Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/20/01:14:40
ugsit AT uclink4 DOT berkeley DOT edu wrote:
>
> Hello: I have an Pentium computer with Window 3.11 and MS-DOS. I just
> downloaded the DJGPP v2 and try to install it, following the instruction
> given in the Readme.1st file. When I got to the step to run 'go32-v2' I
> got a error message: "Load Error: no DPMI". Can someone be kind and tell
> me what it means and how I can solve the problem? thanks so much.
This used to be the single most common Frequently Asked Question for
version 2, until we finally convinced people to read the documentation.
;)
The file 'readme.1st', distributed with rest of the djgpp files, tells
you that djgpp programs run in 32-bit protected mode (DPMI) and must
have access to a DPMI host in order to run. DPMI services are provided
by such programs as Windows 3.1/95/NT DOS shell, OS/2 DOS emulator,
Linux dosemu, QEMM386, 386MAX, Novell DOS 7.x, and more.
If you don't have any of these, or run programs under plain DOS, you
will need to obtain cwsdpmi.exe, a free DPMI host designed specifically
for djgpp programs. It can be downloaded from the same place you got
djgpp as v2misc/csdpmi3b.zip. Install it like the other djgpp packages.
Once you have cwsdpmi, you will probably want to get and read the latest
version of the FAQ (v2/faq210b.zip), which contains tons of valuable
advice on getting started with djgpp. You'll probably want the Info
documentation reader in v2gnu/txi390b.zip to view it (and the rest of
the djgpp docs), but the FAQ also comes in text and HTML formats.
Good luck!
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