Newbie question - dosemu on SuSE linux 10.0

Newbie question - dosemu on SuSE linux 10.0

[Steven M. Senft]

Hello,

I'm suffering from extreme newbie frustration! I'm new to linux, been
checking out fedora core 3, and now Suse. Grew up on Dos, and have a
program that I must keep going.

I tried dosbox - it worked, but I couldn't print. 

The Yast software tool that comes with Suse shows Dosemu, and seems to
install it, but when I try to find it by searching the "Applications"
button on the desktop, it does not exist - though dosbox does.

I've searched through the file system, and see a couple of folders
called dosemu, There does not seem to be any executable files in them,
but frankly I'm not sure.

I'm starting to wonder if I have to run dosemu from a terminal? 

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Steve

Re: Newbie question - dosemu on SuSE linux 10.0

[Bernhard Bialas]

Hello,
please open a terminal and start with "xdosemu" 
after some confirmations, dosemu should start.
For use your old dos-programs, please create a directory and  copy the dos 
-programs there (you can do it in your home directory). Maybe you have to 
edit your  autoexec.bat in oder to create a dos-drive letter.

Please do not forget to edit the dosemu.conf in /etc/dosemu/ for keybord 
settings, mouse and other.

Best regards
Bernhard Bialas

Am Donnerstag, 29. Dezember 2005 12:25 schrieben Sie:
> Hello,
>
> I'm suffering from extreme newbie frustration! I'm new to linux, been
> checking out fedora core 3, and now Suse. Grew up on Dos, and have a
> program that I must keep going.
>
> I tried dosbox - it worked, but I couldn't print.
>
> The Yast software tool that comes with Suse shows Dosemu, and seems to
> install it, but when I try to find it by searching the "Applications"
> button on the desktop, it does not exist - though dosbox does.
>
> I've searched through the file system, and see a couple of folders
> called dosemu, There does not seem to be any executable files in them,
> but frankly I'm not sure.
>
> I'm starting to wonder if I have to run dosemu from a terminal?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
> Steve
>
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