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

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

[Larry Alkoff]

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

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

[Larry Alkoff]

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

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

[Bart Oldeman]

2009/4/18 Larry Alkoff <labradley@mindspring.com>:
> 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?

I'm not sure where your .lnk files come from but:
have a look at ~/.dosemu/boot.log after running dosemu which directory
is used as drive C:
a line like:
device: /home/bart/.dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
in that case the config.sys file comes from ~/.dosemu/drives/c which
is normally set up as a symlink to ~/.dosemu/drive_c so that's indeed
where you should be looking.

However, in Debian/Ubuntu's DOSEMU (perhaps by accident) we have this:
/home/bart/.dosemu/drives:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bart users 26 avr 18 16:14 c -> /home/bart/.dosemu/drive_c
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bart users 23 avr 18 16:14 d -> /usr/lib/dosemu/drive_z

/home/bart/.dosemu/drive_c:
total 4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bart users   32 avr 18 16:14 autoexec.bat ->
/etc/dosemu/freedos/autoexec.bat
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bart users   30 avr 18 16:14 config.sys ->
/etc/dosemu/freedos/config.sys
drwxrwxr-x 2 bart users 4096 avr 18 16:14 tmp

So config.sys is really a symlink to the file in /etc/dosemu/freedos.
But in dosemu installations from dosemu.org it's a writable file
*copied* from the system file so users can edit it in DOSEMU.

/home/bart/.dosemu/drive_c:
total 12
-rw-r--r-- 1 bart users  556 mai  6  2007 autoexec.bat
-rw-r--r-- 1 bart users  346 mai  6  2007 config.sys
drwxrwxr-x 2 bart users 4096 avr 18 16:16 tmp

So yes, either edit the /etc/dosemu/freedos files using a Linux editor
as root (but these affect all users!) or change the symlinks to
copies.

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

[Larry Alkoff]

Bart Oldeman wrote:
> 2009/4/18 Larry Alkoff <labradley@mindspring.com>:
>> 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?
> 
> I'm not sure where your .lnk files come from but:
> have a look at ~/.dosemu/boot.log after running dosemu which directory
> is used as drive C:
> a line like:
> device: /home/bart/.dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
> in that case the config.sys file comes from ~/.dosemu/drives/c which
> is normally set up as a symlink to ~/.dosemu/drive_c so that's indeed
> where you should be looking.
> 
> However, in Debian/Ubuntu's DOSEMU (perhaps by accident) we have this:
> /home/bart/.dosemu/drives:
> total 0
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 bart users 26 avr 18 16:14 c -> /home/bart/.dosemu/drive_c
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 bart users 23 avr 18 16:14 d -> /usr/lib/dosemu/drive_z
> 
> /home/bart/.dosemu/drive_c:
> total 4
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 bart users   32 avr 18 16:14 autoexec.bat ->
> /etc/dosemu/freedos/autoexec.bat
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 bart users   30 avr 18 16:14 config.sys ->
> /etc/dosemu/freedos/config.sys
> drwxrwxr-x 2 bart users 4096 avr 18 16:14 tmp
> 
> So config.sys is really a symlink to the file in /etc/dosemu/freedos.
> But in dosemu installations from dosemu.org it's a writable file
> *copied* from the system file so users can edit it in DOSEMU.
> 
> /home/bart/.dosemu/drive_c:
> total 12
> -rw-r--r-- 1 bart users  556 mai  6  2007 autoexec.bat
> -rw-r--r-- 1 bart users  346 mai  6  2007 config.sys
> drwxrwxr-x 2 bart users 4096 avr 18 16:16 tmp
> 
> So yes, either edit the /etc/dosemu/freedos files using a Linux editor
> as root (but these affect all users!) or change the symlinks to
> copies.
> 
> Bart
> 


Hello Bart.

Thanks very much for your help with dosemu.
I've been using dosemu for a few years through versions of Kubuntu with 
no particular problems.  I set up my wife's computer in the same way and 
same version, particularly as regards dosemu but they seem to be working 
quite differently.

After much experimentation I proved that wife's dosemu will _only_ use 
the config and autoexec files from freedos so I edited those files in 
freedos directly as root (saving the originals of course).

This is not necessary in my dosemu which clearly uses the files in 
~/.dosemu/drive_c.  Something has changed although both sign on as 
version 1.4.0.0 and were obtained from the same distribution repository 
(Kubuntu Hardy Heron LTS).

One other important thing has changed.  My version uses symlinks to 
access important file directories, which works perfectly.  However, my 
wife's computer does not seem to recognize symlinks at all.
Here is the difference in directories between hers and mine:

Hers:  BIN TMP CPI HELP APPINFO GNU NLS TMP
Mine:  BIN TMP                              INFO  INV  PF  PUBLIC
However BIN is different because her dosemu is not seeing the symlink.

Is there any way to get a more detailed version number besides the 
sign-on message or to get information on what has changed?

Having to use config and autoexec in the root files is a minor annoyance
because they used to be 'safe' in /home which does not change when I 
change versions.  However, not recognizing symlinks is a very big 
problem for me.

Before I found out about the symlink problem (today) I was getting ready 
to download the source to try and find out exactly how config and 
autoexec are handled but my c skills are 20 years old and pretty rusty 
<g>.

Any help you could give me would be gratefully appreciated.

Larry

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

[Larry Alkoff]

Larry Alkoff wrote:
> Bart Oldeman wrote:
>> 2009/4/18 Larry Alkoff <labradley@mindspring.com>:
>>> 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?
>>
>> I'm not sure where your .lnk files come from but:
>> have a look at ~/.dosemu/boot.log after running dosemu which directory
>> is used as drive C:
>> a line like:
>> device: /home/bart/.dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
>> in that case the config.sys file comes from ~/.dosemu/drives/c which
>> is normally set up as a symlink to ~/.dosemu/drive_c so that's indeed
>> where you should be looking.
>>
>> However, in Debian/Ubuntu's DOSEMU (perhaps by accident) we have this:
>> /home/bart/.dosemu/drives:
>> total 0
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 bart users 26 avr 18 16:14 c -> /home/bart/.dosemu/drive_c
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 bart users 23 avr 18 16:14 d -> /usr/lib/dosemu/drive_z
>>
>> /home/bart/.dosemu/drive_c:
>> total 4
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 bart users   32 avr 18 16:14 autoexec.bat ->
>> /etc/dosemu/freedos/autoexec.bat
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 bart users   30 avr 18 16:14 config.sys ->
>> /etc/dosemu/freedos/config.sys
>> drwxrwxr-x 2 bart users 4096 avr 18 16:14 tmp
>>
>> So config.sys is really a symlink to the file in /etc/dosemu/freedos.
>> But in dosemu installations from dosemu.org it's a writable file
>> *copied* from the system file so users can edit it in DOSEMU.
>>
>> /home/bart/.dosemu/drive_c:
>> total 12
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 bart users  556 mai  6  2007 autoexec.bat
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 bart users  346 mai  6  2007 config.sys
>> drwxrwxr-x 2 bart users 4096 avr 18 16:16 tmp
>>
>> So yes, either edit the /etc/dosemu/freedos files using a Linux editor
>> as root (but these affect all users!) or change the symlinks to
>> copies.
>>
>> Bart
>>
> 
> 
> Hello Bart.
> 
> Thanks very much for your help with dosemu.
> I've been using dosemu for a few years through versions of Kubuntu with 
> no particular problems.  I set up my wife's computer in the same way and 
> same version, particularly as regards dosemu but they seem to be working 
> quite differently.
> 
> After much experimentation I proved that wife's dosemu will _only_ use 
> the config and autoexec files from freedos so I edited those files in 
> freedos directly as root (saving the originals of course).
> 
> This is not necessary in my dosemu which clearly uses the files in 
> ~/.dosemu/drive_c.  Something has changed although both sign on as 
> version 1.4.0.0 and were obtained from the same distribution repository 
> (Kubuntu Hardy Heron LTS).
> 
> One other important thing has changed.  My version uses symlinks to 
> access important file directories, which works perfectly.  However, my 
> wife's computer does not seem to recognize symlinks at all.
> Here is the difference in directories between hers and mine:
> 
> Hers:  BIN TMP CPI HELP APPINFO GNU NLS TMP
> Mine:  BIN TMP                              INFO  INV  PF  PUBLIC
> However BIN is different because her dosemu is not seeing the symlink.
> 
> Is there any way to get a more detailed version number besides the 
> sign-on message or to get information on what has changed?
> 
> Having to use config and autoexec in the root files is a minor annoyance
> because they used to be 'safe' in /home which does not change when I 
> change versions.  However, not recognizing symlinks is a very big 
> problem for me.
> 
> Before I found out about the symlink problem (today) I was getting ready 
> to download the source to try and find out exactly how config and 
> autoexec are handled but my c skills are 20 years old and pretty rusty <g>.
> 
> Any help you could give me would be gratefully appreciated.
> 
> Larry

My computer has this line in ~/.dosemu/boot.log
device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:

and my wife has this different line
device: /etc/dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
device: /home/kna/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:


What does this mean?

Larry

How to specify where c drive lives?

[Larry Alkoff]

My Kubuntu 8.04 LTS computer has the c: drive
in ~/.dosemu/drive_c with symlinks to the directories I
am interested in.  It works perfectly.

My computer has this line in ~/.dosemu/boot.log:
device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:

My wife has this different line in ~/.dosemu/boot.log:
device: /etc/dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
device: /home/kna/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:

Dosemu 1.4.0.0 seems to be ignoring the setup and symlinks in 
~/.dosemu/drive_c.

My wife's and my computer use the same version of Kubuntu with the same 
repositories so they should be exactly the same but they are not.

How can I set dosemu to use ~/.dosemu/drive_c as my c: drive?

Larry

How to specify where c drive lives?

[Larry Alkoff]

My Kubuntu 8.04 LTS computer has the c: drive
in ~/.dosemu/drive_c with symlinks to the directories I
am interested in.  It works perfectly.

My computer has this line in ~/.dosemu/boot.log:
device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:

My wife has this different line in ~/.dosemu/boot.log:
device: /etc/dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
device: /home/kna/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:

Dosemu 1.4.0.0 seems to be ignoring the setup and symlinks in
~/.dosemu/drive_c.

My wife's and my computer use the same version of Kubuntu with the same
repositories so they should be exactly the same but they are not.

How can I set dosemu to use ~/.dosemu/drive_c as my c: drive?

Larry


Sorry for the duplicate message.  I forgot to include freedos-user in 
the cc: list.

Larry

Re: How to specify where c drive lives?

[Ivan Baldo]

    Look at your  ~/.dosemurc files, are they the same?
    HTH.



El 20/04/09 13:23, Larry Alkoff escribió:
> My Kubuntu 8.04 LTS computer has the c: drive
> in ~/.dosemu/drive_c with symlinks to the directories I
> am interested in.  It works perfectly.
>
> My computer has this line in ~/.dosemu/boot.log:
> device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
> device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:
>
> My wife has this different line in ~/.dosemu/boot.log:
> device: /etc/dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
> device: /home/kna/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:
>
> Dosemu 1.4.0.0 seems to be ignoring the setup and symlinks in
> ~/.dosemu/drive_c.
>
> My wife's and my computer use the same version of Kubuntu with the same
> repositories so they should be exactly the same but they are not.
>
> How can I set dosemu to use ~/.dosemu/drive_c as my c: drive?
>
> Larry
>
>
> Sorry for the duplicate message.  I forgot to include freedos-user in 
> the cc: list.
>
> Larry
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Re: How to specify where c drive lives?

[Larry Alkoff]

Ivan Baldo wrote:
>    Look at your  ~/.dosemurc files, are they the same?
>    HTH.


Yes they are exactly the same.

Larry


> 
> El 20/04/09 13:23, Larry Alkoff escribió:
>> My Kubuntu 8.04 LTS computer has the c: drive
>> in ~/.dosemu/drive_c with symlinks to the directories I
>> am interested in.  It works perfectly.
>>
>> My computer has this line in ~/.dosemu/boot.log:
>> device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
>> device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:
>>
>> My wife has this different line in ~/.dosemu/boot.log:
>> device: /etc/dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
>> device: /home/kna/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:
>>
>> Dosemu 1.4.0.0 seems to be ignoring the setup and symlinks in
>> ~/.dosemu/drive_c.
>>
>> My wife's and my computer use the same version of Kubuntu with the same
>> repositories so they should be exactly the same but they are not.
>>
>> How can I set dosemu to use ~/.dosemu/drive_c as my c: drive?
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
>> Sorry for the duplicate message.  I forgot to include freedos-user in 
>> the cc: list.
>>
>> Larry
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Re: How to specify where c drive lives?

[Samuel Bronson]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Larry Alkoff <labradley@mindspring.com> wrote:
> My Kubuntu 8.04 LTS computer has the c: drive
> in ~/.dosemu/drive_c with symlinks to the directories I
> am interested in.  It works perfectly.
>
> My computer has this line in ~/.dosemu/boot.log:
> device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
> device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:
>
> My wife has this different line in ~/.dosemu/boot.log:
> device: /etc/dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
> device: /home/kna/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:
>
> Dosemu 1.4.0.0 seems to be ignoring the setup and symlinks in
> ~/.dosemu/drive_c.

... but do you both have the same things in ~/.dosemu/drives?

Re: How to specify where c drive lives?

[Larry Alkoff]

Samuel Bronson wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Larry Alkoff <labradley@mindspring.com> wrote:
>> My Kubuntu 8.04 LTS computer has the c: drive
>> in ~/.dosemu/drive_c with symlinks to the directories I
>> am interested in.  It works perfectly.
>>
>> My computer has this line in ~/.dosemu/boot.log:
>> device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
>> device: /home/lba/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:
>>
>> My wife has this different line in ~/.dosemu/boot.log:
>> device: /etc/dosemu/drives/c type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive C:
>> device: /home/kna/.dosemu/drives/d type 4 h: -1  s: -1   t: -1 drive D:
>>
>> Dosemu 1.4.0.0 seems to be ignoring the setup and symlinks in
>> ~/.dosemu/drive_c.
> 
> ... but do you both have the same things in ~/.dosemu/drives?
> 


Hello Samuel.

Looks like I just did a dumb thing - again!

The soft line in ~/.dosemu/drives said:
   c -> /home/me/.dosemu/drive_c
instead of
   c -> /home/her/.dosemu/drive_c

and my eye must just have just glazed over the error.

Thank you for making me look closer.

Larry Alkoff