Mail Archives: djgpp/2020/02/14/04:00:10
> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 09:26:43 +0100
> From: Tomas By <tomas AT basun DOT net>
>
> On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 08:56:14 +0100, Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT gnu DOT org) [via djgpp AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> > I understand that you unzipped the archives in C:\DJGPP, is that
> > correct? If so, do you have a C:\DJGPP\gnu\emacs\etc\charsets
> > directory there?
>
> Yes; yes
>
>
> > If the named directories do exist, then there's some OS-related
> > problem that prevents Emacs from discovering they exist.
>
> Well, I am using the latest versions of everything I believe, and it's
> a fresh installation.
>
> I have noticed some file name shenanigans between Linux and Freedos:
> the machine is dual book (triple even) and I unzipped a file from
> Linux onto the Freedos FAT32 disk (not the DJGPP stuff), and then I
> could not delete those files from Freedos. Everything worked fine, I
> could copy the files on the disk, but not delete them in Freedos, only
> in Linux.
This means some trouble with file I/O, and I presume it is the reason
for your problems.
I don't know anything about FreeDOS, especially not when run on a
dual-boot system where files were unzipped from Linux, sorry. Maybe
someone else will be able to help with that.
> Presumably it is the LFN stuff that looks slightly different depending
> on angle and ambient light.
Could be.
Why not unzip the files from FreeDOS instead? That would at least
ensure that the OS on which you run Emacs can access the files and
directories.
> > > Or should I try an earlier version?
> >
> > I don't recommend that, not if the directories mentioned in the error
> > messages don't exist.
>
> They are there. That was the point of the cd in the bit i quoted.
That trick could help you start Emacs, but I envision problems down
the road, so it's best to solve the original problem so that you don't
have to cd.
Given this problem, I'm not sure trying older releases will help, but
then I don't really understand the problem, so my opinion doesn't mean
much in this case.
> > The important part is how much DPMI memory is available. If you have
> > the basic DJGPP installation, invoke go32-v2.exe and see how much DPMI
> > memory and swap it reports. Emacs needs at least 15MB to run, I
> > think.
>
> Right.
>
> It says DPMI 123399 Kb, swap 129849 Kb
>
> So what does that mean? mem says total memory 2,096,000K
I think this means you are OK as far as memory is concerned.
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