From: Joseph Morris Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: CWSDPMI r5 Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 23:44:41 +0100 Lines: 27 Message-ID: <394EA259.E5830D4B@it-he.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: jpmorris.force9.co.uk (212.56.119.112) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 961454611 5420584 212.56.119.112 (16 [28722]) X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.2.16 i586) X-Accept-Language: en To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > Sorry, this sounds like a contradiction; in fact, two of them. First, > "Safe Mode" and "DOS" are two different things AFAIK. So please clarify: > do you run DJGPP from a so-called "DOS Mode" or from plain DOS. The > latter is when you don't boot into the GUI environment, but instead > choose "Command prompt only" from the boot menu. The former is when you > boot into the GUI environment, then switch to "DOS Mode" from there. If > you type "exit" from the DOS Mode, you get back to Windows, while in > plain DOS, typing "exit" has no effect. > > The other contradiction I see in the above sentence is that if you indeed > boot into Windows, HIMEM.SYS is *always* loaded. Does he mean 'safe mode command-prompt only'? If so, I believe this DOESN'T load himem.sys, even internally, since if you then type 'WIN' it can't access the XMS and dies or goes into a system halt depending on the version. -- JP Morris - aka DOUG the Eagle (Dragon) -=UDIC=- doug AT it-he DOT org Fun things to do with the Ultima games (http://www.it-he.org) Developing a U6/U7 clone (http://fly.to/ire) d+++ e+ N+ T++ Om U1234!56!7'!S'!8!9!KA u++ uC+++ uF+++ uG---- uLB---- uA--- nC+ nR---- nH+++ nP++ nI nPT nS nT wM- wC- y a(YEAR - 1976)