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Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 20:22:21 +0200
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> From: BARRYWISBEE AT cs DOT com
> Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 11:27:12 EDT
> 
> This weekend I tried to install DJGPP on my computer. I downloaded and 
> unzipped all the files that I needed into C:\DJGPP. I then went into Autoexec 
> bat to set the DJGPP environment variable. When my computer restarted, I 
> tried to load the C++ compiler by typing in gcc at the c:\DJGPP> prompt. I 
> then received an error message saying that there was a load error and that I 
> needed to get CWSDPMI*b.zip. I have Windows 98 and I know that DPMI is not 
> required since Windows already provides this service.

The most probable cause for this is that you switched into the
so-called ``DOS Mode'' and tried to run the compiler from there.  In
the DOS Mode, most of Windows shuts down, and in particular you don't
have the built-in DPMI services available.

The solution is simply to run DJGPP by opening a DOS Box on top of
Windows (click START, then choose Programs->DOS Prompt), without going
to DOS Mode.