Date:	Mon, 2 Feb 1998 19:21:40 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Misled Y <misledy AT aol DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Can't find crt0.o??? Read on..
In-Reply-To:	<19980202023501.VAA15405@ladder02.news.aol.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.980202192121.19322W-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On 2 Feb 1998, Misled Y wrote:

>    When using Win95 (as I am) you can spawn a DOS window or you can
> actually get out of windows and go to real DOS, like you could with
> 3.x.

This is inaccurate.  The ``go to real DOS'' option in Windows 9X is
NOT what it is in Windows 3.X.  It is a special mode whereby Windows
leaves a small stub loaded in memory, which is used to restart Windows
when you return to Windows.

>  Well, I guess win95 and real DOS each have an autoexec.bat
> file.  So I went into real DOS and edited the autoexec.bat with the
> edit command and entered in the lines that are in sec. 8.1 of the
> FAQ.  This did not work.

This has nothing to do with DJGPP, it's just basics of Windows 95.
You've got to have some elementary knowledge of the platform you are
using.

Windows maintains several different copies of AUTOEXEC.BAT: one for
the main bootstrap, and one each for every DOS application that uses
the DOS Mode feature.  The other AUTOEXEC files are called
AUTOEXEC.000, AUTOEXEC.001 etc., and are renamed to AUTOEXEC.BAT when
you switch to the DOS Mode or launch an application whose property
sheets say it needs to be run in DOS Mode.

The correct way to edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT is not to go to DOS mode at
all, but open a DOS box under Windows, edit your AUTOEXEC.BAT, then
reboot.

Personally, I do not recommend to use the DOS Mode at all, certainly
not to run DJGPP or edit files.  If you think you need to get to plain
DOS, press F8 at boot time and choose the "Command Prompt" option.

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