Subj : Using DOSEMU to set up doors for SBBS
To   : All
From : Diamond Dave
Date : Fri Dec 17 2021 20:17:31

So I've been playing with Synchronet in Ubuntu, trying to get DOSEMU (actually
DOSEMU2, since the original DOSEMU project is pretty much dormant) to get DOS
doors to work.

Got Synchronet complled from source and installed, and it's running fine. 

I set it up in /sbbs instead of /home/(user)/sbbs. Is that the right place for
it to run?

Got DOSEMU2 installed, and it's running fine. I can get it to do basic stuff. 

And I'm using Rob's Wiki articles to help getting things set up. So I plan on
having it use the external.bat and dosemu.conf files that Rob set up in the
/sbbs/ctrl directory. So far that's OK. 

But the part I'm missing is how can I set up DOSEMU to allow me to set up the
DOS doors where you need to run a configuration program so I can tell the door
game where to find the drop files, what directory it's running in, etc.

I've been trying to use the "lredir" command in DOSEMU to tell it to point to
the /sbbs/xtrn directory, but I keep getting error messages.

So where am I going wrong in getting this set up?

Thanks!

*** Diamond Dave ***

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