Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <37CF9557.45E46C0F@ece.gatech.edu> Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 05:31:03 -0400 From: "Charles S. Wilson" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jon M Mollison CC: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: Help? Problem with Cygwin on Win98 References: <37CF44EB DOT F7113A50 AT wmich DOT edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jon M Mollison wrote: > Greetings, > > I need a C++ compiler for a class I am taking and downloaded > Cygwin B20 in order to use cgg. Unfortunately, I can't seem > to get Cygwin B20 to operate. I got the message "Out of > environment space" message and so attempted to increase the > amount of environment space in my config.sys by right > clicking on the Cygwin B20 icon and going to "Properties", > "advanced" and adding the line `shell=C:\command.com /e:4096 > /p' (C: is your system drive letter.) > > Now, when I attempt to run the program, it shuts down > Windows and restarts in MS-DOS mode. My computer announces > that it is running the program, then announces that the > program cannot be run in DOS mode and reboots Windows... You're editing the wrong thing - you need to edit your c:\config.sys file and fix the shell= statement there. That way, it's valid for the windows session. What you're doing is this: 1. okay, Windows can have a dinky 1k environment space 2. oh, no, the user clicked on a program whose pif specifies a 4k environment space; I can't provide that. I'd better reboot to MSDOS mode so the 4k environment can happen 3. 4. Waitaminute - that program needs access to windows stuff. It can't run under MSDOS mode. I'm outta here. 5. So, fix your c:\config.sys file, and get rid of the setting on the pif file for cygwin.bat. And reboot before trying it out. --Chuck -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com