On 1/26/06, Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 26 January 2006 06:31 pm, jim allAn wrote: > > Is there anything in Mandriva Linux that would prevent windoze from > > doing a shell to dos? > > The problem comes when I try to run a program in GW B.A.S.I.C. I get a > > flash message that I can not shell to dos. > If you have anything above win3.1 you don't have dos the installation of > windows wiped it out If you ever reinstall it rename your DOS directory > something else then install WinSux > (why bother) >
There is some bootloader voodoo that you can do to install DOS to a partition other that the first one (aka C:\). If you still have good DOS install disks you can set aside a partition and install DOS to it. There are also the options of using a DOS emulator like DOSBox, or an x86 hardware emulator like Bochs on which you install DOS and it runs under Linux. I don't know where the rpms are available for these programs on Mandriva as I am currently using Fedora. Mike ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
