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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How can I create a .deb for games with shared path for binaries and save files?
I was thinking of making some simple packages for old DOS games I keep around (eg. with a dosbox dependency), but many of these old games have shared directories for game executables and save game ...
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How to make notebook boot from USB [closed]
I would like to install Ubuntu using a live USB. I created the bootable USB following instructions from http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows with another laptop running ...
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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First off, yes I have read all the related topics and those fixes are either out of date or don't work.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 ...
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I want to uninstall Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)
I have Ubuntu running by itself on an older computer. I would like to repurpose the computer using old DOS software. I am having the problem that DOS 5.0 won't recognize hard disk with Ubuntu on it. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How to get TameDOS running on Ubuntu [closed]
Tame Dos is a great program which looks like a "shell" for DOS programs running on Windows.
So, on Windows it works such that applications written for DOS start through TameDOS, of course.
Q: How to ...
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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.
