Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/07/09/13:23:01
> From: BARRYWISBEE AT cs DOT com
> Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 11:27:12 EDT
>
> This weekend I tried to install DJGPP on my computer. I downloaded and
> unzipped all the files that I needed into C:\DJGPP. I then went into Autoexec
> bat to set the DJGPP environment variable. When my computer restarted, I
> tried to load the C++ compiler by typing in gcc at the c:\DJGPP> prompt. I
> then received an error message saying that there was a load error and that I
> needed to get CWSDPMI*b.zip. I have Windows 98 and I know that DPMI is not
> required since Windows already provides this service.
The most probable cause for this is that you switched into the
so-called ``DOS Mode'' and tried to run the compiler from there. In
the DOS Mode, most of Windows shuts down, and in particular you don't
have the built-in DPMI services available.
The solution is simply to run DJGPP by opening a DOS Box on top of
Windows (click START, then choose Programs->DOS Prompt), without going
to DOS Mode.
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