[juneau-lug] Re: problem with SuSE 7.2 kernel update

Joe, if all you need is to be able to run Dos programs, you might try FreeDOS, 
at www.freedos.org.    It's just what it sounds like: a Libre version of DOS.  
It's up to version 0.9Beta, and seems to be getting pretty good.

I've got it on an old^H^H^Hancient Thinkpad which is just a little too small 
and awkward for Linux, and it deals with the 4M of RAM, MCI bus and ESDI 
harddrive with no hassles.

A machine like that might be just right for programming handy-talkies.

Nels

----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Schmuck <sbodnar@xxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, November 21, 2003 9:31 am
Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: problem with SuSE 7.2 kernel update

> I finally found out what this error message relates to. DEXE
> and binfmt are used for handling DOS filesystems. So dosemu
> will open, but not run as it cannot access any real or virtual
> filesystems.
> 
> Not much problem for the PowerPC crowd as they can't use it
> anyways (only works on x86 architecture) but I needed to run
> some old DOS programs and now have to find a workaround (there
> are no more DOS or windoze machines anywhere in the house
> anymore).
> 
> I use the DOS programs for programming handheld radios and
> serial port communications. Most of the radio maufacturers
> software is supplied in DOS format. Interesting that any
> NT/2000/XP system can't handle these well because they don't
> give you direct access to any hardware. Linux allows it
> even if running through an emulator such as dosemu.
> 
> Later,
>  Stephen
> 
> >I just performed a long overdue security upgrade to my trusty
> >crusty old SuSE 7.2 box, which consisted of a kernel upgrade
> >from the SuSE ftp site. I was lazy and used the RPM kernel
> >update, and (duh!) managed to nuke the existing kernel so
> >I can't go back.
> >
> >The system actually boots fine and everything seems to run well
> >except that I get an error message on boot:
> >
> >"Registering DEXE for binfmt/etc/init.d/boot:
> >/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register: No such file or directory"
> >
> >I searched the SuSE support database and found only the explanation
> >on this webpage:
> >
> >http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2001/10/ibcs_72.html
> >
> >which explains the problem as the iCBS emulator for SCO unix
> >programs(!!!) I don't think SCO is out to get us yet...I tried the
> >changes to modules.conf, did a mk_initrd, but the message persists.
> >SuSE has just dropped support for 7.2, and a google just finds more
> >folks with the same problem and no solution.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >And yes, I am going to retire 7.2 as soon as SuSE 9 is out and 
> stable.>
> >Thanks,
> >   Stephen
> 
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