Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:23:35 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: New to djgpp. Questions about protected mode, etc.
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> I went to the DJGPP download site and they wanted to know what
> operating system I wanted to use. I think that they are assuming
> that the compiler will be run on the same operating system that the
> executables will run on.

Mostly.

> Well, the answer is that I want to use the compiler/assembler on
> WinXP or Win2K (or even Win98). But I want to run the executables
> under MSDOS. What should I say when downloading DJGPP?

Say XP until after you have it installed and running.  Then go back
and say MS-DOS to get anything else you might need (It's just
cwsdpmi).  The installation instructions are customized according to
the OS, so you really want to specify the machine you're running the
compiler on.  The only packages picked according to OS are: cwsdpmi
for DOS runtime, and unzip32.exe for non-dos installs.

> My expectation is that the compiler will run on any of the operating
> systems but the executable determines if there is a DOS extender
> needed, so my guess is that if I want to run the executables on DOS
> then that is the version that I download.

There is only one compiler, so you won't be downloading different
versions of some files.