From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jeg@astro.princeton.edu Subject: Re: Dosemu on 64 bit architectures Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 18:43:07 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <51DC10E1.4040803@americansentry.net> <4389319.KVFdXDCjGV@deuteronomy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4389319.KVFdXDCjGV@deuteronomy> Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Richard White Cc: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org I have been in this position for many years; a Dos Cadd program I depend on will not run properly on Dosemu under 64-bit linux, but runs fine on 32-bit systems. So I just use a 32-bit virtual Ubuntu machine (I use VMware player). Works fine. I would be happy to send you a copy of the VM if you would like. thanks --jim gunn On Fri, 30 Dec 2016, Richard White wrote: > I'm moving to a 64-bit system (Debian stable). The Dosemu website > speaks about 64-bit ports since at least V 1.4.X, I have downloaded those > binaries (with instructions that make no mention of any special 64-bit > considerations or issues), but have been unable to get them to work and > I wonder if they are 64-bit aware, It is also notable that debian currently > does not seem to offer a dosemu package. > > Am I on the wrong track? There was talk of a V2 in about 2013. Was that a > fork, and should I be using it perhaps? Yet the original dosemu site > persists, still with 2007 information, and no indication that it is not still > relevant. All of this makes me wonder if this (sadly) is a dead end. > > To cut to the chase: what do I need to do to run dosemu on a 64 bit OS, > as promised? where is the software, and where is it documented? Any > help or pointers (or critiques) would be much appreciated. > > Thanks! > -- > Richard > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-msdos" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >