Freshly installed dos-6.22 with disk image does not work

Freshly installed dos-6.22 with disk image does not work

[Boszormenyi Zoltan]

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Hi,

I wanted to play some old games on my new RH8.0 (all upgrades are applied),
and I compiled dosemu-1.1.3.7 with the attached compile-time settings.

I also installed the freedos package but for some reason the games I 
wanted to try
does not start.

So I decided to install MS-DOS 6.22 into a disk-image so I used
"mkfatimage16 -k 262144 >dosdisk.bin" to create the image and
with "xdosemu -A" I was able to install the 3 floppies.

After that I changed  $_hdimage:

$_hdimage = "dosdisk.bin"

so it uses the image as a virtual disk instead of the "freedos" 
directory as a network drive.

xdosemu now refuses to work. The boot.log attached. I copied the vga.pcf 
font to the
proper place but did not bother to restart the font server yet.

What's wrong with my installation?

When I change $_hdimage to

$_hdimage = "freedos dosdisk.bin"

then xdosemu loads freedos but listing D: seems to not contain the 
D:\DOS directory
and io.sys and msdos.sys both seem to be 0 bytes long.

On another machine, with a RH 7.3, I also installed dosemu-1.1.3.7 
(1.0.2 segfaults)
and it works there on a real win98 partition. I kept the old dosemu.conf 
et.al
from a previous RH 6.2 / dosemu-1.0.2 installation there.

I recompiled dosemu without experimental stuff to see what happens but 
no change.

BTW, the mkfatimage* executables, the setup-dosemu script, midid, etc 
should also
be installed somewhere (under /opt/dosemu/bin ?) when I do a 
"./install_systemwide".

Best regards,
Zoltán Böszörményi


[-- Attachment #2: compiletime-settings --]
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config {
  experimental on
  sbemu on
  mitshm on
  x on
  net on
  dodebug off
  slangforce off
  runasroot on
  linkstatic off
  cpuemu off
  aspi on
  svgalib off
  pthreads off
}

[-- Attachment #3: boot.log --]
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Running unpriviledged in low feature mode
Linux kernel 2.4.18; CPU speed is 501110000 Hz
Dosemu-1.1.3.7 Running on CPU=586, FPU=1
using stderr for debug-output
debug flags: -a+cw
CONF: Disabling use of pentium timer
CONF: dosbanner on
CONF: timint on
CONF: CPU set to 386
CONF: 8192k bytes XMS memory
CONF: 8192k bytes EMS memory
CONF: EMS-frame = 0xe000
CONF: dosemu running on 
SER: /dev/ttyS0 port 0 int 0
SER: /dev/ttyS1 port 0 int 0
CONF: Keyboard-layout keyb-user
CONF: Keyboard-layout auto
device: /dev/fd0 type 2 h: 0  s: 0   t: 0 floppy A:
CONF: DPMI-Server on
CONF: not allowing speaker port access
CONF: IPX support off
CONF(LPT0) f: (null)   c: lpr  o: -Plp %s  t: 20  port: 378
device: /home/zozo/dosemu/dosdisk.bin type 0 header_size: 128 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
CONF: config variable c_system unset
CONF: not enough privilege to define config variable c_user
CONF: mostly running as ROOT: uid=500 (cached 500) gid=500 (cached 500)
DBG_FD already set
DOSEMU-1.1.3.7 is coming up on Linux version 2.4.18-17.8.0smp
CONF: reserving 640Kb at 0x00000 for 'd' (Base DOS memory (first 640K))
CONF: reserving 64Kb at 0xF0000 for 'r' (Dosemu reserved area)
major = 136 minor = 2
ERROR: X: Unable to open font "vga"ERROR: X: Unable to open font "vga"ERROR: , trying "vga"...
ERROR: , trying "vga"...
ERROR: X: Unable to open font "vga"ERROR: X: Unable to open font "vga"ERROR: , trying "9x15"...
ERROR: , trying "9x15"...
CONF: reserving 128Kb at 0xA0000 for 'v' (Video memory)
SERIAL $Header: /usr/src/dosemu0.60/serial/RCS/ser_init.c,v 1.1 1995/05/06 16:26:19 root Exp root $
CONF: reserving 64Kb at 0xE0000 for 'E' (EMS page frame)
TIME: using 9154 usec for updating ALRM timer
SIGILL while in vm86()
ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
SIGILL while in vm86()
ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
SIGILL while in vm86()
ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
SIGILL while in vm86()
ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
SIGILL while in vm86()
ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
SIGILL while in vm86()
ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
SIGILL while in vm86()
ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
SIGILL while in vm86()
ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
SIGILL while in vm86()
ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
SIGILL while in vm86()
ERROR: LOCK prefix not permitted!
ERROR: general protection at 0x700: 86
ERROR: general protection at 0x700: 86
Program=do_vm86.c, Line=352
EIP: 0070:00010000 ESP: 0000:00007d86  VFLAGS(b): 00000 00000000 10000010
EAX: 00000000 EBX: 00000500 ECX: 00005416 EDX: 0000ed57 VFLAGS(h): 00000082
ESI: 0000f3fb EDI: 000075ff EBP: 0000ed57 DS: 0000 ES: 75d5 FS: 0000 GS: 0000
FLAGS: SF RF VM  IOPL: 0
STACK: 7c f8 c3 f9 c3 b4 02 8b d5 75 -> 01 02 00 00 d5 75 01 02 00 00 
OPS  : 40 7c 00 00 86 00 40 7c 00 00 -> 86 00 40 7c 00 00 86 00 40 7c 
	8600                0070:0000 xchg    al,[bx+si]
00| f000:0000->0f0000   01| f000:0010->0f0010   02| f000:0020->0f0020
03| f000:0030->0f0030   04| f000:0040->0f0040   05| f000:0050->0f0050
06| f000:0060->0f0060   07| f000:0070->0f0070   08| f800:4000->0fc000
09| f000:e987->0fe987   0a| f000:00a0->0f00a0   0b| f000:00b0->0f00b0
0c| f000:00c0->0f00c0   0d| f000:00d0->0f00d0   0e| f000:00e0->0f00e0
0f| f000:00f0->0f00f0   10| f000:0100->0f0100   11| f000:0110->0f0110
12| f000:0120->0f0120   13| f000:0130->0f0130   14| f000:0140->0f0140
15| f000:0150->0f0150   16| f800:3500->0fb500   17| f000:0170->0f0170
18| f000:0180->0f0180   19| f000:0190->0f0190   1a| f000:01a0->0f01a0
1b| f000:01b0->0f01b0   1c| 7c40:01c0->07c5c0   1d| 0086:0000->000860
1e| 0000:7c40->007c40   1f| 7c40:0086->07c486   20| 0086:0000->000860
21| 0000:7c40->007c40   22| 7c40:0086->07c486   23| 0086:0000->000860
24| 0000:7c40->007c40   25| 7c40:0086->07c486   26| 0086:0000->000860
27| 0000:7c40->007c40   28| 7c40:0086->07c486   29| 0086:0000->000860
2a| 0000:7c40->007c40   2b| 7c40:0086->07c486   2c| 0086:0000->000860
2d| 0000:7c40->007c40   2e| 7c40:0086->07c486   2f| 0086:0000->000860
30| 0000:7c40->007c40   31| 7c40:0086->07c486   32| 0086:0000->000860
33| 0000:7c40->007c40   34| 7c40:0086->07c486   35| 0086:0000->000860
leavedos(4|0x4) called - shutting down
calling SIG_close
calling keyboard_close
00| f000:0000->0f0000   01| f000:0010->0f0010   02| f000:0020->0f0020
03| f000:0030->0f0030   04| f000:0040->0f0040   05| f000:0050->0f0050
06| f000:0060->0f0060   07| f000:0070->0f0070   08| f800:4000->0fc000
09| f000:e987->0fe987   0a| f000:00a0->0f00a0   0b| f000:00b0->0f00b0
0c| f000:00c0->0f00c0   0d| f000:00d0->0f00d0   0e| f000:00e0->0f00e0
0f| f000:00f0->0f00f0   10| f000:0100->0f0100   11| f000:0110->0f0110
12| f000:0120->0f0120   13| f000:0130->0f0130   14| f000:0140->0f0140
15| f000:0150->0f0150   16| f800:3500->0fb500   17| f000:0170->0f0170
18| f000:0180->0f0180   19| f000:0190->0f0190   1a| f000:01a0->0f01a0
1b| f000:01b0->0f01b0   1c| 7c40:01c0->07c5c0   1d| 0086:0000->000860
1e| 0000:7c40->007c40   1f| 7c40:0086->07c486   20| 0086:0000->000860
21| 0000:7c40->007c40   22| 7c40:0086->07c486   23| 0086:0000->000860
24| 0000:7c40->007c40   25| 7c40:0086->07c486   26| 0086:0000->000860
27| 0000:7c40->007c40   28| 7c40:0086->07c486   29| 0086:0000->000860
2a| 0000:7c40->007c40   2b| 7c40:0086->07c486   2c| 0086:0000->000860
2d| 0000:7c40->007c40   2e| 7c40:0086->07c486   2f| 0086:0000->000860
30| 0000:7c40->007c40   31| 7c40:0086->07c486   32| 0086:0000->000860
33| 0000:7c40->007c40   34| 7c40:0086->07c486   35| 0086:0000->000860
calling disk_close_all
calling video_close
releasing ports and blocked devices
calling shared memory exit
calling HMA exit
closing debugger pipes
calling mapping_close()
calling close_all_printers
calling mouse_close


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##############################################################################
# This file is /etc/dosemu.conf, included by <DOSEMU_LIB_DIR>/global.conf
#
# Linux DOSEMU configuration for parser versions >= 3 (dosemu-0.97.0.1)
#
# ./doc/README.txt (chapter 2.) contains a description of the syntax
# and the usage of dosemu.conf.
#
#
# Access rights are defined in
#
#      /etc/dosemu.users
#
##############################################################################



# Notes for editing this section:
#
#   In    $_xxx = (n)    n is a numerical or boolean value
#                  =     =
#   In    $_zzz = "s"    s is a string
#
# Please edit only between the brackets and quotes and keep the rest intact.
#        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

$_debug = "-a+cw"	# same format as -D commandline option
			# (but without the -D in front)
$_features= ""		# list of temporary hacks, see release notes in
			# the file ChangeLog. e.g "0:1 2:0", which means
			# to set feature_0 to 1 and feature_2 to 0.
$_mapping= ""		# preferred mapping driver, one of:
			# auto, mapself, mapfile, mapshm
$_timint = (on)		# emulate INT08 type timer interrupts
$_mathco = (on)		# or off
$_cpu = "80386"		# CPU shown to DOS, valid values:  "80[345]86"
			# or "emulated" for non-native CPU (386 in this case)

$_rdtsc = (off)		# if possible use Pentium cycle counter
$_cpuspeed = (0)	# 0 = calibrated by dosemu, else given (e.g.166.666)
$_pci = (off)

$_xms = (8192)		# in Kbyte
$_ems = (8192)		# in Kbyte
$_ems_frame = (0xe000)
$_dpmi = (8192)		# in Kbyte
$_dosmem = (640)	# in Kbyte, < 640
$_hardware_ram = ""	# list of segment values/ranges such as
			# "0xc8000 range 0xcc000,0xcffff"

$_secure ="ngd"		# secure for: n (normal users), g (guest), d (dexe)
			# empty string: depending on 'restricted'
			# "0": always insecure (not recommended)
$_odd_hosts = ""	# black list such as "lucifer.hell.com billy.the.cat"
$_diskless_hosts=""	# black list such as "hacker1 newbee gateway1"

$_emusys = ""		# empty or 3 char., config.sys   -> config.XXX
$_emuini = ""		# empty or 3 char., system.ini   -> system.XXX

$_hogthreshold = (1)	# 0 == all CPU power to DOSEMU
$_irqpassing = ""	# list of IRQ numbers (2-15) to pass to DOS such as
			# "3 8 10"
$_speaker = ""		# or "native" or "emulated"


$_term_char_set = ""	# Global code page and character set selection.
			# "" == automatic, else: ibm, latin, latin1, latin2,
			# koi8r

                        # Character set used externally to dosemu
$_external_char_set = ""
                        # "" == use $_term_char_set one of else: 
                        # "cp437", "cp737", "cp775", "cp850", "cp852", "cp857",
                        # "cp860", "cp861", "cp862", "cp863", "cp864", "cp865",
                        # "cp866", "cp869", "cp874",
                        # "iso8859-1", "iso8859-2", "iso8859-3", "iso8859-4", 
                        # "iso8859-5", "iso8859-6", "iso8859-7", "iso8859-8",
                        # "iso8859_9", "iso8859-14", "iso8859-15", "koi8-r"

                        # Character set used by dos programs
$_internal_char_set = ""
                        # "" == use $_term_char_set one of else: 
                        # "cp437", "cp737", "cp775", "cp850", "cp852", "cp857",
                        # "cp860", "cp861", "cp862", "cp863", "cp864", "cp865",
                        # "cp866", "cp869", "cp874"

$_term_color = (on)	# terminal with color support
$_term_updfreq = (1)	# time between refreshes (units: 20 == 1 second)
$_escchar = (30)	# 30 == Ctrl-^, special-sequence prefix

$_rawkeyboard = (0)	# bypass normal keyboard input, maybe dangerous
$_layout = "auto"	# one of: finnish(-latin1), de(-latin1), be, it, us
			# uk, dk(-latin1), keyb-no, no-latin1, dvorak, po
			# sg(-latin1), fr(-latin1), sf(-latin1), es(-latin1)
			# sw, hu(-latin2), hu-cwi, keyb-user
			# hr-cp852, hr-latin2, cz-qwerty, cz-qwertz, ru, tr.
			# Or 'auto' (which tries to generate the table from
			# the current Linux console settings)
$_keybint = (on)	# emulate PCish keyboard interrupt
$_toggle = ""		# toggle alternate layout, one of "shift_shift",
			# "ctrl_shift", "alt_shift". "" == disable toggling


$_X_updfreq = (1)	# time between refreshes (units: 20 == 1 second)
$_X_title = "DOS in a BOX"	# Title in the top bar of the window
$_X_icon_name = "xdos"	# Text for icon, when minimized
$_X_keycode = (auto) 	# on == translate keyboard via dosemu keytables
			# or 'off' or 'auto'
$_X_blinkrate = (12)	# blink rate for the cursor
$_X_font = ""		# basename from /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/*
			# (without extension) e.g. "vga"
$_X_mitshm = (on)	# Use shared memory extensions
$_X_sharecmap = (off)	# share the colormap with other applications
$_X_fixed_aspect = (on)	# Set fixed aspect for resizing the graphics window
$_X_aspect_43 = (on)	# Always use an aspect ratio of 4:3 for graphics
$_X_lin_filt = (off)	# Use linear filtering for >15 bpp interpolation
$_X_bilin_filt = (off)	# Use bi-linear filtering for >15 bpp interpolation
$_X_mode13fact = (2)	# initial size factor for video mode 0x13 (320x200)
$_X_winsize = ""	# "x,y" of initial windows size (defaults to float)
$_X_gamma = (1.0)	# gamma correction
$_X_vgaemu_memsize = (1024) # size (in Kbytes) of the frame buffer for emulated vga
$_X_lfb = (on)		# use linear frame buffer in VESA modes
$_X_pm_interface = (on)	# use protected mode interface for VESA modes
$_X_mgrab_key = "Home"	# KeySym name to activate mouse grab, empty == off
$_X_vesamode = ""	# "xres,yres ... xres,yres"
			# List of vesamodes to add. The list has to contain
			# SPACE separated "xres,yres" pairs



$_video = "vga"		# one of: plainvga, vga, ega, mda, mga, cga
$_console = (0)		# use 'console' video
$_graphics = (0)	# use the cards BIOS to set graphics
$_videoportaccess = (1)	# allow videoportaccess when 'graphics' enabled
$_vbios_seg = (0)	# set the address of your VBIOS (e.g. 0xc000, 0xe000)
$_vbios_size = (0)	# set the size of your BIOS (e.g. 0x10000, 0x8000).
			# 0 for $_vbios_seg/$_vbios_size means autodetection
			# (NOTE: DOSEMU must run in full feature mode for this)
$_vmemsize = (1024)	# size of regen buffer
$_chipset = ""		# one of: plainvga, trident, et4000, diamond, avance
			# cirrus, matrox, wdvga, paradise, ati, s3, sis
$_dualmon = (0)		# if you have one vga _plus_ one hgc (2 monitors)


$_vbootfloppy = ""	# if you want to boot from a virtual floppy:
			# file name of the floppy image under DOSEMU_LIB_DIR
			# e.g. "floppyimage" disables $_hdimage
			#      "floppyimage +hd" does _not_ disable $_hdimage
$_floppy_a ="threeinch"	# or "fiveinch" or "atapi" or empty, if non-existant
			# optionally the device may be appended such as
			# "threeinch:/dev/fd0"
$_floppy_b = ""		# ditto for B:

#$_hdimage = "freedos"
$_hdimage = "dosdisk.bin"
			# list of hdimages under DOSEMU_LIB_DIR
			# assigned in this order such as
			# "hdimage_c hdimage_d hdimage_e"
			# If the name begins with '/dev/', then partion
			# access is done instead of virtual hdimage such as
			# "/dev/hda1" or "/dev/hda1:ro" for readonly
			# Currently mounted devices and swap are refused.
			# Hdimages and devices may be mixed such as
			# "hdimage_c /dev/hda1 /dev/hda3:ro"
			# Note: 'wholedisk' is _not_ supported.
$_hdimage_r = $_hdimage	# hdimages for 'restricted access (if different)

$_aspi = ""		# list of generic SCSI devices to make available
			# for the builtin aspi driver (format of an entry
			# is 'device:type:mappedtarget' such as
			# "sg2:WORM sg3:Sequential-Access:6 sg4:CD-ROM" or
			# "sg2:4 sg3:1:6 sg4:5" (which are equal)

$_com1 = "/dev/ttyS0"	# e.g. "/dev/mouse" or "/dev/ttyS0"
$_com2 = "/dev/ttyS1"	# e.g. "/dev/modem" or "/dev/ttyS1"
$_com3 = ""		# ditto                "/dev/ttyS2"
$_com4 = ""		# ditto                "/dev/ttyS3"
			# Note: all "/dev/ttyXX" may be suffixed by the IRQ
			# used (instead of the default one), such as
			# "/dev/ttyS2 irq 5" or "/dev/ttyS3 irq 9"

$_ttylocks = ""		# Lock directory (e.g. "/var/lock")
			# default ("") is /usr/spool/uucp

$_mouse = ""		# one of: microsoft, mousesystems, logitech, mmseries
			# mouseman, hitachi, busmouse, ps2, imps2
$_mouse_dev = ""	# one of: com1, com2, com3, com4 or /dev/mouse
$_mouse_flags = ""	# empty list or one or more of:
			# "emulate3buttons cleardtr"
$_mouse_baud = (0)	# baudrate, 0 == don't set

$_printer = "lp"	# list of (/etc/printcap) printer names to appear as
			# LPT1, LPT2, LPT3 (not all are needed, empty for none)
$_printer_timeout = (20)# idle time in seconds before spooling out

$_ports = ""		# list of portnumbers such as "0x1ce 0x1cf 0x238"
			# or "0x1ce range 0x280,0x29f 310"
			# or "range 0x1a0,(0x1a0+15)"

$_ipxsupport = (off)	# or on
$_novell_hack = (off)
$_pktdriver = (off)	# 'on' for Packet Driver
$_netdev = "eth0"	# network device for Packet Driver
$_vnet = (off)		# 'on' for packet-multi
			# (used by dosnet, dsn0 overrides $_netdev)

$_sound = (on)		# sound support on/off
$_sb_base = (0x220)
$_sb_irq = (5)
$_sb_dma = (1)
$_sb_dsp = "/dev/dsp"
$_sb_mixer = ""         # or "/dev/mixer" if you allow that dosemu 
                        # changes the volume
$_mpu_base = "0x330"

$_joy_device = ""       # 1st and 2nd joystick device 
                        # ("" if you don't want an emulated joystick)
			# e.g. "/dev/js0" or "/dev/js0 /dev/js1" 
			# 
$_joy_dos_min = (1)	# range for joystick axis readings, must be > 0
$_joy_dos_max = (150)	# avoid setting this to > 250
$_joy_granularity = (1) # the higher, the less sensitive - 
			# useful if you have a wobbly joystick

Re: Freshly installed dos-6.22 with disk image does not work

[Stas Sergeev]

Hello.

Boszormenyi Zoltan wrote:
> and I compiled dosemu-1.1.3.7 with the attached compile-time settings.
Don't use setup-dosemu script for
now as it removes some important
options from compiletime-settings.
The "compiletime-settings" provided
by default would do in most cases
(or edit it manually).

> so it uses the image as a virtual disk instead of the "freedos" 
> directory as a network drive.
You can use also an msdos directory
as a network drive. For some reasons
I think it is better than the hdimage.
All you need is just to delete the
freedos files and copy the MS-DOS
ones (io.sys, msdos.sys and command.com).
In fact there is probably no need to
even erase the freedos files, as dosemu
recognizes the system files by their names,
and MS-DOS's files have a higher priority
when both DOSes are present.

> xdosemu now refuses to work. The boot.log attached. I copied the 
> vga.pcf font to the
> proper place but did not bother to restart the font server yet.
Try this:
1. in the directory you copied the vga.pcf
in, type "mkfontdir".
2. in xterm type "xset fp rehash" to make
your X server to search for the new fonts.

Re: Freshly installed dos-6.22 with disk image does not work

[Boszormenyi Zoltan]

Stas Sergeev wrote:

> Hello.
>
> Boszormenyi Zoltan wrote:
>
>> and I compiled dosemu-1.1.3.7 with the attached compile-time settings.
>
> Don't use setup-dosemu script for
> now as it removes some important
> options from compiletime-settings.
> The "compiletime-settings" provided
> by default would do in most cases
> (or edit it manually). 


So just "./default-configure ; make"?

Btw, with a newer binutils spit this in the final link phase:

lib/libarch_linux_mapping.a(mapself.o)(.text+0x671): In function 
`realloc_mapping_self':
: `sys_errlist' is deprecated; use `strerror' or `strerror_r' instead

>
>> so it uses the image as a virtual disk instead of the "freedos" 
>> directory as a network drive.
>
> You can use also an msdos directory
> as a network drive.


I know. My intent was to install dos 6.22 but it refused to install into 
a network drive
since the installation sequence recognizes that C: is not "in an 
acceptable format"
and then "format c:" does not format a network drive so the install exits.
I then created the disk image, which is over 6 MB after installing the 3 
floppies.
This refused to boot up. "strings dosdisk.bin | more" shows the correct 
directory contents
and the readable file contents. (Like "Incorrect DOS version", 
"Non-System disk or disk error
Replace and press any key when ready", etc.) I wanted to use the 
beforementioned
$_hdimage "freedos dosdisk.bin"
to copy the dos-6.22 files to C: but this does not work either.

> For some reasons
> I think it is better than the hdimage.
> All you need is just to delete the
> freedos files and copy the MS-DOS
> ones (io.sys, msdos.sys and command.com).
> In fact there is probably no need to
> even erase the freedos files, as dosemu
> recognizes the system files by their names,
> and MS-DOS's files have a higher priority
> when both DOSes are present.


As you instructed, I copied io.sys, msdos.sys, command.com to 
~/dosemu/freedos.
It boots up happily, but DIR D: shows no D:\DOS directory and the io.sys 
and msdos.sys
are also 0 bytes there. This seems to be a problem with dosemu-1.1.3.7's 
virtual disk handling.

But wait, I created a new diskimage, booted up with dos-6.22 from 
network drive, d: is the image,
copying and listing shows the correct files and sizes. Now where's the 
problem? When I have time,
I will try to reproduce this.

>> xdosemu now refuses to work. The boot.log attached. I copied the 
>> vga.pcf font to the
>> proper place but did not bother to restart the font server yet. 
>

I know the method I just did not bother to do it. There was the bigger 
problem
with dos-6.22 not booting from virtual disk.

Now I tried some games, some worked, some didn't. E.g. doom2 didn't,
supaplex (a boulder dash clone) did. Now back to work. ;-)

> Try this:
> 1. in the directory you copied the vga.pcf
> in, type "mkfontdir". 

> 2. in xterm type "xset fp rehash" to make
> your X server to search for the new fonts. 


But I did neither this not "/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs reload".
Today morning I switched on the machine, the font is working, as I expected.

Best regards,
Zoltán Böszörményi


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Game problem Re: Freshly installed dos-6.22 with disk image does not work

[Boszormenyi Zoltan]

> Now I tried some games, some worked, some didn't. E.g. doom2 didn't,
> supaplex (a boulder dash clone) did. Now back to work. ;-) 


After setting up doom2 to "no sound", it works.

Supaplex uses a kind of "split screen", the lower part contains time
and other status info, the upper part is a 2D scrolling screen.
The problem is that under xdosemu, the lower part is scrolling, too
where it shouldn't.
Pinball Fantasies does not start, I do not know why, maybe because of the
network drive?

Serf City (Settlers I) starts but its mouse handling is too fast(?):
the mouse is too sensitive.

Xmas Lemmings: the screen is flashing, movements are too slow.
It also uses the split screen VGA feature. Maybe it polls the
horizontal retrace too much?

Best regards,
Zoltán Böszörményi


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Re: Freshly installed dos-6.22 with disk image does not work

[Ged Haywood]

Hi Stas,

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Stas Sergeev wrote:

> Boszormenyi Zoltan wrote:
> > and I compiled dosemu-1.1.3.7 with the attached compile-time settings.
> 
> Don't use setup-dosemu script for now as it removes some important
> options from compiletime-settings.

What options are important that it removes?

I compiled 1.1.3.7 with just static linking (while investigating why
it wouldn't compile I removed all other options using setup-dosemu)
and dosemu seems to run OK now.  However I do have a couple of little
problems with it, so I wonder if they're related to these mysterious
removed settings. :)

I'm running a homebrew 2.4.19 kernel.

73,
Ged.

Re: Freshly installed dos-6.22 with disk image does not work

[Stas Sergeev]

Hello.

Ged Haywood wrote:
>> Don't use setup-dosemu script for now as it removes some important
>> options from compiletime-settings.
>  What options are important that it removes?
Just compare the fresh compiletime-settings
file with the one created by setup-dosemu to
see which ones.

> I compiled 1.1.3.7 with just static linking (while investigating why
> it wouldn't compile I removed all other options using setup-dosemu)
> and dosemu seems to run OK now.
The removed options doesn't necessary
lead to any real problems. Removing
them only limits the flexibility.
So while the goal of setup-dosemu is
to let you alter the options, in fact
you end up with the default ones, not
even knowing about that.

Re: Freshly installed dos-6.22 with disk image does not work

[Ged Haywood]

Hi Stas,

On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Stas Sergeev wrote:

> Ged Haywood wrote:

> >> [setup-dosemu script] [options from compiletime-settings]
> >  What options are important that it removes?

> Just compare the fresh compiletime-settings file with the one
> created by setup-dosemu to see which ones.

Er, um, I meant which ones were important, not which ones did it remove... :)

73,
Ged.