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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!!!
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- 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Available documentation -- mostly somewhat outdated :(
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You can just execute ./ViewDocs to read the docs.
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./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 It is a little bit outdated,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
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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
