Re: SynchroNet Linux + DosEmu + DoorMUD?
By: Digital Man to Winzlo on Fri Apr 03 2026 10:49 am

It appears you also need to set these appropriately in the [bbs] section of sbbs.ini:

; To setup the dosemu cmd path and ini:
UseDOSemu = false
DOSemuPath = /usr/bin/dosemu.bin
; leave off dir path to use ctrl dir
DOSemuConfPath = dosemu.conf

It also looks like trying to do this on a Proxmox LXC is no bueno. I either run into display issues or illegal instruction issues, even trying to get FreeDOS installed.

So, my next goal is to spin up an actual VM and transition /sbbs over there, maintaining UID/GID uniformity, and all the packages I needed to build both dosemu2 as well as synchronet. I have seen it run if I hack together a long command-line, but not if I expect it to bring me to a C:\> prompt or run any other utility without spiking the CPU.

I prefer not run a door server VM. If I have to spin up a net ne wVM, might as well give the BBS everything it needs right off the top.

Now, if anyone has any other radical options that would allow me to leave it where it is, and specifically covers the dosemu2 portion of the setup (compile, install, OS setup, config for door use), that would be very helpful. The Synchronet wiki does a grat job with the post-dosemu part, and I'd be fine if there was an Ubuntu pacakge for dosemu2 and dosemu2-freedos, but there are not.

Sorry for rambling, I've been up 24 hours straight working on this and 1 other issue. Time to catch some Z's. :)

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