Mail Archives: djgpp/2004/02/08/12:30:07
Actually, the entire problem surrounded a missing comma in the
embedded string data... I need a program that checks the integrity
(syntax) of String_Arrays/String_Tables in 'C'....
Dear DJGPP Developers:
Please add the feature to be able to 'force' Cwsdpmi/etc support!
This would prove useful for easily comparing behavior between 'DOS'
and 'Windoze' environments, without the enormous inconvenience of
having to boot-in-and-out of Windoze.
Fortunately, I have a 486 nearby which I can network under ms-dos,
so I had a way to quickly compile on the P4, and send it immediately
to the 486 for testing until I discovered the problem.
I did look into GDB, and printed the RefCard.pdf, but haven't actually
given it a serious try yet.
I discovered that my Coding is sound enough, I just left out a comma in
String Data used by the program... :-)
Finally, how nice it is to see people using 4DOS!
Which, as I understand it, is no longer supported for DOS <cowards>.
CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com> wrote in message news:<40256E66 DOT 89FAAA07 AT yahoo DOT com>...
> Radical NetSurfer wrote:
> >
> ... snip ...
> > Here's a question:
> > Say I wanted to _deliberately_ attempt to get the P4 to actually
> > behave the same way as these other machines;
> > Attempt to boot to ms-dos only?
> > Is there some compile-option that would force using CWSDPMI (?),
> > and not the Windoze DMPI, etc.? Could prove useful maybe.
>
> For W98, here is the initial portion of my MSDOS.SYS file. Note
> the values for BootGUI and logo. Some comment lines will have
> wrapped.
>
> [Paths]
> WinDir=C:\WINDOWS
> WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS
> HostWinBootDrv=C
>
> [Options]
> BootMulti=0
> ; BootGUI=1 to auto start windows
> BootGUI=0
> DoubleBuffer=1
> AutoScan=1
> WinVer=4.10.1998
> ; logo=1 to hide the boot up screen during winboot
> logo=0
> ;
> ;The following lines are required for compatibility with other
> programs.
> ;Do not remove them (MSDOS.SYS needs to be >1024 bytes).
> ..... stuff goes here .....
>
> And the following is an edited extract from my autoexec.bat, to
> avoid the automatic transition into windows and let me select a
> plain DOS environment. I virtually never need to. The breakup of
> the path into useful section aids in keeping the length down, and
> makes revision easy.
>
> set basepath=c:\windows;c:\windows\command
>
> Rem DJGPP system
> set djgppath=c:\djgpp\bin
> set djgpp=c:\djgpp\djgpp.env
>
> SET PATH=%djgppath%;%BASEPATH%
>
> Rem 4dos
> alias /r c:\util\ini\alias.lst
>
> set TZ=EST5EDT
> set arj_sw=-s2
> set locate=/r
> break on
>
> :winboot
> @choice /t:y,10 Boot Windows?
> @if errorlevel 2 goto end
>
> win
> mode co80
>
> :end
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