Date:	Sat, 25 Jan 1997 12:25:46 -0800 (PST)
From:	Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net>
To:	John Beppu <beppu AT rigel DOT oac DOT uci DOT edu>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: [OPENDOS] will gcc run?!
In-Reply-To:	<5ccetr$goe@news.service.uci.edu>
Message-ID:	<Pine.LNX.3.93.970125122314.13747F-100000@web.wa.net>
MIME-Version:	1.0

John, you need to turn off DPMI.  You can do this by typeing "DPMI OFF"
from the command line.  There is a bug in the EMM386 DPMI code that makes
_anything_ done with djgpp choke and die.  This problem is being worked
on.  When you turn DPMI off from EMM386, cwsdpmi takes over and all is
well.

You can use 4dos as a primary shell, but you need to modify a few things.
Take a look at the readme file for exactly what.

g.


On 25 Jan 1997, John Beppu wrote:

> 
> 
>   I'm willing to give OpenDOS a chance (since it'd be nice to multitask
>   sans Windows), but it really sucks that I can't get gcc to run without
>   emm386 complaining.  Is anyone else having this problem?  Task Manager
>   doesn't get along with my 132x43 text mode, either.  
> 
>   Gene:  Is it ok to let 4dos be the primary shel?
> 
>   At any rate, I hope gcc will be able to run w/ OpenDOS in the near
>   future.
> 
> 
> -- 
>   beppu AT uci DOT edu .............................................................
> 

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