Dos Emulator for Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop LTS

Hi Adi,

Try using DOSBOX dos emulator.

Here is the procedure to follow http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2006/12/25/dos-emulation-with-dosbox-get-your-old-school-game-on/

Please let me know if you have any problems.

Thanks for posting your query,

Murali

Thanks Murali,

I already download the dosbox emulator 0.72 , but how to install the doxbox emulator ? Any steps for running this emulator ?

Thanks.

The dosbox i download and save it in my user folder at drive c:

This the command line i typed at terminal :
adi@adi-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install dosbox
[sudo] password for adi:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package dosbox
adi@adi-desktop:~$

If you are connected to the internet the easiest way to install dosbox in Ubuntu would to be to allow Synaptic to get the source file from the repositories and install.

Click System
Click Administration
Click Synaptic Package Manager
Enter your password
Click Search
Type dosbox in the search box and press enter - wait for results to appear
Click the selection box in front of DosBox
Check Mark for Installation
Click Apply
Click the Apply button in the window that just popped up
When prompted click the close button

DosBox is now installed.

If you are connected to the internet the easiest way to install dosbox in Ubuntu would to be to allow Synaptic to get the source file from the repositories and install.

Click System
Click Administration
Click Synaptic Package Manager
Enter your password
Click Search
Type dosbox in the search box and press enter - wait for results to appear
Click the selection box in front of DosBox
Check Mark for Installation
Click Apply
Click the Apply button in the window that just popped up
When prompted click the close button

DosBox is now installed.

After installation, follow this link to run your dos application by manually mounting your windows c drive https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DOSBox

Please let me know if you face any problem

-Murali Marimekala

Thanks Murali, as you instructed. I unpack the dosbox by using Synaptic Package Manager.
Then i run "sudo aptitude install dosbox". And it progress later with these command line :

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  dosbox libmikmod2 libsdl-net1.2 libsdl-sound1.2 libsmpeg0
0 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 237 not upgraded.
Need to get 1157kB of archives. After unpacking 3346kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]

After i continue it appears this command line :
Writing extended state information... Done
Err http://th.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe libsdl-net1.2 1.2.7-2
  Could not resolve 'th.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://th.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libmikmod2 3.1.11-a-6ubuntu3
  Could not resolve 'th.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://th.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main libsmpeg0 0.4.5+cvs20030824-2
  Could not resolve 'th.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://th.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe libsdl-sound1.2 1.0.1-12build2
  Could not resolve 'th.archive.ubuntu.com'
Err http://th.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/universe dosbox 0.72-1.1build1
  Could not resolve 'th.archive.ubuntu.com'
E: Failed to fetch http://th.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/s/sdl-net1.2/libsdl-net1.2_1.2.7-2_amd64.deb: Could not resolve 'th.archive.ubuntu.com'
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
Writing extended state information... Done
Building tag database... Done

Murali, I still couldn't use the dosbox

Need help

Thanks

This the error line while i type "sudo apt-get install dosbox"

adi@adi-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install dosbox
[sudo] password for adi:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

How to solve it ?
Thanks

Please is there anyone can solve my problem ?

I need this dos box to run my dos application such like Clipper, Fox-Pro and D-Base. Our database use old program under dos.

Thanks in advance.

Hi Adi,

Once you have installed dosbox using Synaptic Package manager there is no need to run "sudo aptitude install dosbox" command line.

Sorry If I might have confused you by telling two procedures ( one using command line and one using synaptic package manager).

Now , you need to execute

 $ mkdir ~/dos/c

which will create the /dos/c directory in your home directory. To have DOSBox use this as its C:\ drive, execute the following command in DOSBox:

$mount c /home/yourusername/dos/c

yourusername - It depends on your username

This makes the contents of ~/dos/c/ the contents of the virtual C:\ drive in DOSBox. You can now run any DOS programs in that directory in DOSBox. If those DOS programs are self-contained executables, it's enough simply to copy them onto a suitable sub-directory in ~/dos/c and run them within DOSBox.

 Note that many of the examples on the official DOSBox will seem to be specific to MS-DOS or Windows. Where you see a Windows-type path like C:\OLDGAMES , simply read a Linux-style path. The result of the commands should be the same.

Hope this helps you.

Let me know if you have any problem.

-Murali Marimekala

Getting confused again :(

I type as you instructed at terminal

$mount c /home/adi/dos/c

then the answered is : only root can do that

the command line like these :

adi@adi-desktop:~$ mount c /home/adi/dos/c
mount: only root can do that

Need help bro... Thanks.

I tried type dosbox at terminal and it succed

The dialog box of dos appear, with Z:\>

But how can we mount at the linux root directory ?

Need Help, thanks so much.....

Hi Adi,

If it says only root can do then you need to login as root (super user).

For that in terminal type

$su
Enter root password : .... Enter your root password here.

Now you will be a super user...

Now try the mount command.
$ mount c /home/adi/dos/c

I didnt get what dos directory appears as z:/>.... for this
you can try

$mount z /home/adi/dos/c

which will mount your z directory to /home/adi/dos/c

once this is done you can copy your application to /home/adi/dos/c and execute your dos application.

Please lemme know if you face any problem.

Murali Marimekala

Thanks Murali !

Job Welldone ! Thanks very much.

Now i can run my dos application and dos game via Ubuntu 8.04.

Case Close :)

Thats really cool !!! you did it :) .. Welcome.

@ adi please tell
"... I need this dos box to run my dos application such like Clipper, Fox-Pro and D-Base. Our database use old program under dos. ..."
Are you developer or simple a user for Clipper app...?

Thank you