Re: [Freedos-user] freedos on vmware

[Jim H. <jh...@fr...>]

I run Fedora Core 6.  I do have VMWare, but I don't often boot DOS in
it.  Most of my FreeDOS work is done under Linux DOSEmu.  I think you
should be able to do it in Linux DOSEmu.  At least, I believe it
solves most of what you are looking for:

1. I haven't needed networking under DOS, so I haven't tried this.
The dosemu.conf file does mention "tap" or "direct" networking, so you
should be able to.  I just don't need it, so haven't even tried.  :-(

2. With DOSEmu, your C: drive is just a directory in your Linux $HOME,
so you immediately have access to them under Linux.  :-)

3. You won't be able to use telnet/ssh to run GUI DOS apps.  And it
looks like XDOSEmu assumes local X - there aren't options available to
give it a remote X display.  However, I regularly play Quake under
XDOSEmu (in an X window) at 1024x768 resolution on my 1280x1024
monitor.  So there shouldn't be a problem running at a res larger than
640x480.  :-)

4. DOSEmu automatically maps LPT1: to your default printer, so you
should be able to print.  I just tried it as an example, and it works
fine.  :-)


-jh


On 3/23/07, Russell Button <ru...@bu...> wrote:
> I'm running vmware server under Ubuntu Linux 6.06 (Dapper Drake).
>
> I've been able to create a vm to host freedos and to get it loaded and
> running.
>
> So far, so good.
>
> The reason I'm interested in running freedos is that I have a couple of
> old dos apps I want to run:
>
> Framework - from Aston-Tate
> Geoworks 2.0
>
> Here are the things I want to do next:
>
> 1.  Get IP networking running on the freedos VM.
> 2.  Be able to transfer data in and out of it to my Linux environment -
> ftp?  scp?
> 3.  Be able to telnet in from an xterm of arbitrary size and run the
> apps from a window larger than 640x480
> 4.  It would be great if I could print to a networked HP Laserjet from
> the VM as well.
>
> I have no idea how much of this can or cannot be done.
>
> Russ
>
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