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Running Windows 3.x - DOSBox Part 4
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Running Windows 3.x - DOSBox Part 4

Continuing on from the previous tutorial, we have a working DOS installation running with DOSBox that we can install Windows 3.11 on for running old 16-bit Windows software. Since a DOS installation is up and running correctly (unless, of course, it’s broken somehow), let’s begin by installing Windows 3.11 on to the disk image. You shouldn’t have much trouble installing Windows 3.x onto the DOS image because it is, at the end of the day, a graphical user interface (GUI) for DOS. You can

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DOSBox Part 3: Installing DOS Onto A Virtual Hard Drive
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DOSBox Part 3: Installing DOS Onto A Virtual Hard Drive

The previous tutorial demonstrated the simplicity of booting from floppy images and creating other images using the tools provided by Linux. This guide continues on from that as it goes through step by step how to properly create a hard disk image, hook it up to DOSBox, and install whichever DOS you want, be it MS-DOS, PC-DOS, or DR-DOS.   Creating the DOS Image This step would have to be the most complicated as it involves not only creating the image but also gathering a few detai

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DOSBox Part 2: Creating, Handling, and Booting from Floppy Images
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DOSBox Part 2: Creating, Handling, and Booting from Floppy Images

Continuing on from the previous tutorial, we move on to boot DOS systems from floppy images. Many floppies contained games or other software that would have automatically booted once the system started (using the autoexec.bat script). This can be simulated by using a floppy image which is simply a file that represents an entire floppy disk drive.   Obtaining a Bootable Image There are places you can visit on the Internet where you can download DOS systems in the form of bootable di

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DOSBox Part 1: Introduction, Startup Scripts and The Keymapper
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DOSBox Part 1: Introduction, Startup Scripts and The Keymapper

DOSBox is a great piece of software that allows users to run a huge collection of very old PC software dating back to the 1980s and 1990s on your Linux system. Versions for Windows, MacOS, and others exist as well. This guide one of a series of articles about what you can do with DOSBox and how to get the best out of it. The focus of this article is to briefly touch on the some of the features of DOSBox before moving on the commands to run when DOSBox has started. The “autoexec” section

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