The dosemu HOWTO

by Mike Deisher. Updated by Uwe Bonnes, bon@elektron.ikp.physik.th-darmstadt.de

1. The preliminaries

• 1.1 What is dosemu, anyway?
• 1.2 Names and numbers
• 1.3 What version of Dosemu should I use?
• 1.4 What's the newest version of dosemu and where can I get it?
• 1.5 Where can I ask questions?
• 1.6 Where can I report bugs and ask questions?
• 1.7 Where can I follow the development?
• 1.8 What documentation is available for dosemu?
• 1.9 I have a program that fails, not listed in EMUfailure
• 1.10 How do I submit changes or additions to the HOWTO?
• 1.11 Message from Greg...

2. Compiling and installing dosemu

• 2.1 Where are the installation instructions?
• 2.2 Top ten problems while compiling and installing dosemu.
• 2.3 How can I use dosemu on an older version of the Linux Kernel.
• 2.4 How do I make aout binaries?
• 2.5 How do I compile dosemu on a machine with low memory?
• 2.6 Compilation fails with some strange error regarding "slang"
• 2.7 What configurabe options are available
• 2.8 How can I speed up compilation?
• 2.9 More compilation tips from Marty...
• 2.10 Do I need to compile dosemu as root?
• 2.11 How to I patch dosemu.
• 2.12 What versions of DOS are known to run with dosemu.
• 2.13 Versions known not to run

3. Hard disk setup

• 3.1 How do I use my hard disk with dosemu?
• 3.2 How can I access the hdimage from Linux?
• 3.3 Can I use my stacked/double-spaced/super-stored disk?

4. Parallel ports, serial ports and mice

• 4.1 Port access worked with older version, but doesn't work now!
• 4.2 Port access was faster with older versions!
• 4.3 Where are the (microsoft compatible) mouse drivers?
• 4.4 Why doesn't the mouse driver work?
• 4.5 Why does dosemu clobber COM4?
• 4.6 How do I use dosemu over the serial ports?
• 4.7 How can I switch between dosemu and a shell over the serial line?
• 4.8 How can I get the parallel ports to work?

5. Multiple users and Non-interactive sessions

• 5.1 Can I use dosemu on a multi-user system?
• 5.2 How can I run dos commands non-interactively?

6. dosemu and Netware

• 6.1 How do I get Netware access from dosemu?

7. dosemu and X-windows(97/2/9).

• 7.1 Can I run dosemu in console mode while running X?
• 7.2 Is it possible to run dosemu in a window in X-windows?
• 7.3 Xdos dosen't work on a remote X-display!
• 7.4 Xdos dosen't find the VGA font
• 7.5 The vga font is very smal on my high resolution Display
• 7.6 Dosemu compilation fails with some strange error regarding X!
• 7.7 Does ansi emulation work properly?

8. dosemu and MS-Windows 3.1

• 8.1 Is it possible to run MS-Windows 3.1 under dosemu?
• 8.2 Windows 3.x in xdos:
• 8.3 Can I install windows from within dosemu?
• 8.4 Notes for the mouse under win31-in-xdos:
• 8.5 Why did my Icon dissapear from the Programmanager?

9. Video and sound

• 9.1 Can I run 32-bit video games under dosemu?
• 9.2 Exiting from dosemu gives me a screen full of garbage.
• 9.3 How do I get dosemu to work with my Trident/Actix/other video card?
• 9.4 Why doesn't my soundcard software work with dosemu?

10. Games

• 10.1 Duke3d dosen't work

11. Other Hardware

• 11.1 How do I get my xxxxx device working under dosemu?

12. Problems and fixes

• 12.1 Security issues
• 12.2 Dosemu dies when booting. I have Win95 installed.
• 12.3 Dosemu hangs! How can I kill it?
• 12.4 Dosemu crashed and now I can't type anything.
• 12.5 I've enabled EMS memory in dosemu.conf but it does not help.
• 12.6 How do I get rid of all those annoying "disk change" messages?
• 12.7 Why won't dosemu run a second time after exiting in console mode?
• 12.8 Why will dosemu run in a term but not in the console?
• 12.9 How can I speed up dosemu?
• 12.10 My CDROM drive has problems reading some files under dosemu.
• 12.11 How do I see debugging output?
• 12.12 Why are my keystrokes echoed ttwwiiccee??
• 12.13 Dosemu scrambles my screen?
• 12.14 MS FoxPro 2.6 won't run

13. Contributing to the dosemu project

• 13.1 Who is responsible for dosemu?
• 13.2 I want to help. Who should I contact?