Novice question: debug command in the Debian version of Dosbox? \ VOGONS

Novice question: debug command in the Debian version of Dosbox?

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First post, by Ryune

Posted on 2008-01-25, 07:31

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I've installed Dosbox 0.72 in Debian GNU/Linux because I need to use the debug command for an assembly language course. Typing "debug" at the command line gives me the error message:

1Illegal command: debug

What do I need to use debug?

Is the debug command the same as the alt-pause debugger? Does Debian enable debugging? Do I need to compile from scratch?

Thanks!

Reply 1 of 2, by wd

Posted on 2008-01-25, 08:26

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If you need the dosbox internal debugger, you have to compile it with the
debugger enabled (see ./configure).
The z:\debug.exe starts the same debugger as alt-pause, if the latter works
the former should as well unless you removed z:\ from the $path var.

Do you really need the dosbox-internal debugger, or that old msdos-style
debug.exe thing? In the second case, have a look at the one freedos provides.

Reply 2 of 2, by Ryune

Posted on 2008-01-25, 23:04

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As I understand it, we'll start using "that old msdos-style debug.exe thing" in class next week. 😀 I'll take a look at the Freedos debug.exe. Thanks!

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