From: Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Linux
Date: Sun, 28 May 2000 18:58:27 +0100
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Hello.

Icehot wrote:
> So I get Linux rhide and allegro and use the Linux gcc, right?
> But my programs will not run in DOS, will they? For this I
> need to set up DJGPP?

You can build a cross-compiler, to build DOS programs under Linux:

http://www.delorie.com/howto/djgpp/linux-x-djgpp.html

This works well. Once you've built the programs, you can run them using
dosemu. You could also use VMware to run DOS or Windows in a virtual
machine under Linux. This works well, if a little slowly. See:

http://www.vmware.com/

Hope this helps, bye,

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Richard Dawe
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