* Re: Ksh gives error message, "This program cannot be run in MS-DOS mode" [not found] <00a601be6da4$1edfcc40$cf39a5d1@www.lightspeed.net> @ 1999-03-13 15:56 ` Corinna Vinschen 1999-03-31 19:45 ` Corinna Vinschen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-13 15:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: David's Lightspeed Email, cygwin 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: Ksh gives error message, "This program cannot be run in MS-DOS mode" 1999-03-13 15:56 ` Ksh gives error message, "This program cannot be run in MS-DOS mode" Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-31 19:45 ` Corinna Vinschen 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Corinna Vinschen @ 1999-03-31 19:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: David's Lightspeed Email, cygwin 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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