Mail Archives: cygwin/1999/03/08/14:38:23
Beginning with version b20 the cygwin package was built optimized for
i586. This means that you will not be able to successfully use it on
a lesser machine. You could get version b19 and the b20 sources and
build it optimized for i486 and you should then be able to use it or
cross-compile from linux.
---John McNally <mcnally AT tempest DOT engr DOT ucdavis DOT edu> wrote:
>
> I am running cygwin b20.1 with win95 on a 486. I installed the
version
> of egcs1.1.1 for cygwin b20.
> When trying to run g77 (or gcc) I get
>
> This program cannot be run in DOS mode.
>
> Other b20 utils like "ls" and "du" work. I did not check b20
version of
> gcc before overlaying egcs version. I have looked in the cygwin
mailing
> list archives and didn't find anything. And I'm not sure it would be
> discussed wrt egcs.
>
> Has anyone else reported this problem? This is the sort of error
> message associated with trying to run a windows program from a DOS
box,
> which is not what I think I'm doing. I don't know much about this.
> Just trying to run g77 and b19 version tends to freeze up
occasionally.
> Thought I'd try an update. B19 still works thankfully.
> --
> John McNally
> Graduate Student, UCLA
> Graduate Student Researcher,
> UC-Davis/LLNL
> P.O. Box 808, L-543
> Livermore, CA 94550
> voice: (925) 424-5113
> FAX: (925) 424-5114
> e-mail: mcnally AT tempest DOT engr DOT ucdavis DOT edu
>
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