I am trying to get WordStar (Word Processor), FoxPro (Database Manager/xBASE Language) and Quattro Pro (Spreadsheet) running under Suse 8.0 Linux. I have Suse 8.0 up and running, with the DOS Emulator dosemu (not by my efforts, but those of the Suse install). One might promptly respond by saying "why not use linux tools like Star Office, 6.0, learn a new database language with SQL extensions, install an SQL server, etc. Answer: That is my intent, but I wish to do it gradually as I learn the Operating System, and I wish to move my company's computers to linux from DOS, and abandon ms windows except for vertical market stuff (alarm industry). I have noticed when I ask for help, I am told, 'it's explained in the man pages, or 'you just %34*7 (unix language) the file and it will work'-even in the linux manuals. Can someone give me text line samples. I am trying to: 1) Access the DOS partition from linux. in DOS, you say: dir c:\accounts\ in linux, you say: ______________________ 2) Create and execute autoexec.bat and config.sys files I know how to edit an ascii file, what I don't know is what to put in it 3) Access the CD-ROM drive (to read CD, CD-R and CD-RW media). can I "copy genled.dbf (cdrw)" or do I have to run an external program from linux. outside of dosemu? When all is understood, how do I convert from Freedos to MS-DOS 6.22? tia, John