dosemu related files: dosemu version without X support ("dos" binary) xdosemu version with X support ("dosemu" and "xdosemu" binaries) dosemu-freedos-minimal minimal DOS (most useful files) dosemu-freedos-base dosemu-freedos-edit dosemu-freedos-lang dosemu-freedos-util four packages like in FreeDOS distribution dosemu-utils seldom used dosemu tools kernel-dosnet kernel module for dosnet To use DOS programs it is sufficient to install (x)dosemu and dosemu-freedos-minimal. How to get suid version? As root do: # cd /usr/bin # cp dosemu dosemu-suid # chmod +s dosemu-suid And then add privilliged users (who will able to run dosemu-suid) to /etc/dosemu.users By default: C:\ is /var/lib/dosemu/bootdir/ D:\ is CDROM if you have one H:\ is $DOSDIR , DOSDIR is Linux environment variable and you could set it in your profile files, eg. DOSDIR = $HOME/DOS/ export DOSDIR in ~/.bash_profile (if you are Bash user)