'ld appreciate any hints
on what could cause this.
Bernie Gardner
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From: Peschka =?iso-8859-1?Q?Istv=E1n?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 12:56:21 +0100
Subject: rekord lock problem with samba and dosemu
Hello!
Excuse my...
I use a dosemu 0.98.8-6, by kernel 2.2.13 on a suse 6.3 system
with Caldera opendos 7.03.
The File server is samba 2.0.5a-54. When a dos (foxpro 2.6, clipper
5.2,
cobol) program make a record lock on the dbf (rlock()), then its ok,
but the other program make this rlock, then is not good. The all
program can
write the same rekord. The rekord locking system dosn't work. When this
program run under windows, the files are on the samba fileserver, then
the locking system work properly.
When I use MSDOS under dosemu, then only one task can a usefull rekord
lock on the server, ther is ok, but a other computer under win 98 can
too a usefull record lock make on the same time. On a other task on this
win 98, dont can make a lock.
Can you help me?????
Istv�n PESCHKA
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From: "Peter Paoloni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 07:45:56 -0500
Subject: Linux Inst
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From: Marcel Landman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 12:55:39 +0000
Subject: Re: Linux Inst
Peter Paoloni wrote:
> Sirs:
> We are trying to install Linux on a donated computer which had its
> hard disk formatted (no DOS or Windows). We belive the CD installed
> the files, and we veiwed the Redhat logo page, it continues to the
> menu page which asks for a mount point. We can not scroll down the
> help page because the mouse will not work. What is a mount point and
> what should we enter for it? Thank you for your assistance.
> Peter Paoloni
It depends on what you are going to do, the size of you hard disk, etc.
I suggest you try to get a manual.
You are writing emails, so I assume you have a computer which can access
the internet. Go to http://www.redhat.com/support/manuals/ and download
a manual. The manuals may also be on the cd's. You can probably read the
manuals from another computer.
- -mln
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From: David Lerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 11:09:46 -0500
Subject: Problems with recent 2.3 series kernels.
I have had problems with dos (or xdos) under kernel 2.3.40 and other
recent 2.3 series kernels for DOS applications that use extended memory.
xdos immediately crashes with a trace when the DOS application starts.
There is no problem when using the 2.2.14 kernel. I am running
dosemu-0.99.13.0.
Can someone advise if this is a known problem. Is there a configuration
issue with dosemu or the kernel? Would a different version of dosemu
avoid this problem?
Thanks in a advance,
Dave
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From: Hans Lermen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 02:40:23 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Re: Problems with recent 2.3 series kernels.
On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, David Lerner wrote:
> I have had problems with dos (or xdos) under kernel 2.3.40 and other
^^^^^
/proc/self/mem mapping was intentionally disabled in kernels >= 2.3.27.
DOSEMU (since ages) needs it for
- EMS
- DPMI
- Graphics under X
All those features therefore are broken under 2.3.x.
We know about it, Linus knows about it, and we try to find a working
solution (which isn't that simple due to DOSish messes), but we have no
working patch yet (neither for DOSEMU nor the kernel).
Keep in mind that not having mmap(/proc/self/mem) needs a mayor rewrite
of the DOSEMU mapping code and may need additional alternatives in the
kernel.
So, if you currently need DOSEMU, take a stable kernel (2.0.x, 2.2.x)
Hans
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From: edge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 21:54:09 -0600
Subject: Re: irq passing
AM> If your BBS software uses fossil driver you can try dosemu own
AM> fossil driver, fossil.com.
Thanks, tried that already. Still no irq detected by the dos program.
AM> Another way is to give dosemu direct access to ioport adresses of
AM> given serial port. Keyword in dosemu.conf is 'ports' if i remeber
AM> correctly. In that case you have also pass irqs do dosemu.
Also tried that. As far as I can find out, dosemu simulates the com
ports and the irq and does not allow direct hardware access any more.
If this is the way it happens, I'll just have to find another way to
use the dos-based program. If this is incorrect, I hope someone can
tell me how to get around the limitation. I've searched the source, but
I'm not a programmer.
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From: Catalin Bucur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 13:19:59 +0200
Subject: Re: Linux Inst
> Peter Paoloni wrote:
>
> Sirs:
> We are trying to install Linux on a donated computer which had its
> hard disk formatted (no DOS or Windows). We belive the CD installed
> the files, and we veiwed the Redhat logo page, it continues to the
> menu page which asks for a mount point. We can not scroll down the
> help page because the mouse will not work. What is a mount point and
> what should we enter for it? Thank you for your assistance.
Forget the mouse drive! Boot from CD and at the first screen (in text
mode), write there "text" and _then_ press Enter.
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Hardware Engineer - Electronic Computing Centre
Sidex S.A. - Galati - Romania
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From: Eric Aristidi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 07 Feb 2000 18:18:34 +0100
Subject: hdimage problem
Hello,
I've some problems with dosemu.
I would like to have a 20 MB hdimage.
I did a mkdexe myhdim -o noapp that did not work :
/usr/bin/mkdexe: //commands: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/mkdexe: //src/tools/periph/mkfatimage16: No such file or
directory
/usr/bin/mkdexe: /tmp/do_mtools: No such file or directory
XXXX error during mcopy XXXX
may be you choose the size of the hdimage too small
Use the -s option to give more space on the hdimage
Then I did a mkfatimage16 -k 20000 > myhdim that did work (I can see it
with mdir), I put it in /var/lib/dosemu/myhdim and updated the file
/etc/dosemu.conf such as :
$_hdimage = "hdimage.first myhdim"
then I run xdos, type "dir d:" dans it says "Invalid drive
specification". Same answer whith e:, f: or whatever but a,b and c:.
What did I do wrong ?
Thanks for help
Eric
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Dpt Astrophysique - Universite de Nice, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2
mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
fax : +33 4 92 07 63 21
phone : +33 4 92 07 63 45
http://www-astro.unice.fr/PagePerso/aristidi/
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From: Hugh Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 13:03:23 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: hdimage problem
On Mon, 7 Feb 2000, Eric Aristidi wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've some problems with dosemu.
> I would like to have a 20 MB hdimage.
> I did a mkdexe myhdim -o noapp that did not work :
> /usr/bin/mkdexe: //commands: No such file or directory
> /usr/bin/mkdexe: //src/tools/periph/mkfatimage16: No such file or
> directory
> /usr/bin/mkdexe: /tmp/do_mtools: No such file or directory
> XXXX error during mcopy XXXX
my mkdexe is at: /var/lib/dosemu/dexe/mkdexe
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
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