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Read Me
DOSEMU is a user-level program which uses certain special features of the Linux kernel and the 80386 processor to run MS-DOS/FreeDOS/ DR-DOS in what we in the biz call a `DOS box.'
You may freely use, modify and redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2; for details see the files "COPYING.DOSEMU" and "COPYING".
Please refer to the NEWS file to read about recent user-visible changes.
How to set up DOSEMU:
- Installation from source: please refer to the file INSTALL
- Installation of the ready to use binary distribution (stable versions only): please refer to the file README.bindist
Something's not right!!!
Read your dosemu.conf file carefully and make corrections.
Try disabling certain features. On the linux console, the video options and some of the rawkeyboard options sometimes cause problems.
Read all documentation files carefully, and try to get some help from others who have used DOSEMU.
Read the dosemu-HOWTO for Q&A's.
If no luck, please send us a debug report by typing 'dosemu -D+a -o debug' and send the file debug together with your config files and a description of your problem to the SF bug tracking system that you can reach from
Don't forget to mention the versions of DOSEMU, GCC, LIBC, Binutils etc. For problems with the packaging of DOSEMU by Linux distributors, please bother them directly - we won't hunt after those bugs.
For general discussion on dosemu use the mailing list linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org
Please be patient with us. We get flooded with bug reports and do our best to respond in a timely fashion.
Available documentation -- mostly somewhat outdated :(
You can just execute ./ViewDocs to read the docs. ==========
./README.bindist Describes the ready-to-use DOSEMU binary distribution, which frees you from all bothering about compilation, installation and configuration ... just use it. ./doc/dosemu-HOWTO.txt This is the F.A.Q. for DOSEMU. It is a little bit outdated, but still very helpful. (Read this file first, however.) ./ChangeLog This is a log file of progress that have been done on DOSEMU since previous versions. ./doc/DANG.txt The Dosemu Alterer Novice's Guide, for interested hackers and programmers alike, if they want to look at the internals of DOSEMU and how it works. ./man/dosemu.bin.1 This is the 'lowlevel' DOSEMU man page. ./man/dosemu.1 This is the DOSEMU man page of the wrapper script. ./man/mkfatimage16.1 This describes how to create (empty) hdimages of various sizes. ./doc/announce The announcement textfile for DOSEMU. ./doc/README.txt Readme file for various applications and general purpose settings. ./doc/README-tech.txt Readme file for various technical details and settings. ./doc/configuration.txt How to use the menu driven configuration tools
Many thanks to all involved, including all those who submitted debug output for our viewing pleasure, keep it coming.
Bart OldemanEmail: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org
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