Mail Archives: djgpp/2004/05/10/06:38:51
> 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,
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:?
Anyway, if you really need to run DJGPP both from DOS and from
Windows, I'd suggest to set up 2 separate places for DJGPP, since a
dual DOS/Windows setup is tricky due to long file names, if nothing
else.
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.
> >> 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.
> >> 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.
> >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
problems following the instructions, please ask specific questions,
and you will get help, including from Andrew himself.
> 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.
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