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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Rob Beard wrote: > >> Paul Sutton wrote: >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA1 >>> >>> I have the old DOS version of doom with the full wad file, under ubuntu >>> there is a free version of this, and a copy of the shareware wad file >>> that came with the original doom >>> >>> how would i go about extracting the main doom wad file from the doom >>> cdrom, so i can play the full doom on ubuntu ? >>> >>> i am guessing i would have to install dosbox, instlal doom from that, >>> then perhaps copy the files over to where I want, is this correct, or is >>> there a way to insert the dos doom cdrom and get at the wad file so I >>> can use it on ubuntu, >>> >>> >> Yep I'd say use DOSBox, you can mount a directory on your linux box, >> such as /home/your-user-name to a drive letter, run the installer and >> then you'll get the WAD out of it. > > Are you sure you need to do that? I got doom2.wad off my original CD by > just copying it over... > > Gordon > Hmm, i will have a look i thought it was compressed may be that was from when i installed doom from floppy :) I need to find it first though Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 9.10 is out : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details The January meeting of the DCLUG will now take place on SUNDAY 10th January, 3pm at the shoreline in Paignton. Aged 11 - 19 then dfey may be for you, please goto http://www.dfey.org for more details -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAktJBA8ACgkQaggq1k2FJq3JtgCcCGHuN57OD6DL2n6OXlaega9P zNMAmwWY6tfXdyufDl5ADrAwlIKOa1Rp =YG5+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html