Mail Archives: djgpp/2004/05/10/08:30:47
> From: sterten AT aol DOT com (Sterten)
>> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
>> Date: 10 May 2004 07:32:06 GMT
>>
>> When I boot DOS from disk, I can use djgpp in c:\e\djgpp.
>> When I boot XP and use a dos-box, I get it in e:\e\djgpp,
>
Eli answered:
>Sounds like the disk E: is not a real disk, at least not on the BIOS
>level. What do you see if you open "My Computer" and right-click on
>disk E:?
I don't know how to open "My Computer" but I'm sure this e: is just
the c: which I get with dos-boot. dos doesn't get the c: and d: whcih
I get with XP.
>Anyway, if you really need to run DJGPP both from DOS and from
>Windows,
well, not really. But it would be more comfortable than this permanent
rebooting.
>I'd suggest to set up 2 separate places for DJGPP, since a
however that has the disadvantage that the programs will be scattered
over 2 dirs. When e.g. I invoke them from batch, I don't know which
path to give. Some of my old .batches will no longer work
>dual DOS/Windows setup is tricky due to long file names, if nothing
>else.
I'm also a bit hesitant although these DOS-LFN utilities seem to
work well.
>If you don't have a real reason for booting into DOS, my
>recommendation would be to invest your energy into creating a workable
>Windows XP environment, by installing fixed binaries from the places
>mentioned by Andrew Cottrell elsewhere in this thread. Once a
>workable development environment is in place, you should have no
>reason to switch back to DOS, except in very special cases.
yes, let's see. I'm still adapting the system...
>> >> 2. I can't get doskey and other utilities in Win-Xp
>> >
>> >That's strange: on the nearest XP box here I have doskey loaded into
>> >the DOS box by default.
>>
>> when I use cmd.exe I have cursor-key functionality, but this mode is
>> very incompatible.
>
>What's incompatible in that? Please tell the details. I find CMD
>very convenient for interactive command-line work; it even has
>TAB-completion, like Bash and other modern shells.
I don't have many examples handy ATM (gcc,nasm,gwbasic,...),
but about 50% of my old DOS-programs don't run. Some crash terribly.
With Win98, about 95% of my old DOS-programs ran.
>> >> 3. there are many incompatibilities with all sort of programs in
Win-Xp
>>
>> I meant not necessarily djgpp programs - I couldn't yet compile
>> any under XP -
>
>Same thing: to compile a program, you need to invoke GCC, the
>compiler, which in itself is a DJGPP program.
sorry, I don't remember the exact difference between "gcc" and "djgpp"
(and if you tell me, I will probably forget it later again)
>> >Get the recompiled binaries from Andrew Cottrell site (there's a link
>> >from DJ's server), and you should be fine.
>>
>> don't know, what these are, sounds complicated...
>
>It's no more complicated than installing DJGPP itself. If you have
that took me many hours.
Also my djgpp-directory-path has >2000 files meanwhile and > 250MB.
I have to copy it, since I don't want to risk overwriting it with
the new files.
>problems following the instructions, please ask specific questions,
>and you will get help, including from Andrew himself.
OK, TIA. Maybe later, (not today).
>> google search took me to a page saying
>> his files were no longer available due to copyright problems
>
>Andrew posted another message with specific URLs, which are guaranteed
>to work.
could have been another Andrew Cottrell which you get
as 1st result from Yahoo-search
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