That sounds like a third system in the linux path to make GW, and
programs written for it runable under linux. Very interesting as I will be
using linux more than windows as soon as I can get a modem working in linux.
I do have a bootable cd for win 98 se that I use for Norton's Ghost and
other dos needs. It contains the whole 98 se OS.
----- Original Message -----
From: "LinuxManMikeC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] win dos problem
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
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