Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/02/23/02:40:25
On Sun, 22 Feb 1998, Mark Robinson wrote:
> Initially I had no need for a DPMI program as NT provides this. great
> you say!. However I am now getting "load error" No DPMI get
> CSDPMI*b.zip. gcc gpp even innfo won't start. They are found
> but not granted proteected mode status.
I don't get it. Are you saying that the DJGPP programs worked at first,
but now they don't?
You cannot use CWSDPMI on an NT, because NT won't let CWSDPMI to load.
CWSDPMI needs to switch the CPU into protected mode, but NT already runs
in protected mode and will refuse to switch.
You need to understand why does the NT DOS box refuse to load DJGPP
programs. Forget CWSDPMI; the reason is elsewhere. Somehow you
configured your system so that it disables DPMI services to DOS
programs. Maybe the property sheets of the DOS box have some settings
(like the amount of DPMI memory) which disables this.
> Well I downloaded the DPMI program anyway and put it in my bin
> directory. Now it says protected mode not available,
Who says ``protected mode not available''? Please explain when is this
message printed.
> once for each dpmi
> driver in the bin directory than the Load error message.
What ``dpmi driver in the bin directory''? AFAIK, there are no drivers
there except CWSDPMI (which you don't need).
> One would suspect that reboot would reset whatever got changed
> but no.
Changes that you do to the registry or to the properties of the DOS box
are not undone when you reboot.
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