In /etc/dosemu.conf in the comments (which are obviously the only source of syntax description) regarding $_hdimage it is written that "Absolute pathnames are also allowed" but is not said if absolute paths work only for devices of /dev/ type, or if also for normal directories with images. Bart Oldeman <bartoldeman@users.sourceforge.net>: "Also 1.2.0 is outdated. If that is what gentoo still ships you should file a bug report with them, too." Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
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