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

[Larry Alkoff <labradley@mindspring.com>]

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