Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 16:08:12 -0500 From: jacks@sage-american.com To: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>, <mother@aztec.asu.edu>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FREEbsd questions Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20011002160812.03f12c60@mail.sage-american.com> In-Reply-To: <003501c14b81$f5baa9c0$6600000a@columbia> References: <200110022030.NAA29409@aztec2.asu.edu>
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....or dual boot At 04:36 PM 10.2.2001 -0400, Andrew C. Hornback wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of >> mother@aztec.asu.edu >> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 4:30 PM >> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: FREEbsd questions >> >> I have many DOS apps and utilities that I like and use. >> Will they work under FREEbsd? > > Not exactly. You might be able to use an emulator to make them work >correctly, but FreeBSD is generally not a good platform for running DOS >programs. > >> What in DOS doesn't work or is problematic under FREEbsd? > > That's for someone else to answer, as I don't have any experience with >trying to shoehorn DOS binaries onto a FreeBSD machine. > >> Will my WIN3.1 apps work? > > I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say... no. But, it may be possible >when you're using WINE. This isn't somewhere that I'd been before, and I >don't think it's one of the more recommended directions to go, considering >that you have to emulate a broken OS and then a broken shell and then try to >use applications written for both. > > Personally, if you're dead set on running DOS and Win 3.1 stuff, why not >get a little 386-33 with 8 megs of RAM and be done with it? Those machines >are generally thrown away anymore. > >--- Andy > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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