I have a new EeePC from ASUS with Xandros version of linux installed. I have installed wine, and believe that the installation works for at least some windows programs. Looking in the windows\system32 directory I see notepad and progman, both of which run and look reasonable. What I really want to do is to run a command window, i.e. cmd.exe. Even though it is there, when I attempt to execute it (either as cmd <enter> or as cmd.exe <enter>) I get told bash: cmd: command not found. Reason I want to do this is so that I can run a DOS program of mine. I can run that program using DOSBOX, but there is a slight problem and that does not work quite 100%. I also have attempted to use DOSEMU, but that is much worse in several ways. So -- question is: How can I get a DOS program to run using WINE, similar to how I run it in windows XP using a CMD window?
Hi!> I have a new EeePC from ASUS with Xandros version of linux installed. I have installed wine, and believe that the installation works for at least some windows programs. Looking in the windows\system32 directory I see notepad and progman, both of which run and look reasonable. > > What I really want to do is to run a command window, i.e. cmd.exe. Even though it is there, when I attempt to execute it (either as cmd <enter> or as cmd.exe <enter>) I get told bash: cmd: command not found.You have to enter "wine cmd.exe". It should work.> > Reason I want to do this is so that I can run a DOS program of mine. I can run that program using DOSBOX, but there is a slight problem and that does not work quite 100%. I also have attempted to use DOSEMU, but that is much worse in several ways. >Wine is not intended to run DOS programs. I'm afraid that it will not work. I'm afraid that you will have to live with DosBox :-(.> So -- question is: How can I get a DOS program to run using WINE, similar to how I run it in windows XP using a CMD window? >Even if it probably will not work, the correct answer is: Use bash, cd to the directory containing the program, and enter "wine <program name>". It will try to do, what you are asking for...
[quote="Pavel Troller"]Hi! You have to enter "wine cmd.exe". It should work. [quote] OK, that works -- sort of. I had thought it might open a new command window. Instead it echos CMD Version 0,9.25 and then changes the current window into a "sort of" Command window. I can navigate around the directory structure defined in wine, and I can execute simple batch files that way. However, when I then attempt to execute any real program, I get a long error dump and exit.> > Wine is not intended to run DOS programs. I'm afraid that it will not work. I'm afraid that you will have to live with DosBox :-(. >I was becoming afraid of that. I had hoped that since windows can run DOS programs that Wine would allow the same ability. Thanks for the response. Guess I've have to give up on Wine for this purpose. I'll leave it on in case I decide that there is some real windows program I have to have.
Sergio Samayoa wrote:> Beter install Free-DOS on VMWare virtual machine.LOL have you actually read what hardware he is running this stuff on? And why in the world would one need a whole VM for DOS?!
Sergio Samayoa wrote:> > > LOL have you actually read what hardware he is running this stuff on? And > > > > No, I haven't readed in which HW he is trying to run it. > Which is ? > > > > why in the world would one need a whole VM for DOS?! > > > > Isolation. > I haven't readed how old is his program but I use to be a DOS Developer and > used a lot of low level OS bypassed features such BIOS calls, direct memory > access, port access, etc. which I guess wine can't manage. > > Your VM could be as big as you need: set it with just 1 Mb of RAM and disk > abot few Mb. > > Regards. > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: wine-users-bounces at winehq.org [mailto:wine-users-bounces at winehq.org] En > nombre de vitamin > Enviado el: Lunes, 07 de Abril de 2008 07:58 a.m. > Para: wine-users at winehq.org > Asunto: [Wine] Re: How to: Run a DOS program using Wine > > > Sergio Samayoa wrote: > > > Beter install Free-DOS on VMWare virtual machine. > > > > LOL have you actually read what hardware he is running this stuff on? And > why in the world would one need a whole VM for DOS?!Sergio. Please do not top post. Follow the whole thread before answering. If you have problems tracking conversation with your news reader - user Wine Forums interface: http://forum.winehq.org/