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Subject:	Re: please make djgpp host binaries work on x64 (a type of WinPE)
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Hi,

On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 2:56:43 PM UTC-5, Jim Michaels wrote:
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> please make djgpp compiler host binaries and utilities work on x64,
> which is a version of the WinPE format.

Jim, it's just not going to happen. We're lucky that DOS works on any
semi-recent machines anymore. It's asking for a miracle, it's that
hard. Don't keep getting your hopes up!  :-(

Do you even have any UEFI machines? (I don't.) Do they all have CSMs?
Do you boot DOS natively and/or by bootable USB? (I do.) Do any of
your machines have VT-X with "unrestricted guest mode"? (Only this
desktop does.)

The closest you're going to get is probably something using VT-X.
And apparently even DOSEMU2 uses that these days. (Eventually I'm
going to wipe my Ubuntu 14.04 USB drive and install Fedora + DOSEMU2.)

Yes, DOSEMU2 works atop x64, but no, it's still plain DOS, so you can't
do any 64-bit or threading stuff with it.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB
https://stsp.github.io/dosemu2/

If you absolutely "need" 64-bit or SMP or whatever, just use Linux for
that and only use DOSEMU2 for "legacy" stuff. You can indeed use both,
but you cannot magically make DOS "modern" just by nagging a few
lonely developers. Sorry, but even they aren't smart enough to do
literally everything.

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