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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How to install Ubuntu 20.04 in thinkpad e14 gen 3(amd) DOS operating system

I have lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 3 (AMD) which has Free-Dos OS and when I am installing Ubuntu 20.04Lts using bootable pendrive and after installing it and when I restart . I also reinstall Ubuntu 20.04 ...
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Dual-boot WIndows 10 (GPT) and Ubuntu 18.04 (DOS): Is that a problem?

I have a SSD with Windows 10 and a disklabel type gpt and a HDD with Ubuntu 18 and a disklabel type DOS. I have read that having 2 disks with 2 different OS, and one disk is formatted to gpt and the ...
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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 ...
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Why does a VirtualBox error completely locks my Ubuntu (lubuntu) desktop?

I'm using VirtualBox (Version 5.1.38_Ubuntu r122592) under lubuntu (Linux hostname 4.4.0-148-generic #174-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 7 12:20:14 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux) to start turbo debug ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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GRUB triple boot trouble: Ubuntu + Windows XP + FreeDOS 1.2 [closed]

I am trying to make all the OSess bootable (Ubuntu + Windows XP + FreeDOS 1.2). FreeDOS cannot boot, it says about missing NTLDR and hangs the system. Boot-info: I tried installing FreeDOS 1.2 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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How to change FileSystem from, msdos to ext3/ext4 on a specific drive

I am relatively new to Ubuntu and I have recently added a new 480Gb+ SSD drive. When I attempted to install a program onto the drive it wouldn't allow it to happen and a error would occur. I ended up ...
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Can foxpro Dos application runs in Ubuntu

My business application is build with Foxpro DOS and runs in LAN with 5 computers. I want to know this application can run in Ubuntu? For my printing requirement, I use a third party application "...
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Install Ubuntu with no access to BIOS and only boot from encrypted harddisk [closed]

My laptop (with Windows 7) stopped working and I don't have any recovery disks. As it is a company laptop I am not able to access the BIOS and it will only boot from harddisk (which does not work). In ...
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DOS Executable files [duplicate]

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.
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Install from harddrive

I want to put Lubuntu on some old Laptops. It does not have a cd, dvd, usb ports, card reader, nor pxe boot. I've read around and cant find any similar situations. (sorry if I missed it!) Years ago I ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Problem while coping files in USB drive [duplicate]

I've a USB 2.0 drive. Today while I coping some media files in the pendrive, I found that It stucked in middle. I'd wait for half an hour, it remains unchanged! I thought that this is may be problem ...
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Linux equivalents of Windows / DOS terms [duplicate]

I am trying to adjust to Linux terms after many years of DOS and Windows. I have been wanting to switch from Windows to Linux for years now, but couldn't decide on a flavor. Today I got fed up with ...
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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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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.
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