But how can I run an .exe file in linux??
dos emulator don't work, it won't see
any other files on the drive except the
stupid little pre-installed idiotic stupid
set of files already in there, so thats worthless
dos emulator. I can't just copy the .exe file
onto a blank floppy, it won't boot without
the boot track, and I can't maek a boot
track. I can format for dos, but I can't
make it bootable. I need a disk image
like dosboot.img then I can do a
dd if=dosboot.img of=/dev/fd0
if means "infile" and of means "outfile"
that dd thingy takes the image file and
rawly writes all its data to the file
/dev/fd0 fd0 means floppydrive zero
and the /dev directory is where all
the devices are located, linux or any
other unix system treats everything
like a file, even devices, it connects
its hardware to files so one can
read or write data to them.
Thats why I like unix (Linux) better
than dos or windows, hehehe.
Later :)
On Fri, 29 Dec 2000, Meph Istopheles wrote:
> Hey Vic,
>
> > Well I could use wine to run the .exe file or I could dd an
> > image to a floppy--- I would prefer to dd an image file if
> > possible.
>
> Any chance that's a dos, as opposed to a Win, executable? Like
> After running the extraction exe for my bios, there was a readme,
> an exe & something else that ran when I'd booted it. Have you
> tried just booting with that disk? Maybe the coders had made it
> bootable.
>
> Meph
>
> --
> "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody."
> -Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
