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Interesting. Didn't notice that option. Thanks.

The problem I encountered with Virtualbox was that the 32-bit versions of MX I tried needed a PAE-compliant processor. For some reason, Virtualbox wasn't compatible. I went back several years, but didn't do an exhaustive explore as I wasn't desperate.

Thanks, peterstone.

I decided not to install WP 8 on my 64-bit install. I attempted to install 32-bit Linux inside VirtualBox, but none of several past distros were compatible. Your site looks like the goto place for WP installation and I will give your ideas a try. Thank you for posting!

Solved.

timkb4cq

Thanks for the direction and the tip. I have wondered if the old 32-bit software might be a problem, too.

I have a CD of WordPerfect 8 for Linux I bought years ago and used until Linux libraries changed. I wanted to install it again but need to install some library files from Debian "oldlibs." The files are xlib6, libc5, and xpm 4.7. I presume these are uniquely labeled from subsequent distrib...

Thanks to all!

Head_on_a_Stick

Thanks for the correction. My initial attempt would have worked if structured correctly! As is obvious, I have become mostly a gui customer, but really like the clarity and power of the command line.

fehlix,

Very slick! And many thanks! Unmounting from Thunar also worked at the end. This was my first exposure to loop devices. Anyway, I copied my files off of the mounted .img file. Life is good!

I am using MX-17. I wanted to run an old DOS program called Leading Edge word processor to export some old files from 20 years ago to text files. I tried running LE.exe in a DOSbox, but it was not compatible. I then tried using VirtualBox with MSDOS6.22, but there didn't seem to be a way to get data...