The installation instructions are in the file, "QuickStart", included in the distribution.
1. Forgetting to read the QuickStart Guide.
2. Try to compile some old version of dosemu.
3. Try to compile with a kernel older than 2.0.28 or 2.1.15.
4. Having the wrong linux kernel source sitting in /usr/src/linux or missing /usr/src/linux/include/version.h
5. Use dosemu with a kernel that does not have IPC compiled in.
6. Compile with gcc older than 2.7.2 or libc older than x.x.x.
7. Forget to edit your /etc/dosemu.conf file.
8. Run DOSEMU with partition access while they are already mounted.
9. Don't install dosemu with sufficient privileges (i.e., root). (97/04/08)
If you still use 1.2.13 and can't upgarde for some reasons, use dosemu-0.60.4. If you use some version of dosemu below 2.0.28 and 2.1.15, Hans Lermen ( lermen@elserv.ffm.fgan.de) reported (97/1/25 and 97/2/11)
> Is the dosemu-0.64.3.tgz version of dosemulator for the 2.xx.yy versions
> of the linux kernel ??
Yes, but ...
if ( ((xx == 0) && (yy >= 28)) || ((xx >= 1) && (yy >= 15)) )
take_dosemu_0_64_4();
else {
if (xx == 1) exit(1);
take_dosemu_0_64_2_x();
}
;-)
Starting with version 0.64.4 there is no a.out support any more. If you absolutely need it, you must use version 0.64.3.1. The configure script then should take care for this, if you setup is a standard setup(97/2/11).
Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) reported (95/4/8) that
If you have problems with running out of swap space you may want to
add CFLAGS+=-fno-inline after CFLAGS is defined in
dpmi/Makefile. Be careful before you do this and check for
the existence of swap space. I found Linux crashes a times when it
has no swap space.
You probably have installed your own version of the Slang library. Hans Lermen <lermen@elserv.ffm.fgan.de> writes(97/2/11):
configure --enable-force-slang
Try
configure --help
Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) reported (95/4/8) that
The default optimization is -O2. You may want edit the makefile to use -O (compiled somewhat faster/smaller).
Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) reported (95/4/8) that
You need to have build the kernel on your system to get the current
version. If not, you may want to hand modify KERNEL_VERSION in the
top level Makefile. The number is of the form, "nmmmppp", where
"n" is the version, "mmm" is the minor version, and
"ppp" is the patchlevel. For example, kernel 1.1.88 corresponds
to "1001088" and kernel 1.2.1 to "1002001".
Addition from (lermen@elserv.ffm.fgan.de):
For versions greater 0.64.3 this no longer is true. You need to have a valid <linux/version.h>, which has to be part off your standard /usr/include. If you don't have it, you either did a 'make clean' on your kernel source or your distributor failed to support you with this.
(95/4/8)
No. You must install it as root, though.
Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) adds
In order to access I/O ports (including the console) dosemu needs to run as root. Running dosemu on an xterm or in X windows and requiring now direct hardware access allows you to run dosemu as a user. The security/setuid implications will be worked on in development releases(95/8/11).
Have a look at ..;/doc/SECURITY.readme too(97/2/9).
If you do patch dosemu from one version to another, do "make pristine;./configure; make". If you don't make pristine, at least the version of the new executable will be wrong, if the whole thing compiles at all(97/2/9).
Caldera's OpenDos (formerly known as DrDOS) is reported to work with dosemu (Nicolas St-Pierre <draggy@kosmic.org>. As OpenDos can be used free of charge for non-commercial use, it is preferred. However as of now, redistribution is not allowed. You must get OpenDos youself from Caldera's site http://www.caldera.com/dos Hopefully this will change soon, so dosemu can distribute a bootable hdimage. MsDos-6.22 is known to work with dosemu. MsDos-7 aka Win95 works with dosemu to, supposed you have the boot logo switched off and you don't start the graphic shell at bootup. If you make the hdimage bootable with the so called "Rescue Disk" you are offered to make during the Windows installation, you get the right settings. If you use your normal Win95 installation to transfer the system files, have a look at the msdos.sys written on the hdimage and change the settings under the section [Options] to have entries like [Options] Logo=0 BootGUI=0
(97/3/7)
DOS 4.01 had problems by itself, do it won't work with dosemu either (Mattias Hembruch <mghembru@ece.uwaterloo.ca> 97/04/03)