From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: [Help] [DJGPP] [CWSDPMI] "16-bit DPMI unsupported."
Date:	Wed, 31 Dec 1997 11:25:25 -0500
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Kjetil Furnes wrote:
> 
> Hey.
> I just installed DJGPP, but I seem to have a problem using gcc.
> It seems, whenever I try to compile something with gcc, I get
> the message:
>         "16-bit DPMI unsupported."

This is almost universally caused by invoking DJGPP programs through
utilities used by another compiler, such as Borland, which use a 16-bit
DPMI host.  16-bit and 32-bit DPMI are fundamentally incompatible, so
such attempts will always fail.  The most common cause of this problem
is using 'make.exe' from Borland.

Check your PATH to see if the 'bin' directory of another compiler is
present before your DJGPP 'bin' directory.  If so, move the DJGPP 'bin'
directory ahead of the other one.

Additional information can be found in chapter 6.7 of the DJGPP
Frequently Asked Questions list (v2/faq210b.zip from SimTel or online at
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/).

hth

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