Date:	Fri, 18 Feb 2000 10:03:20 +0500 (MVT)
From:	Prashant TR <prashant_tr AT yahoo DOT com>
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To:	Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Win 2000 & Djgpp
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Richard Dawe wrote:

> You can crash Linux completely by running a dodgy DPMI app in dosemu, e.g.
> a bad program written with DJGPP. I've never actually managed this with a
> DJGPP program (it all works like a dream), but some game (Warcraft 2?)
> totally killed it once.

DOSEmu runs at superuser level. So, *anything* can happen if you aren't
careful.

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