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From: fangchin@portia.Stanford.EDU (Chin Fang)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: DOS under UNIX
Keywords: mtools, Emmet Gary
Message-ID: <1991Jan17.181548.6867@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 17 Jan 91 18:15:48 GMT
References: <1903@diasonx.UUCP> <1991Jan16.214119.1110@emisle.uucp>
Organization: AIR, Stanford University
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In article <1991Jan16.214119.1110@emisle.uucp> emisle!dvb@ism.isc.com (David Van Beveren) writes:
>In article <1903@diasonx.UUCP> mark@diasonx.UUCP (Mark Quattrocchi) writes:
>>I'm sure this question has been hashed over many times before here, but since
>>I'm new to the group I get to bug you all just one more time asking my silly
>>question.
>> 
>>I want UNIX. I also want to be able to run DOS programs under UNIX. I have used
>>the Miroport UNIX with DOS Merge but when running games or other programs that
>>like to use interrupts/timers/etc., the entire box would just hang. Rebooting
>>UNIX is no fun since it takes a year to fsck.
>.
>.
>.
>VPIX and Interactive Unix seem to work for me.
>
>I have a related question. My primary HD has three partitions. Two are the DOS
>primary and secondary ones, 32MB each, and the third is a 140MB Unix partition.
>How can I get at the dos partitions from unix. I know this is possible, since
>I once used a system in that configuration, and it was set up before my eyes
>by an ISC salesman. I want to access the files from unix, not VPIX.
>
>I tried dossette, and it tells me (when I say c:)
>	'unable to open device /dev/rdsk/0p0'
>
 
Try Emmet Gary's mtools v2.0, available for annon ftp at 
 
cerl.cecer.army.mil (129.229.1.10ll.                 

I believe this collection of tools contains everything both of you are looking
for.

Regards,
 
Chin Fang
Mechanical Engineering Department
Stanford University
fangchin@portia.stanford.edu

ps.
>PS Hard drive is Conner 3404 (3402?) 200MB IDE jobber. Works great, ammost
>   silent and tiny (3.5" half height)
>
Agreed. (from experience with eight such drives so far)