Linux Recommendations

[Daniel Siemens]

I used DOS in the dosemu under SUSE 6.4 some time ago.   It works quit
well but it is a bear to get setup.   I can't even begin to tell you all
the problems but look for info on DOSEMU.   I tried to duplicate this in
Redhat 6.2 and was never successful.  The application was a banking
application and was time critical so it had some unique requirements
No printing however which is a good thing.   I still have some systems
running around the country like this so I may be able to answer some
specific questions by looking at a working system.    

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kclug at kclug.org [mailto:owner-kclug at kclug.org] On Behalf Of
Paul Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 11:07 PM
To: 'List - KCLUG'
Subject: Linux Recommendations

 

Anyone know if I can replace a Windows 98 machine running the DOS
application that connects to a share via UNC and prints to a shared
printer? The Windows 98 machine is a tightvnc server. The printer is on
another subnet across the Internet which is connected by an IPSec tunnel
in transport mode. The share is on the same subnet.

 

A remote user logs into Win98 box via tightvnc then launches the DOS
application. Occasionally, the user will print from DOS (Win98) and it
prints out on the shared printer.

 

The Win98 box occasionally locks up when the user prints from DOS and
the box must be rebooted to 'fix'.

 

Does anyone know if I can run this application from Linux?

 

The DOS application is not installed on the Windows 98 machine, there is
a shortcut to a .bat file on the share computer.

 

Anyone have thoughts or suggestions on a Linux box replacing the Windows
98 box running Linux? I've never tried a DOS application running on
Linux.

 

Thanks,

Paul