2 bugs in 1.4.0.0 bin pkgs and/or README.bindist. One fix included.

["Rod" <mates.w.ttwt@xoxy.net>]

I followed (pedantically, as you would expect an ex-IBM Linux instructor to do it) the 
instructions in README.bindist for 1.4.0.0 and installed dosemu and its mate freedos.

First bug (minor typo) :
The instructions say:
After you get the install right, you can execute DOSEMU with

  $ cd ~mydos/dosemu             # (your CWD _must_ be here)
  $ ./dosemu
==
The second last line there should be "cd ~/mydos/dosemu"

Of course I was there already by following the earlier instructions......


First login via ssh so I can do an easy screenshot (or two).
===
login as: yendor
yendor@192.168.80.167's password:
Linux yendor-desktop 2.6.20-15-generic #2 SMP Sun Apr 15 07:36:31 UTC 2007 i686

The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.
Last login: Wed Jul 18 17:13:29 2007
yendor@yendor-desktop:~$ cd mydos/dosemu/
yendor@yendor-desktop:~/mydos/dosemu$ ./dosemu
>=== Here begins the buggy bit
and then we see:
=============<screenshot>
Linux DOS emulator 1.4.0.0 $Date: 2007-05-05$
Last configured at Sun May  6 04:12:06 NZST 2007 on linux
This is work in progress.
Please test against a recent version before reporting bugs and problems.
Submit Bug Reports, Patches & New Code to linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org or via
the SourceForge tracking system at http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/dosemu

DPMI-Server Version 0.9 installed

FreeDOS kernel build 2036 cvs [version Aug 18 2006 compiled Aug 18 2006]
Kernel compatibility 7.10 - WATCOMC - 80386 CPU required - FAT32 support

(C) Copyright 1995-2006 Pasquale J. Villani and The FreeDOS Project.
All Rights Reserved. This is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO
WARRANTY; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
C: HD1, Pri[ 1], CHS=    0-1-1, start=     0 MB, size=   392 MB
D: HD2, Pri[ 1], CHS=    0-1-1, start=     0 MB, size=   392 MB
Bad or missing Command Interpreter: command.com /P /E:256
 Enter the full shell command line:
</screenshot>===========================

Not one of my many guesses got me to a DOS prompt.
Nor could I kill the session without going to another term and kill 9 ing the beast.

I have run dosemu years ago with no problems, at least in getting to a prompt, so I am 
perplexed about what is needed here.

I guess that it is at least a documentary update.

Any more info that you need from me?
Rod/