Re: What kind of files are config.lnk and autoexec.lnk?

[Larry Alkoff <labradley@mindspring.com>]

Larry Alkoff wrote:
> I installed dosemu 1.4.0.0 on my wife's new Kubuntu computer.
> 
> In ~/.dosemu/drive_c there is an autoexec.lnk and config.lnk file in 
> addition to the standard autoexec.bat and config.sys.  The .lnk files 
> are in /etc/dosemu/freedos/ as config.sys and autoexec.bat.
> 
> Apparently dosemu treats these files like Linux soft links and executes 
> them in preference to my own config.sys and autoexec.bat.
> 
> I need to load my config.sys and autoexec.bat settings.
> What is the right way to do this?
> 
> Will dosemu even recognize config.sys and autoexec.bat if the .lnk files 
> are not present?
> 
> In my own instance of Kubuntu I simply did a copy and paste of the text 
> from  the .lnk files into config.sys and autoexec.bat and everything 
> works find.  The identical files do not work in my wife's case.
> 
> So I'm stymied and the spousal unit is peeved.
> 
> Larry Alkoff




In further experiments, I have found that config.sys and autoexec.bat in 
~/.dosemu/drive_c is not executed.  It seems config.sys and autoexec.bat 
in /etc/dosemu/freedos/ are being executed.  Are these the files I 
should edit to make dosemu run the way I want?

Larry