https://github.com/dosemu2/dosemu2

Run DOS programs under linux:
https://github.com/dosemu2/dosemu2

dos dosemu emulator

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Run DOS programs under linux:

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dosemu2/dosemu2
• Owner: dosemu2
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2014-10-05T20:33:23.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: devel
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-28T20:25:00.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-29T03:11:48.919Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: dos, dosemu, emulator
• Language: C
• Homepage: http://dosemu2.github.io/dosemu2/
• Size: 31.2 MB
• Stars: 526
• Watchers: 32
• Forks: 57
• Open Issues: 140
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: ChangeLog.ancient
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: COPYING

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# dosemu2

dosemu2 is an emulator for running DOS programs under linux.

It can also serve as a VM to boot various DOSes.

Binary packages for ubuntu are available here:

https://code.launchpad.net/~dosemu2/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

Binary packages for fedora are here:

https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/stsp/dosemu2

Binary packages for OpenSUSE are here:

https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stsp2/openSUSE_Tumbleweed

Please send bug reports to

https://github.com/dosemu2/dosemu2/issues

## Running

Just type

```

dosemu

```

to run an emulator.

Use

```

dosemu -E 

```

to run `` and exit (add `-T` to not exit).

Use

```

dosemu -K  -E 

```

or

```

dosemu  -- 

```

to run DOS programs from unix directory.

If you want to run the DOS program from a DOS directory, use this syntax:

```

dosemu -K :C:\\games\\carma -E carma.exe

```

This will run `carma.exe` from `c:\games\carma`. Note the leading colon

after `-K`: it means that the DOS path, rather than unix path, is specified.

You can actually specify both paths:

```

dosemu -K ~/dosgames:carma -E carma.exe

```

This creates the DOS drive for `~/dosgames`, then chdirs to `carma` and

runs `carma.exe`.

## Configuring

Per-user configuration file can be created as `~/.dosemu/.dosemurc`.

Add your custom settings there.

Look into the global configuration file `/etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf` for

existing settings, their descriptions and default values, and modify

the local config accordingly. `$_hdimage` is probably the first setting

to look into, as it configures the host fs access.

Create `c:\userhook.sys` and/or `c:\userhook.bat` files to customize your

boot sequence. userhook.sys can contain the `config.sys` directives and

`userhook.bat` can contain custom boot commands.

Drive `C:` is usually located at `~/.dosemu/drive_c`. You can add DOS

programs there. Or you can run `dosemu -d ` to mount the

`` as a new DOS drive.