Re: win3.1 attempts :)

Stas Sergeev
2003-09-23T17:08:04Z

Hello.

Ryan Underwood wrote:
> Yes, I see that it does. However, using the os2k386 in place of
> dosx in the install files seems to cause dosemu to have some
> filesystem-related problems.
Just tried under pure DOS - the same
problems. So I suspect it is the os2k386
that is buggy at that point.

>> least). Trying something before assuming that it doesn't work,
>> can sometimes save some work:)
> I do not see harm, nor stupidity, in at least attempting to
> understand how something works before making shots in the dark.
The harm is a waste of time only.
And btw, this was not a shot in the dark.
As both that windows (3.1 and wfwg) are
using a standard mode during the install,
replacing the dosx.exe was the most
obvious thing it seems.

>> Just look into "Help->About" in a Program Manager to find out.
> To do that, one would need a working installation, which you have
Not any more. I just tried the installation
under a real DOS (to see about the "filesystem
problems"), and, as I am half asleep after
work, I ocasionally deleted it instead of
the directory created during that test install.
I still have the win3.11 distro somewhere in
the streammer tape, but there were the whole
lot of the old goodies, winword6 with a bunch
of my (and other's) old documents, and many other
not very important but still interesting things.
Now as this all is finally gone, I suddenly lost any
interest in running windows under dosemu. I
still have the 3.1 installed for testing, but
without the winword and everything this is not funny
any more...