DOSEMU for Linux Code
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DOSEMU is a user-level program which uses certain special features of the Linux kernel and the 80386 processor to run MS-DOS/FreeDOS/ DR-DOS in what we in the biz call a `DOS box.' You may freely use, modify and redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2; for details see the files "COPYING.DOSEMU" and "COPYING". Please refer to the NEWS file to read about recent user-visible changes. How to set up DOSEMU: * Installation from source: please refer to the file INSTALL * Installation of the ready to use binary distribution (stable versions only): please refer to the file README.bindist Something's not right!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Read your dosemu.conf file carefully and make corrections. - Try disabling certain features. On the linux console, the video options and some of the rawkeyboard options sometimes cause problems. - Read all documentation files carefully, and try to get some help from others who have used DOSEMU. - Read the dosemu-HOWTO for Q&A's. - If no luck, please send us a debug report by typing 'dosemu -D+a -o debug' and send the file debug together with your config files and a description of your problem to the SF bug tracking system that you can reach from http://www.dosemu.org Don't forget to mention the versions of DOSEMU, GCC, LIBC, Binutils etc. For problems with the packaging of DOSEMU by Linux distributors, please bother them directly - we won't hunt after those bugs. For general discussion on dosemu use the mailing list linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org - Please be patient with us. We get flooded with bug reports and do our best to respond in a timely fashion. Available documentation -- mostly somewhat outdated :( -------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can just execute ./ViewDocs to read the docs. ========== ./README.bindist Describes the ready-to-use DOSEMU binary distribution, which frees you from all bothering about compilation, installation and configuration ... just _use_ it. ./doc/dosemu-HOWTO.txt This is the F.A.Q. for DOSEMU. It is a little bit outdated, but still very helpful. (Read this file first, however.) ./ChangeLog This is a log file of progress that have been done on DOSEMU since previous versions. ./doc/DANG.txt The Dosemu Alterer Novice's Guide, for interested hackers and programmers alike, if they want to look at the internals of DOSEMU and how it works. ./man/dosemu.bin.1 This is the 'lowlevel' DOSEMU man page. ./man/dosemu.1 This is the DOSEMU man page of the wrapper script. ./man/mkfatimage16.1 This describes how to create (empty) hdimages of various sizes. ./doc/announce The announcement textfile for DOSEMU. ./doc/README.txt Readme file for various applications and general purpose settings. ./doc/README-tech.txt Readme file for various technical details and settings. ./doc/configuration.txt How to use the menu driven configuration tools ---------- Many thanks to all involved, including all those who submitted debug output for our viewing pleasure, keep it coming. Bart Oldeman Email: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org