Subj : Dosemu2
To   : NELGIN
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Sat Nov 11 2023 08:55 am

>  > After a discussion in a Synchronet support echo, I decided to give dosemu2
>  > a look for my DOS-based BBS.

> You want to run a DOS BBS on a Linux box using dosemu2? That'd be an interesti
>  challenge.

I am currently doing it with dosemu proper so that I can take advantage of
linux's native nfs and a few other things that dos cannot do.  Not really sure
I want to run it under dosemu2 but thought I would test it to see if it
worked any better.

>  > After using git to obtain the code for it and a couple of dependencies, and
>  > apt installing a bunch of other dependencies, I have come to realize that
>  > dosemu2 maybe only works on 64-bit machines?

> WHich Linux Distro are you using?

Devuan 32-bit.  I also tried installing it via apt on my Ubuntu 64-bit
machine.  It installed but would not boot.  I was getting an error for what
turned out to be a dependency that the package didn't include (qemu-kvm).
Installed that and dosemu2 would start to boot but would hang.  Based on
errors in the dosemu.log, I suspected more missing dependencies that the
package didn't include.

Rather than mess my machine up to the point of not being able to revert, I
stopped at that point.  I don't need that frustration for something I am
not sure will even work.

Missing dependencies might also explain my issues with compiling it from
git.  The instructions say to check the dependency list file used for the
packages but, if those lists are missing dependencies, using them can lead
to compiles that don't work.


 * SLMR 2.1a * Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air...

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