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- Subject: DOS & Linux (was Re: Is dos 6.0 gonna multitask?
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- > LINUX has DOS emulation available? Since when? At what level? Will
- > it run Windows (3.0 in Real mode, presumably, if at all).
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- Yes, real soon now, I haven't tried it so I don't know much about it - someone
- told me it is better than then freeware pcm emulator - that might mean it can
- run Windows, but I really don't know.
-
- Here is an extract from the Linux FAQ...
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- IV. LINUX and DOS
- =================
-
- QUESTION: Is is possible to access DOS from Linux?
-
- ANSWER: Yes.
- (1) The mtools package allows you to access DOS files;
- it emulates the DOS commands CD, COPY, DEL, DIR, TYPE, and others.
- (2) Since approximately version 0.97 of the kernel, you can mount
- DOS file systems as part of your Linux directory tree, providing you
- have an appropriate mount command.
- (3) A DOS emulator is in alpha test, which will allow DOS programs
- and utilities to run under Linux.
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-
- Hope this helps,
- Mark Aitchison.
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