FreeDOS in DOSemu on Debian sid to run WP5.1

[Charles Kroeger]

I want to install Word Perfect 5.1 within the DOSemu package on Debian sid. I
see that DOSemu uses FreeDOS.

I have installed DOSemu and installed a USB floppy that is recognized by the system
and freedos suggest a C: and D: drive but I'm stuck on trying to load WP51 on
my set of 3.5" floppies. How to get the A: drive to be recognized or what letter
should be substituted for the A: drive?

Here's the DOSemu window after starting FreeDOS and attempting to load from the
floppy drive, I don't understand the error in line 2 of CONFIG.SYS. I've included
the config.sys file below.

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All Rights Reserved. This is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO
WARRANTY; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
C: HD1, Pri[ 1], CHS= 0-1-1, start= 0 MB, size= 392 MB
D: HD2, Pri[ 1], CHS= 0-1-1, start= 0 MB, size= 392 MB
CONFIG.SYS error in line 2
>>>cdrom.sys
^
dosemu XMS 3.0 driver installed.
dosemu EMS 4.0 driver installed.
[dosemu cdrom driver installed (V0.2)]
Kernel: allocated 41 Diskbuffers = 21812 Bytes in HMA
Z: = LINUX\FS\${DOSEMU_LIB_DIR}/DRIVE_Z attrib = READ ONLY

FreeCom version 0.84-pre2 XMS_Swap [Aug 28 2006 00:29:00]
Bad command or filename - "c:\bin\shsucdx".
Sound on: SB at 0x220-0x22f, IRQ=5, DMA8=1, DMA16=5. MPU-401 at 0x330-0x331.
D: = LINUX\FS/HOME/CHARLES attrib = READ/WRITE
Bad command or filename - "loadhi".
E: = LINUX\FS/MEDIA/CDROM CDROM:1 attrib = READ ONLY
"Welcome to dosemu 1.4.0.0!"
C:\>A:
A:\Error reading from drive A: DOS area: sector not found
(A)bort, (I)gnore, (R)etry, (F)ail?

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In the FreeDOS directory within DOSemu there are two files:

autoexec.bat

@echo off
rem autoexec.bat for DOSEMU + FreeDOS
path z:\bin;z:\gnu;z:\dosemu
set HELPPATH=z:\help
set TEMP=c:\tmp
blaster
prompt $P$G
unix -s DOSDRIVE_D
if "%DOSDRIVE_D%" == "" goto nodrived
lredir del d: > nul
lredir d: linux\fs%DOSDRIVE_D%
:nodrived
rem uncomment to load another bitmap font
rem loadhi display con=(vga,437,2)
rem mode con codepage prepare=((850) z:\cpi\ega.cpx)
rem mode con codepage select 850
rem chcp 850
lredir e: linux\fs/media/cdrom c
unix -s DOSEMU_VERSION
echo "Welcome to dosemu %DOSEMU_VERSION%!"
unix -e


config.sys

rem config.sys for DOSEMU + FreeDOS
rem note that the initial "D:" is set to "Z:" at the end
SWITCHES=/F
DOS=UMB,HIGH
dosdata=umb
lastdrive=Z
files=40
stacks=0
buffers=10
device=d:\dosemu\ems.sys
devicehigh=d:\dosemu\cdrom.sys
install=d:\dosemu\lredir.com z: linux\fs\${DOSEMU_LIB_DIR}/drive_z ro
shellhigh=z:\command.com /e:1024 /p

Any suggestions to edit these files to get the floppy drive to run disk one on the
WP51 installation disk would be greatly appreciated.

--
CK

p.s. I have a Kyocera FS920 monochrome printer that understands PS commands so
printing from WP within the DOSemu application should be possible.