Can I use Linux to run DOS programs?
Brian Densmore
DensmoreB at ctbsonline.com
Thu Dec 20 16:41:22 CST 2001
Speaking of plain text. Here's the latest,
Windoze Explorer 6 checks the mime type header of files, but doesn't
enforce the execution of them.
Example:
Someone sends you nastyvirus.exe with a MIME type of .jpg.
Outlook says oh this is an attachment, let's pass it to Explorer.
Explorer says, oh it's a jpg file, it's ok to run the application for
jpgs.
Explorer passes nastyvirus.exe to the OS, and Windoze says cool a .exe
program let's run it.
(see: CERT Advisory CA-2001-36)
Don't you love these geniuses @ M$!
Another important reason for Windoze users to send text mail only.
ROFL,
Brian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Hutchins [mailto:hutchins at opus1.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 10:32 AM
> To: David Carter; kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: Can I use Linux to run DOS programs?
>
>
> David,
>
> Please send only Plain Text messages to the mailing list.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Carter
>
> > I've been using OS/2 Warp 3 since Sep 1993 and it ran
> > DOS programs well. Until my wife bought a new Dell
> > mega-machine mid-Nov with Windows ME on it, I've
> > been happily insulated from the bugs in Windows OS's.
>
> First, you should know that OS/2 is just an early version of
> Windows NT,
> developed by Microsoft in conjunction with IBM. You might
> find that NT4 or
> W2K would be a good system if you needed MS compatibility. A lot of
> progress has been made with personal computers since OS/2
> made the scene.
>
> > I have 3 old DOS programs that I want to continue using:
> > A USAF flight planning program, a Navy
> sunrise-sunset/moonrise-moonset
> > program, and WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS.
>
> You may be able to find native Linux equivalents of the first
> two, and Word
> Perfect has Linux compatible versions available. Linux
> doesn't have any
> inherent emulation of DOS, but there are sevaral DOS
> emulators available.
> Linux itself is a mosaic built by many different
> contributors, and while
> some of the distributions give the impression of a
> coordinated package,
> that's an illusion. I would suggest doing some research in
> the HOWTO's at
> www.linuxdoc.org and looking through www.freshmeat.net to see
> what emulators
> and other software is available.
>
> Good luck, and don't forget to turn off that HTML mail!
>
>
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