Message-ID: <354C52F4.E6B7B846@let.rug.nl>
Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 13:20:20 +0200
From: Eamon Nerbonne <glosser AT let DOT rug DOT nl>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: ...GO32-V2.EXE: not COFF
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I have a problem:
When I run go32-v2 without parameters, it just says
"C:\PROGRA~1\DJGPP\BIN\GO32-V2.EXE: not COFF"
The system setup:
    I just installed DJGPP, using all the files that the zip picker CGI
thought appropriate, and setting my path to include the DJGPP\BIN dir
(C:\progra~1\DJGPP\BIN on my machine), and setting the environment
variable DJGPP to the DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV file.  In other words, I got to
step four under "Installation" in the readme.1st file.  That is all that
has happend to DJGPP.  I run WIN/95 on a P2/300 with 64MB physical and
133MB swap memory (=about 200 MB virtual) and the WIN 95 disk caching
tool (which seems to have a variable cache size).  I also run and
compile Watcom 10 dos/4gw executable's which work fine.  I do not have a
ramdisk; the TMPDIR environment variable is set to a hard drive
directory.
    I read in the downloadable faq that gcc sometimes gives a similar
error message if it is infected with a virus; does the same apply to
go32-v2?  If it does, how can I get rid of it; where is a usable
anti-virus program available (I have none)?
    Basically I am trying to switch from watcom 10 to DJGPP for two
reasons:
1) it has a large user community with loads of source lying around.
2) it is similar to UNIX and linux gcc, so I can easily port to those
(I'm installing linux too).
Is the switch worthwhile?
Thanks for any help :-)
--EMN