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From: Olof Lagerkvist <Olof DOT Lagerkvist AT telia DOT com>
Subject: Re: incorrect dos version
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:22:48 +0200
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Daniel Senderowicz wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to this list. I read the FAQ but I couldn't find an answer
> nor a fix for my problem. I just installed the latest cygwin version
> (1.5.9) on a PC running windows NT-4.0. Everything went OK, and I
> can run programs from the console. However when I try to 'startx'
> it comes back with the message "Incorrect DOS version". I was

Check if you have any old DOS command line tools in your path with names
like any cygwin executables, i.e. grep, cut, tar, gzip etc.

> wondering if this is something that can be fixed or it happens with
> all NT systems. Many thanks in advance.

It has most likely nothing to do with NT.

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