Running Foxpro DOS application on Linux REDHAT9

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Running Foxpro DOS application on Linux REDHAT9

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Dear All

how can i run dos application on Linux REDHAT 9 or foxpro dos applications
I check the site rpmfind.net
so tell me how can i use dosemu
and another problem is my system is i686 but there is no rpm for i686 and also for Linux REDHAT 9
there is rpm for other distributions but not for REDHAT9
or may be i am not able to find them
so tell me the right way download dosemu and how to use this
my system is i686
i already download the
dosemu-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm

is it work with my system or not caz in distribution column is written "Source Forge"
Plz Help me My all respectable Friends
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seyed_kazmi@hotmail.com wrote:and another problem is my system is i686 but there is no rpm for i686
there's no problem here. what makes you think that's a problem?
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Post by seyed_kazmi@hotmail.com »

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Dear Lambda

can u help me for running foxpro on Linux

I already have download dosemu file "dosemu-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm"
and installed on my system
and change the CPU , Keyboard,and X_setting
in "dosemu.conf"
currentlly dosemu.conf is in this location
/etc/dosemu/dosemu
is this location is right or not
or change to /etc/dosemu.conf
tell me how can i run the fox pro program in this situation]
i always use the root login

my foxpro program exist in the root directory

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[i can't help you -- i haven't used dosemu. have you read its docs? they should be in /usr/share/doc.
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Post by seyed_kazmi@hotmail.com »

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Dear Furrukh Ahmed

now at that time i am able to run the DOSEMU

by configuring the dosemu.conf in /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf

and giving the path for $_hdimge = "" /usr/share/dosemu/freedos

for boot directory


and placing my program in freedos folder

dosemu is running now and fine exatly as dos prompt.

but the problem is that when i run my application it start showing first page

like welcome to fox pro 2.6 version but not showing the next screen in which all the menu exist

it happened just like that the source files are not available but the folder is there

actually in windows that screen show for a second and change to next screen

tell me whats the problem

or
can i post this question by changing the subject ??????

i think farhantouqeer have the best solution for this topic

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Post by farhantoqeer »

post your .conf file

which file you are executing? foxpro.exe or foxprox.exe ?

we did execute fox and fox apps successfuly in the past, but that was just for fun.
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Dear Farhan Toqeer

i am executing foxpro exe 2.6
and i am mailing mailing you .conf file
at ur pm

and thanx for urgent reply
I am really Thankfull to You
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Post by farhantoqeer »

your conf file looks fine

un-comment this
# XMS (extended memory) size in Kbyte; default: 8192.

$_xms = (8192)

and then try using foxprox.exe

which freedos version you are using?

did you try running anyother dos application
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Post by seyed_kazmi@hotmail.com »

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Dear Farhan Toqeer

I tried your tip but the result is same

I am using dosemu-1.2.0-1.i386.rpm

As i start dosemu


[root@lserver root]# dosemu start

Note that DOS needs 25 lines. You might want to enlarge your
window before continuing.


Now type ENTER to start DOSEMU or <Ctrl>C to cancel


then i type the enter command
enter


the below page is displayed
Kernel of freedos version is given below

the SourceForge tracking system at http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/dosemu

DPMI-Server Version 0.9 installed

FreeDOS kernel version 1.1.32a (Build 2032a) [Sep 24 2003 21:58:48]
Kernel compatibility 7.10 - WATCOMC - FAT32 support


(C) Copyright 1995-2003 Pasquale J. Villani and The FreeDOS Project.
All Rights Reserved. This is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO
WARRANTY; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
C: HD1, Pri[ 1], CHS= 0-1-1, start= 0 MB, size= 392 MB
[dosemu EMS 4.0 driver installed]
Kernel: allocated 40 Diskbuffers = 21280 Bytes in HMA

FreeCom version 0.82 pl 2 XMS_Swap [Sep 19 2003 21:44:14]

D: = LINUX\FS/ROOT attrib = READ/WRITE
"Welcome to dosemu 1.2.0.0!"
About to Execute : start
Bad command or filename - "START".


C:\>



now tell me whats the problem
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Post by seyed_kazmi@hotmail.com »

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Dear Farhan Toqeer

I didnot tried any other dos Application on dosemu yet.

plz solve my problem

Thanks A Lot
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Dear All

Solve My Problem i really need it

the problem is given above

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Post by farhantoqeer »

Atif,

Everything seems to me fine from here, i dont have any clue that what could be the problem. Kindly do test some other dos application and let us know abou the result.
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