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Questions tagged [ms-dos]

MS-DOS is a legacy operating system that eventually became Windows. This tag should be for questions regarding Ubuntu's compatibility with MS-DOS programs, such as through emulators or virtual machines.

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Copy group of files (Filename*) to backup (Filename*.bak)

Background In Linux you can: List a group of files with ls Filename* Remove a group of files with rm Filename* Move a group of files with mv Filename* /New/Directory But you cannot copy a group of files with: cp Filename* *.bak Change Linux cp…
WinEunuuchs2Unix
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create floppy images

I'm running a virtualbox ms dos 6.22 emulator and I need quite a lot of virtual floppy images filled with software. Does anyone know a good program to efficiently create floppy images and fill them with my specified files?? It's for an Old School…
Akisame
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Dosbox has no sound

I try to run a game under dosbox, but it has no sound, and in the terminal dosbox says: MIXER:Can't open audio: No available audio device , running in nosound mode. ALSA:Can't subscribe to MIDI port (65:0) nor (17:0) MIDI:Opened…
sashoalm
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Is there a way to run MS-DOS alongside/within Ubuntu?

Is there a version of MS-DOS that I can add to Ubuntu? I have old MS-DOS games.
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DOSBox says the program must be run under Win32

I'm trying to run a DOS game in DOSBox, but it says it must be run under Win32. The game in question was recently re-released for higher resolution and ability to run under Windows. Does it mean it's no longer compatible with DOS? NB If it helps,…
Oxwivi
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How to debug nullmodem connection between Norton commander in DOS and NC on DOSBox on Ubuntu?

I am trying to make Norton Commander 5.5 on an OLD 80286 DOS 6.22 box (Tulip LT286. I am actually still using this 30+ years old laptop almost daily to communicate with satellites in earth orbit via the COM port>TNC>transceiver.) that has no USB,…
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Join Domain and Dos App

First off, yes I have read all the related topics and those fixes are either out of date or don't work. I am running 12.04 and I would like to add it to the Windows 2008 Server network. After I get that done I would like to mount the F:\ drive of…
Austin Lamb
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Multiple 2TB MSDOS partitions or 1 larger GPT partition for volume group

I have just expanded my 1+0 raid from a total of 2TB to 6TB. When adding each of the new drives I partitioned them using parted to create GPT based partitions to cover the entire of each of the drives. As I was aware fdisk would not generate me >2TB…
Alexis F
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VirtualMode to remove MSDOS filesystem files in Ubuntu?

I have a MSDOS memory card where I would like delete files by my Ubuntu installation. I run on those files sudo rm /media/masi/g0399/DCIM/video.mp4 but I get a filesystem error that the filesystem is only readable, although permissions 700 and…
Léo Léopold Hertz 준영
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How do I compile MSDOS 1.1 on Lubuntu 15.04?

I've downloaded the source code of MSDOS 1.1 and 2.0, and want to compile MSDOS 1.1. I don't want to do it with an emulator (like DOSbox). How do I compile MSDOS 1.1 on Lubuntu 15.04?
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DOS Executable files

Is there any way to run a program that uses a dos executable file on a desktop? I have one program that is a must for my work and I cannot find anything comparable in Ubuntu aps.
David Roth
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Create a DOS bootable USB drive (16 GB)

I have two computers, both on Ubuntu, and I need to upgrade the BIOS on one of them. I can get a version of DOS and also use UNetBootin with FreeDOS, but I can't copy the BIOS firmware and flash utility to the key because The USB device is 16GB,…
Yanick Rochon
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running old msdos/windows program qa4 ver 4.0 on ubuntu 13.10

Looking for more info on this because I'm not sure how to qualify my qa4 v4.0 program (symantic). It runs on ms-dos, but also runs as a windows program in win3, 98, xp. It won't run under win7. I have heard about programs like dosbox for games, and…
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My external hard disk got accidentally formatted

I used this code in the terminal of Ubuntu: sudo mkdosfs -n 'Label' -I /dev/sdc Does anyone know exactly what it means and what it does? I thought I was using it on my newly bought USB stick, but unfortunately, apparantly I used it on my hard…
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How to run dos [ent.exe] and [fp8.exe] on Ubuntu?

This old chestnut again! I'm trying to run Fourmilab's ent.exe and a file compression tool called fp8.exe. These are both DOS command line utilities that I have successfully run on Windows 7. I can't run them properly under Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS. I…
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