Re: [Freedos-kernel] EXT3 support

2015-08-17 Thread Alain Mouette
The basic idea is to start with a fresh install of an Ubuntu LTS server. 
Then a Script could install all the rest. I am already doing this on a 
project and it works very well, all scripts are posted on github: 
https://github.com/alainm/nfas (sorry, it's in portuguese due to local 
colaborators)


On basic script could install DOSEMU with an updated FreeDOS and maybe a 
few needed packages. I have a set of guidelines that I could translate


Another small script could create a DOSEMU instance. The default screen 
could be a FreeDOS console

Remember that dosemu can run a DOS program from de Linux command line ;-)

WHAT I DON'T KNOW is the minimum system to run graphics programs in 
FreeDOS+Dosemu+Linux, I have allways used with X


_Would you give it a try_? Just start with a plain Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 
32bits (use VirtualBox), it has a dosemu package that works prety well


Alain


Em 16-08-2015 03:09, Till escreveu:

Quoting Alain Mouette ala...@pobox.com:


Why not use all that effort to run FreeDOS over Linux? Dosemu works very
well...

It has already been done in the past, mas it was slackware based and as
soon as released had no mantainance, so it went dead.

*) you get all the drivers to run on any hardware
*) you can run multiple FreeDOS instances, it works very well
*) disk sharing works very well
*) networking via PacketDriver woks just fine, it may just be a bit
confusing to configure

and you can have background tasks in Linux for other tasks ans remote
access.

It would be just fine to make it over Ubuntu LTS, and I am willing to help.

PS: I have some legacy system runing in Dosemu and I use that regularly
for development


This is a brilliant idea that I would love to see come to life.  I'm
interested in hearing more about this.

Till


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Re: [Freedos-kernel] EXT3 support

2015-08-17 Thread Travis Siegel
The only problem with virtual box is that it isn't accessible.  Any folks 
using screen readers are likely to need dosemu instead of virtual box.  It 
may work under orca, but I've not tested that here.
Just a point of interest for those who need/want to know.



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