From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Error Message : No DPMI?
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 18:42:43 -0800
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Bruce W. Bodnyk wrote:
> 
> I wrote a program which I gave to someone who is trying to run
> it in a DOS shell under Windows/NT. When they try to run it
> they get the error message "Load Error: No DPMI".
> 
> What should I tell them to do? It runs fine for me!

If you read 'readme.1st' or the FAQ, you would know that DJGPP v2
programs require a DPMI host in order to run.  DPMI services are
provided by a large number of environments, such as Windows 3.1/95/NT,
QEMM386, 386MAX, 4DOS, OS/2 DOS emulator, Linux dosemu, etc.  For those
users running under plain DOS, there is a free DPMI host provided with
the DJGPP distribution called cwsdpmi (v2misc/csdpmi3b.zip).  For
maximum portability, all DJGPP programs should be distributed with
cwsdpmi.exe, unless they are not intended to be run in plain DOS.

That said, if this person is using NT to run your program, it _should_
work.  Have him check the DOS emulator settings in NT to make sure that
it is providing DPMI services to the DOS shell.  If not, he should turn
this on.  Alternatively, just give him cwsdpmi and have him put it in
the same directory as the program or anywhere on his PATH.

Good luck!

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