Ubuntu
dosemu package

  1. Bug #48607
  2. Comment #12

Comment 12 for bug 48607

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Henry Cooper Avel (henrique-ulbrich) wrote : Upstream Debian Sarge has the same bug (and solution)

You should upgrade to the Unstable package.

The problem seems to be the "comcom" command shell, which is outdated and deprecated. Sadly, the Ubuntu team chose to use it.
 :(

The solution is to replace the "comcom" command shell with the new FreeDOS command shell, available here:

http://freedos.sourceforge.net/freecom/packages/082pl3/xmsswap.zip

Just rename the "command.com" that comes with the zip file as
/usr/lib/dosemu/commands/comcom.com .

Relevant bug reports in upstream Debian.
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=327153
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=212126;archive=yes

Isn't the Ubuntu dev team supposed to follow the Debian bugtrack closely? This bug was resolved 19.Oct.2005 and closed 19.Feb.2006. Why didn't anyone notice, almost NINE MONTHS later??