The installation instructions are in the file, "QuickStart", included in the distribution.
(4/8/95)
1. Forgetting to read the QuickStart Guide.
2. Try to compile with a kernel older than 1.1.45.
3. Having the wrong linux kernel source sitting in /usr/src/linux
4. Use dosemu with a kernel that does not have IPC compiled in.
5. Compile with gcc older than 2.5.8 or libc older than 4.5.21.
6. Forget to edit your /etc/dosemu.conf file.
7. Forget to run "FDISK /mbr" on your hdimage.
8. Run DOSEMU with partition access while they are already mounted.
9. Don't install dosemu with sufficient privileges (i.e., root).
10. Try to run DOSEMU on a multi-user linux Internet Service Provider.
Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) reported (4/8/95)
that
If you want to build one executable with QMAGIC, define STATIC in the makefile. Otherwise there's a library/executable combination.
Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) reported (4/8/95)
that
If you want to make ELF binaries, define ELF in the "Makefile".
You need to make and install the slang library separately. Slang
works well as a shared ELF library.
Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) reported (4/8/95)
that
If you have problems with running out of swap space you may want to
add CFLAGS+=-fno-inline after CFLAGS is defined in
dpmi/Makefile. Be careful before you do this and check for
the existence of swap space. I found Linux crashes a times when it
has no swap space.
Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) reported (4/8/95)
that
The default optimization is -O2. You may want edit the makefile to use -O (compiled somewhat faster/smaller).
Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) reported (4/8/95)
that
If you define do_DEBUG in the makefile, you'll get -Wall -g
and a non-tex, non-interactive make.
Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) reported (4/8/95)
that
You need to have build the kernel on your system to get the current
version. If not, you may want to hand modify KERNEL_VERSION in the
top level Makefile. The number is of the form, "nmmmppp", where
"n" is the version, "mmm" is the minor version, and
"ppp" is the patchlevel. For example, kernel 1.1.88 corresponds
to "1001088" and kernel 1.2.1 to "1002001".
Begin all makes at the top level for best results. At the top level,
entering "make subdirectory" will make the subdirectory. Each
directory (and the top), has targets "clean" and
"realclean". "clean" will remove the objects,
"realclean" will also remove dependencies and other files.
(4/8/95)
No. You must install it as root, though.
Marty Leisner (leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com) adds
In order to access I/O ports (including the console) dosemu needs to run as root. Running dosemu on an xterm or in X windows and requiring now direct hardware access allows you to run dosemu as a user. The security/setuid implications will be worked on in development releases.
James B. MacLean (jmaclean@fox.nstn.ns.ca) reported
(4/12/95) that
We have seen these at certain times, usually when a timestamp plays an
issue. Some people fix it by upgrading their kernel, while others
(myself included) just "make realclean" then "make most".