I followed (pedantically, as you would expect an ex-IBM Linux instructor to do it) the instructions in README.bindist for 1.4.0.0 and installed dosemu and its mate freedos. First bug (minor typo) : The instructions say: After you get the install right, you can execute DOSEMU with $ cd ~mydos/dosemu # (your CWD _must_ be here) $ ./dosemu == The second last line there should be "cd ~/mydos/dosemu" Of course I was there already by following the earlier instructions...... First login via ssh so I can do an easy screenshot (or two). === login as: yendor yendor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx's password: Linux yendor-desktop 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686 The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright. Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law. Last login: Wed Jul 18 17:13:29 2007 yendor@yendor-desktop:~$ cd mydos/dosemu/ yendor@yendor-desktop:~/mydos/dosemu$ ./dosemu >=== Here begins the buggy bit and then we see: =============<screenshot> Linux DOS emulator 1.4.0.0 $Date: 2007-05-05$ Last configured at Sun May 6 04:12:06 NZST 2007 on linux This is work in progress. Please test against a recent version before reporting bugs and problems. Submit Bug Reports, Patches & New Code to linux-msdos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or via the SourceForge tracking system at http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/dosemu DPMI-Server Version 0.9 installed FreeDOS kernel build 2036 cvs [version Aug 18 2006 compiled Aug 18 2006] Kernel compatibility 7.10 - WATCOMC - 80386 CPU required - FAT32 support (C) Copyright 1995-2006 Pasquale J. Villani and The FreeDOS Project. All Rights Reserved. This is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. C: HD1, Pri[ 1], CHS= 0-1-1, start= 0 MB, size= 392 MB D: HD2, Pri[ 1], CHS= 0-1-1, start= 0 MB, size= 392 MB Bad or missing Command Interpreter: command.com /P /E:256 Enter the full shell command line: </screenshot>=========================== Not one of my many guesses got me to a DOS prompt. Nor could I kill the session without going to another term and kill 9 ing the beast. I have run dosemu years ago with no problems, at least in getting to a prompt, so I am perplexed about what is needed here. I guess that it is at least a documentary update. Any more info that you need from me? Rod/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
