Re: Mandrake and DOSEMU

[Emery Snyder emery.snyder@xxxxxxxx]

you can make a DOS-type partition on your Linux machine and use it
from there, too.


On 21.2.2003, Paul Breeze wrote:
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> I found and downloaded dosemu-1.0.1-8mdk.i686.rpm and dos-freedos-1.0.1-8mdk.i586.rpm (I don't
> remember where exactly but there are a number of rpm respositories - I searched for
> dosemu+mandrake+rpm and they soon appeared) and installed both these using the k-package installer
> programme. Then, tying either 'dos' from a console prompt or running the command 'dos -X' (the
> latter is better, launching DOS in its own window) and freedos launched.

> This is relatively limited, however, because you are running from a freedos hard disk image. In
> order to proceed further you need to make your own bootable image. Fortunately this can be done
> extremely easily because you can create a link to a directory on a DOS or Windows hard drive and it
> will boot from there if you install the right programs. The best way to proceed is to find and
> download Dosemu for Dummies which I found at www.jw-stumpel.nl/dosemu.html.  I followed the
> instructions in this manual and it worked fine.

> You will still need to find a vga font in order to generate a presentable screen in XY. I went to
> the DOSEMU homepage and downloaded the stable version from there. If you simply unpack it - I did
> this on my windows machine - and search through the directories it unpacks, you will find vga.pcf.
> Dosemu for Dummies tells you where to place it. You then need to command mkfontdir (I think that
> is correct) in order to register the font in a file called font.dir. You will also find ems.sys in
> the dosemu package; you need to load this from config.sys to provide extended memory. After that,
> you should be just about there.

> Let me know if you run into any problems and I will see if I can help.

> Paul Breeze



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