Run Linux programs on DOS

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Overview

DOS Subsystem for Linux

A WSL alternative for users who prefer an MS-DOS environment. DOS Subsystem for Linux integrates a real Linux environment into MS-DOS systems, allowing users to make use of both DOS and Linux applications from the DOS command prompt.

Building

  • You will need a cross toolchain targeting i386-linux-musl on PATH.

    https://github.com/richfelker/musl-cross-make is a tool that can build one for you with minimal hassle. Set TARGET to i386-linux-musl.

  • Build the prequisites (Linux and Busybox) by running J=xxx script/build-prereq, replacing xxx with the desired build parallelism.

  • You will need a hard drive image hdd.base.img with an installed copy of MS-DOS on the first partition.

  • Run make

    This will produce a new hard drive image hdd.img with DOS Subsystem for Linux installed. Invoke C:\doslinux\dsl to run Linux commands. C:\doslinux can also be placed on your DOS PATH for greater convenience.

Comments
  • Add mtools requirement and notify issue with older nasm

    Add mtools requirement and notify issue with older nasm

    Older versions of nasm have bug:

    doslinux.asm:370: error: invalid combination of opcode and operands doslinux.asm:372: error: invalid combination of opcode and operands doslinux.asm:377: error: invalid combination of opcode and operands doslinux.asm:379: error: invalid combination of opcode and operands doslinux.asm:388: error: invalid combination of opcode and operands doslinux.asm:390: error: invalid combination of opcode and operands

    opened by warpcoil 4
  • Add support for Linux 2.4

    Add support for Linux 2.4

    Linux 2.4.37.11 was the last version of a kernel to (reliably) support UMSDOS, which adds Linux permissions to FAT partitions. There's also a site to add UVFAT (UMSDOS combined with VFAT == LFN) support to the 2.4.19, which patches successfully on 2.4.24 and requires some renaming on 2.4.25-2.4.37.11.

    Considering DOS == FAT, this can make implementing rootfs much easier.

    opened by lili1228 3
  • I'm bit confused by what this is ?

    I'm bit confused by what this is ?

    Can some more information be added to the README ?

    Is the name a pun, or does this run in WIndows, a bit like WSL ?

    The screenshot shows it running in QEMU, I'm confused...

    opened by stuaxo 2
  • Cannot initialize 'C:'

    Cannot initialize 'C:'

    Tried this with a qcow image i generated via http://gunkies.org/wiki/Installing_MS-DOS_on_Qemu - which resulted in:

    ➜ make nasm -o doslinux.com -f bin doslinux.asm i386-linux-musl-gcc -m32 -static -Os -Wall -Wextra -o init/init.o -c init/init.c i386-linux-musl-gcc -m32 -static -Os -Wall -Wextra -o init/vm86.o -c init/vm86.c i386-linux-musl-gcc -m32 -static -Os -Wall -Wextra -o init/panic.o -c init/panic.c i386-linux-musl-gcc -m32 -static -Os -Wall -Wextra -o init/kbd.o -c init/kbd.c i386-linux-musl-gcc -m32 -static -Os -Wall -Wextra -o init/term.o -c init/term.c i386-linux-musl-gcc -m32 -static -Os -Wall -Wextra -o init/init init/init.o init/vm86.o init/panic.o init/kbd.o init/term.o cp hdd.base.img hdd.img MTOOLSRC=mtoolsrc mmd C:/doslinux init C: non DOS media Cannot initialize 'C:' make: *** [Makefile:19: hdd.img] Error 1

    opened by ri0t 1
  • Please add a license to this repo

    Please add a license to this repo

    First, thank you for sharing this project with us!

    Could you please add an explicit LICENSE file to the repo so that it's clear under what terms the content is provided, and under what terms user contributions are licensed?

    Per GitHub docs on licensing:

    [...] without a license, the default copyright laws apply, meaning that you retain all rights to your source code and no one may reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from your work. If you're creating an open source project, we strongly encourage you to include an open source license.

    Thanks!

    opened by mbrukman 1
  • doskey is supported?

    doskey is supported?

    doskey is supported? Could the README mention this briefly?

    I ask because I autogenerate a valid doskey file which I use on my win10 laptop

    • cmd.exe. Would be nice if this works on doslinux-DOS too (I am mostly caring about my custom cd-aliases for faster file navigation.)
    opened by rubyFeedback 0
  • Failed to load bzImage

    Failed to load bzImage

    I've tried both one I compiled and a pre-compiled one I found. A side note: both don't work without the memory manager being disabled, I'm surprised nobody mentioned this but it would be very nice to have HIMEM support. But it doesn't matter as of now because both of those versions report that the bzImage could not be found. I've tried on both DOSBOX-X and my real 98 machine, it works on neither. I've admittedly never built a Linux distro before so if there's any files that I should provide please let me know. Otherwise, I have nothing to provide.

    opened by IoIxD 1
  • Boot faster on older hardware with LZ4

    Boot faster on older hardware with LZ4

    LZ4 kernel images will be slightly larger (15%-ish) but can decompress the kernel much faster than gzip [0]. This will improve overall boot time.

    [0] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=LZ4-Initramfs-Ubuntu-Go-Ahead

    opened by lpsantil 0
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