Mystic BBS Linux running door games with Dosemu2
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Total_Initiative5120 · 2023-06-22 20:58

I have been trying to get Mystic BBS to run doors games on Ubuntu. I
have followed the steps from this site.

[https://github.com/KALRONG/mysticbbs/blob/master/mystic/docs/unix.ins
tall.txt](https://github.com/KALRONG/mysticbbs/blob/master/mystic/docs
/unix.install.txt)

where I input the command to run the door I tried both ( dosemu
-I"serial { com 1 virtual }" "/mystic/doors/stackem.bat" %N /DOS ) and
( dosemu -I"serial { com 1 virtual }"
"home/madeium/mystic/doors/stackem.bat" %N /DOS ) and I get an error

unrecognized argument: /home/madeium/mystic/doors/stackem.bat

For passing DOS command use -E

I posted a snapshot I took. can anyone give me any advice?

\-MADEiUM

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UCN_cyberstrator · 2023-06-22 21:10

If you figure it out head over to this MysticBBS sub and post your
findings.

[https://www.reddit.com/r/mysticbbs/](https://www.reddit.com/r/mysticb
bs/)

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gnu2tux · 2023-06-22 21:55

First obvious things to check is :
1) are you 100% sure the path is right - you don't have a preceding
slash in the argument example you gave.
2) are you 100% that user/the dosemu executable has access to that
path in terms of read an execute permissions?
3) I don't use dosemu, but something about that example looks iffy.
Most times when you give an argument, you precede it with a switch,
your example doesn't have a switch like -e for example preceding the
.bat file argument.

Please check and let me know what you get.

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Total_Initiative5120 · 2023-06-23 00:01

I am pretty sure I gave permissions on all folders and files using
chmod etc.. i will double check but I did try placing the -E argument
before the .bat file. i put in a couple places. oh and yes the correct
path is /home/madeium/mystic/doors. I will give it another shot when i
get home later tonight.

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gnu2tux · 2023-06-23 00:57

Good luck!

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chumprock · 2023-06-25 19:29

So....


Any luck? I'm guessing the -E argument was supposed to be passed in
your autoexec. the last line you *probably* have in that file is
**unix -e**.

And if you did it like me then you can try running dosemu in the shell
and you'll see something like:

"bad command or file name - unix"


E
which means it didn't load that last part, which I think is what you
need to get the bat file to run... (but I could be wrong).

I'm obviously in a similar spot and I've run out of hair to pull out,
so hopefully you've done better.


**EDIT** - NOPE. the -E flag is supposed to be used in the path I
think and was unrelated to the error I get with that "unix -e" at the
end of my autoexec.

When I tried to manually run

     dosemu "/opt/mystic/doors/LORD/START.BAT"

I received the same error. Then I learned about the -K flag to specify
the directory: *-K Specify unix path for program running with -E*

So I was able to successfully boot the game from my shell with:

    dosemu -E"START.BAT" -K"/opt/mystic/doors/LORD/"

But when I break out the path in the menu's launcher I get the same
stupid -E flag error, so I guess I'm still stuck and hoping you had
some kind of revelation you're willing to share...