On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Toshiro Viera Stalker wrote:
> > > > > Has anybody tried to make a boot image for dosemu? I'm running
> Mandrake
> > > 6.0
> > > > > and when I tried to create the image using 'mkdexe....' (sorry I
> don't
> > > > > remember exactly the command right now, but it's in the README) the
> > > process
> > > > > failed. Also, the script setup-hdimage fails because it doesn't find
> > > some
> > > > > files/directories, so I guess the rpm included in the distribution
> isn't
> > > > > complete. Is that right?
> > > >
> > > > What isn't it finding? Do you have the mtools package installed?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Ok, here's the output of both commands I've been talking about (sorry,
> some
> > > error messages are in spanish, but I think is understandable, if it is
> not,
> > > just let me know):
> > >
> > > COMMAND1:
> > >
> > > mkdexe myhdimage -b /dev/hda1 -o noapp
> > >
> > > OUTPUT1:
> > >
> > > 1+0 registros leídos
> > > 1+0 registros escritos
> > > /usr/bin/mkdexe: cd: /usr/commands: No existe el fichero o el directorio
> > > cp: mh: se omite el directorio
> > > cp: X11: se omite el directorio
> > > /usr/bin/mkdexe: /usr/src/tools/periph/mkfatimage16: No existe el
> fichero o
> > > el directorio
> > > Can't open /var/lib/dosemu/myhdimage: No existe el fichero o el
> directorio
> > > Cannot initialize 'W:'
> > > Can't open /var/lib/dosemu/myhdimage: No existe el fichero o el
> directorio
> > > Cannot initialize 'W:'
> > > Bad target W://
> > >
> > > COMMAND2:
> > >
> > > setup-hdimage
> > >
> > > OUTPUT2:
> > >
> > > /usr/bin/setup-hdimage: /usr/bin/dexe/check-mtools: No existe el fichero
> o
> > > el directorio
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Toshiro.
> > >
> > Ok, seems it's not being called with the correct make install command. In
> > the mean time, heres the quick fix..
> >
> > perl -p -i -e 's/\"ISBINRELEASE\"/\"1\"/' /usr/bin/mkdexe
Sorry no dos on this box, i didn't test it.
> I did what you say but it didn't work :( Here's the output of both commands
> now (notice that the output of mkdexe is different, but the output of
> setup-hdimage is the same):
>
> OUTPUT1:
> /usr/bin/mkdexe: cd: /var/lib/dosemu/dexe: No existe el fichero o el
> directorio /usr/bin/mkdexe: /var/lib/dosemu/dexe/extract-dos: No existe el
> fichero o el dir
> strings: /root/.dosemu/tmp/mkdexe.680/sys/boot.bin: No existe el fichero o
> el directorio
> /usr/bin/mkdexe: cd: /var/lib/dosemu/commands: No existe el fichero o el
> directorio
> cp: mh: se omite el directorio
> cp: X11: se omite el directorio
> /root/.dosemu/tmp/mkdexe.680/sys/io.sys: No existe el fichero o el
> directorio
> /root/.dosemu/tmp/mkdexe.680/sys/msdos.sys: No existe el fichero o el
> directorio/root/.dosemu/tmp/mkdexe.680/sys/command.com: No existe el fichero
> o el directorio
> /root/.dosemu/tmp/mkdexe.680/sys/boot.bin: No existe el fichero o el
> directorio
> taking builtin boot sector
> /usr/bin/mkdexe: /var/lib/dosemu/dexe/do_mtools: No existe el fichero o el
> directorio
> XXXX error during mcopy XXXX
> may be you choose the size of the hdimage too small
> Use the -s option to give more space on the hdimage
>
> OUTPUT2:
> /usr/bin/setup-hdimage: /var/lib/dosemu/dexe/check-mtools: No existe el
> fichero
> o el directorio
>
> Regards,
> Toshiro.
>
Yep definatly might wanna hold off untill i get a chance to recompile and
upload it. My replacement cable modem should be here in a few hours. You
may or maynot want to try fiddleing with the dos-freedos package also in
the mean time.
