On 06-11-2004, in alt.os.linux.slackware,
Stanislaw Flatto <compaid@shoalhaven.net.au> wrote:

> Warning: Unrelated to Slackware! O:-) Being forced by my better
> half to make "some" order in accumulated junk I stumbled on
> collection of ~200 diskettes from my DOS days. Backups of course!
> Started the emotional journey and found some old games that I
> would like to try again. OK, downloaded dosemu+freedos to run
> under Slack, it does, so far everything is good. But I simple
> cannot CD to the directories of my Win98 install, properly mounted
> on Linux tree, to enjoy it. And I don't "want" to dual boot for
> such simple things, that is NOT "my Linux way".
> HHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPP PPPPPPPPP!!!!!!

Well, umm...

[I'm assuming you use dosemu as mostly user, haven't compiled it all
from source, and don't plan on using it in a system wide config -->
full root privs for direct hardware access]

Since you mentioned mounting the Win98 partition properly from
linux, a quick-fix here is to use the 'lredir' command supplied by
dosemu. Example:

1. Mount the Win98 partition as you normally do. Note the mount
point!
2. Fire up dosemu or xdosemu.
3. Under the dosemu command line type 'lredir help' for info. Type
'lredir' to see the drive redirections (Probably only see C: and
D: [D: should be pointing to $HOME]). Next, type something
similar to the following:

lredir e: linux\fs/mnt/win98
lredir [drive-letter]: linux\fs/[mount-point]

Note: Maintain the forward & back slashes. Change the drive
letter to anything you want to use. Change the mount point to
suit your system. You'll see error messages if you muck this up
or don't have a valid mount point.
4. Check it all by typing e:/ and dir. Enjoy...
5. *When in doubt, ~/.dosemu/boot.log yields debug info. Change the
debug level in ~/.dosemurc. You'll need to RTFM for the values!

As I stated, this is only a quick-fix. There are other ways of
handling this. Your best bet is to RTFM if you seriously plan on
using dosemu. Snag the sources for more docs and grab whatever info
they have on the website [Even the old stuff]. You might want to
consider a full-blown system wide setup of dosemu. This last option
is both good and bad. Read up on it.

BTW - My opinion here is dosemu out performs dosbox overall.
Disadvantage is it won't run all the software dosbox does. As luck
would have it, the software that won't run will be ones most
favorite dos games.

Now that I think about it, you can also install said diskette based
dos games (assuming you have dosemu working near perfect) straight
unto your linux partition. I did this with the the 4-6 disks from
DOOM II. All it took was me mounting and unmounting the floppy drive
when the install program asked for a new disk. I was stunned to see
it actually worked. Got similar results with a few newer dos games
that came on cdrom.

Beast of luck.

Max

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