From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Corinna Vinschen To: "David's Lightspeed Email" , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Ksh gives error message, "This program cannot be run in MS-DOS mode" Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 19:45:00 -0000 Message-ID: <36EAFB24.79BE4D7F@cityweb.de> References: <00a601be6da4$1edfcc40$cf39a5d1@www.lightspeed.net> X-SW-Source: 1999-03n/msg00408.html Message-ID: <19990331194500.8x70Kf1rkLMYKGmf42qUaAZV9ue99Fb9pfpNgIvNPjE@z> David's Lightspeed Email wrote: > Okay, downloaded program, unzipped it, read the readme and copied executable > to bin directory. > When I try to launch it, it complains that > "This progam cannot be run in MS-DOS mode" > I know that I've faced this same error with one of the other Cygnus Shells, > but I don't recall how I fixed it. and: > Thanks! I recall you helped me find the Tcsh too. I appreciate it. > The Tcsh takes a terribly long time to start, however, and has caused > my system to crash more than once. Does this happen to you? and: > P.S. My Tcsh has an incredibly slow startup time. Has anyone else had I don't have such problems. I sounds, as if your installation of cygwin environment is not correct. Your reported slow startup of tcsh is also a good hint for this. Regards, Corinna -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com