dosemu 1.0.2.1, FreeDOS, and MS-DOS 6.22

dosemu 1.0.2.1, FreeDOS, and MS-DOS 6.22

[Ralph Alvy]

It's been a few years since I've run Linux. Just returned to it. On my 
Redhat 8 installation I have installed the latest stable version of 
dosemu (1.0.2.1), along with the version of FreeDOS that's on the same 
Stable Releases page at www.dosemu.org.

I find that FreeDOS loads and works fine with lredir. But certain DOS 
apps important to me won't load with it. So I tried using MS-DOS 6.22 
instead, by creating an msdos directory under ~/mydos/dosemu, and then 
copying my MS-DOS files to that directory (~/mydos/dosemu/msdos). I then 
changed dosemu.conf to point to 'msdos' instead of 'freedos'. This fails 
to complete its bootup. I see it go through some of the autoexec.bat and 
then do it again for some reason, and then wait for me to forcefully 
terminate the terminal session. Any attempt to use lredir is met with my 
seeing only the 'l' (from 'lredir') on the screen, and then I must 
forcefully terminate the session.

The download didn't include Quick Start, which I remember from a few 
years ago helping me. Pointing me to relevant docs would be appreciated, 
if you think they might clear up this problem for me.

Re: dosemu 1.0.2.1, FreeDOS, and MS-DOS 6.22

[Ralph Alvy]

Ralph Alvy wrote:
> I find that FreeDOS loads and works fine with lredir. But certain DOS 
> apps important to me won't load with it. So I tried using MS-DOS 6.22 
> instead, by creating an msdos directory under ~/mydos/dosemu, and then 
> copying my MS-DOS files to that directory (~/mydos/dosemu/msdos). I then 
> changed dosemu.conf to point to 'msdos' instead of 'freedos'. This fails 
> to complete its bootup. I see it go through some of the autoexec.bat and 
> then do it again for some reason, and then wait for me to forcefully 
> terminate the terminal session. Any attempt to use lredir is met with my 
> seeing only the 'l' (from 'lredir') on the screen, and then I must 
> forcefully terminate the session.

Here's what I see when I load dosemu with MS-DOS:

	Linux DOS emulator 1.0.2.1 $Date: 2001/10/13 $
	Last configured at Sat Oct 13 18:55:24 MEST 2001 on linux
	DPMI-Server Version 0.9 installed

	Starting MS-DOS...


	C:\>PROMPT $p$g
	PATH C:\bin;c:\gnu;c:\dosemu
	SET TEMP=C:\tmp


	C:\>PROMPT $p$g
	PATH C:\bin;c:\gnu;c:\dosemu
	SET TEMP=C:\tmp

I'm left with what you see above, with the cursor blinking on the last 
blank line, as though it's waiting for another command. If I hit ENTER, 
I see another single iteration what you see above.

Re: dosemu 1.0.2.1, FreeDOS, and MS-DOS 6.22

[Justin Zygmont]

is it possible that you could have edited your autoexec.bat with a unix 
text editor that saved them as unix type instead of dos?  I'd also 
recommend upgrading to 1.1.5, it's better especially if you want to move 
your dos boot directory under your home, you won't even need an $hd_image 
setting in the dosemu.conf.


On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Ralph Alvy wrote:

> Ralph Alvy wrote:
> > I find that FreeDOS loads and works fine with lredir. But certain DOS 
> > apps important to me won't load with it. So I tried using MS-DOS 6.22 
> > instead, by creating an msdos directory under ~/mydos/dosemu, and then 
> > copying my MS-DOS files to that directory (~/mydos/dosemu/msdos). I then 
> > changed dosemu.conf to point to 'msdos' instead of 'freedos'. This fails 
> > to complete its bootup. I see it go through some of the autoexec.bat and 
> > then do it again for some reason, and then wait for me to forcefully 
> > terminate the terminal session. Any attempt to use lredir is met with my 
> > seeing only the 'l' (from 'lredir') on the screen, and then I must 
> > forcefully terminate the session.
> 
> Here's what I see when I load dosemu with MS-DOS:
> 
> 	Linux DOS emulator 1.0.2.1 $Date: 2001/10/13 $
> 	Last configured at Sat Oct 13 18:55:24 MEST 2001 on linux
> 	DPMI-Server Version 0.9 installed
> 
> 	Starting MS-DOS...
> 
> 
> 	C:\>PROMPT $p$g
> 	PATH C:\bin;c:\gnu;c:\dosemu
> 	SET TEMP=C:\tmp
> 
> 
> 	C:\>PROMPT $p$g
> 	PATH C:\bin;c:\gnu;c:\dosemu
> 	SET TEMP=C:\tmp
> 
> I'm left with what you see above, with the cursor blinking on the last 
> blank line, as though it's waiting for another command. If I hit ENTER, 
> I see another single iteration what you see above.
> 
> 
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Re: DOSemu 1.0.2.1, FreeDOS, and MS-DOS 6.22

[Riley Williams]

Hi Ralph.

 >> I find that FreeDOS loads and works fine with lredir. But
 >> certain DOS apps important to me won't load with it. So I
 >> tried using MS-DOS 6.22 instead, by creating an msdos
 >> directory under ~/mydos/dosemu, and then copying my MS-DOS
 >> files to that directory (~/mydos/dosemu/msdos). I then
 >> changed dosemu.conf to point to 'msdos' instead of 'freedos'.
 >> This fails to complete its boot up. I see it go through some
 >> of the autoexec.bat and then do it again for some reason, and
 >> then wait for me to forcefully terminate the terminal session.
 >> Any attempt to use lredir is met with my seeing only the 'l'
 >> (from 'lredir') on the screen, and then I must forcefully
 >> terminate the session.

 > Here's what I see when I load dosemu with MS-DOS:
 >
 >	Linux DOS emulator 1.0.2.1 $Date: 2001/10/13 $
 >	Last configured at Sat Oct 13 18:55:24 MEST 2001 on linux
 >	DPMI-Server Version 0.9 installed
 >
 >	Starting MS-DOS...
 >
 >
 >	C:\>PROMPT $p$g
 >	PATH C:\bin;c:\gnu;c:\dosemu
 >	SET TEMP=C:\tmp
 >
 >
 >	C:\>PROMPT $p$g
 >	PATH C:\bin;c:\gnu;c:\dosemu
 >	SET TEMP=C:\tmp
 >
 > I'm left with what you see above, with the cursor blinking on
 > the last blank line, as though it's waiting for another
 > command. If I hit ENTER, I see another single iteration what
 > you see above.

That looks like your AUTOEXEC.BAT file has the lines terminated
only with an LF character, suggesting they were created with a
Linux based editor. DOS in all its disguises requires lines
terminated with CR and most also require that CR to be followed
by LF although some just use the CR and treat the LF as a space.

Best wishes from Riley.
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Re: DOSemu 1.0.2.1, FreeDOS, and MS-DOS 6.22

[Ralph Alvy]

Riley Williams wrote:
> Hi Ralph.
> 
>  >> I find that FreeDOS loads and works fine with lredir. But
>  >> certain DOS apps important to me won't load with it. So I
>  >> tried using MS-DOS 6.22 instead, by creating an msdos
>  >> directory under ~/mydos/dosemu, and then copying my MS-DOS
>  >> files to that directory (~/mydos/dosemu/msdos). I then
>  >> changed dosemu.conf to point to 'msdos' instead of 'freedos'.
>  >> This fails to complete its boot up. I see it go through some
>  >> of the autoexec.bat and then do it again for some reason, and
>  >> then wait for me to forcefully terminate the terminal session.
>  >> Any attempt to use lredir is met with my seeing only the 'l'
>  >> (from 'lredir') on the screen, and then I must forcefully
>  >> terminate the session.
> 
>  > Here's what I see when I load dosemu with MS-DOS:
>  >
>  >	Linux DOS emulator 1.0.2.1 $Date: 2001/10/13 $
>  >	Last configured at Sat Oct 13 18:55:24 MEST 2001 on linux
>  >	DPMI-Server Version 0.9 installed
>  >
>  >	Starting MS-DOS...
>  >
>  >
>  >	C:\>PROMPT $p$g
>  >	PATH C:\bin;c:\gnu;c:\dosemu
>  >	SET TEMP=C:\tmp
>  >
>  >
>  >	C:\>PROMPT $p$g
>  >	PATH C:\bin;c:\gnu;c:\dosemu
>  >	SET TEMP=C:\tmp
>  >
>  > I'm left with what you see above, with the cursor blinking on
>  > the last blank line, as though it's waiting for another
>  > command. If I hit ENTER, I see another single iteration what
>  > you see above.
> 
> That looks like your AUTOEXEC.BAT file has the lines terminated
> only with an LF character, suggesting they were created with a
> Linux based editor. DOS in all its disguises requires lines
> terminated with CR and most also require that CR to be followed
> by LF although some just use the CR and treat the LF as a space.
> 
> Best wishes from Riley.

Riley and Justin,

Thanks to both of you! I reloaded my autoexec and config files in a DOS 
text editor and all is well. Now I'm tweaking my dosemu.conf to 
accomodate the apps I need. While I have your ears, I remember there was 
a way to forcefully close a full screen console. I thought it was 
something like Ctrl-Alt-PgDn, but that fails to work. Am I close?

Ralph

RE: DOSemu 1.0.2.1, FreeDOS, and MS-DOS 6.22

[Riley Williams]

Hi Ralph.

 >> That looks like your AUTOEXEC.BAT file has the lines terminated
 >> only with an LF character, suggesting they were created with a
 >> Linux based editor. DOS in all its disguises requires lines
 >> terminated with CR and most also require that CR to be followed
 >> by LF although some just use the CR and treat the LF as a space.

 > Thanks to both of you! I reloaded my autoexec and config files in
 > a DOS text editor and all is well. Now I'm tweaking my dosemu.conf
 > to accommodate the apps I need.

It's good to know we sorted that out for you...

 > While I have your ears, I remember there was a way to forcefully
 > close a full screen console. I thought it was something like
 > Ctrl-Alt-PgDn, but that fails to work. Am I close?

I have to admit that I've no idea on this one - I don't use dosemu
much myself, and have never had to even try this. As a result, I'll
have to pass on answering this one.

Best wishes from Riley.
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