From owner-freebsd-doc Mon May 13 08:04:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA26705 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 13 May 1996 08:04:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA26696 Mon, 13 May 1996 08:04:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA27944; Mon, 13 May 96 15:04:08 GMT Message-Id: <9605131504.AA27944@fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.3/16.2) id AA122709850; Mon, 13 May 1996 09:04:10 -0600 Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 09:04:10 -0600 From: Sean Kelly To: Francisco.Reyes@i-2000.com, jfieber@freebsd.org Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199605120512.BAA19423@i-2000.com> (freyes@i-2000.com) Subject: Re: WEB page could use update. Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Francisco" == "Francisco Reyes" writes: Francisco> Page http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook20.html#22 Francisco> which has a section in DOS emulation could be updated Francisco> to say that BSDI is allowing use of their dos emulation Francisco> package and that work in on the way to port it. Sharp eyes! John: here're some revisions for ``install.sgml'' that does what Francisco suggests. Can I run MS-DOS binaries under FreeBSD? Not yet! But, Berkeley Software Design, Inc. has donated its DOS emulator called pcemu. It enables you to run many MS-DOS text-mode binaries by entirely emulating an 8088 CPU. And you'll need to add this to ``authors.sgml'': "> -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/