From: "Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
To: Jon M Mollison <x91mollison@wmich.edu>
Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Help? Problem with Cygwin on Win98
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 02:29:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <37CF9557.45E46C0F@ece.gatech.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <37CF44EB.F7113A50@wmich.edu>
Jon M Mollison wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I need a C++ compiler for a class I am taking and downloaded
> Cygwin B20 in order to use cgg. Unfortunately, I can't seem
> to get Cygwin B20 to operate. I got the message "Out of
> environment space" message and so attempted to increase the
> amount of environment space in my config.sys by right
> clicking on the Cygwin B20 icon and going to "Properties",
> "advanced" and adding the line `shell=C:\command.com /e:4096
> /p' (C: is your system drive letter.)
>
> Now, when I attempt to run the program, it shuts down
> Windows and restarts in MS-DOS mode. My computer announces
> that it is running the program, then announces that the
> program cannot be run in DOS mode and reboots Windows...
You're editing the wrong thing - you need to edit your c:\config.sys
file and fix the shell= statement there. That way, it's valid for the
windows session. What you're doing is this:
1. okay, Windows can have a dinky 1k environment space
2. oh, no, the user clicked on a program whose pif specifies a 4k
environment space; I can't provide that. I'd better reboot to MSDOS mode
so the 4k environment can happen
3. <reboot>
4. Waitaminute - that program needs access to windows stuff. It can't
run under MSDOS mode. I'm outta here.
5. <reboot>
So, fix your c:\config.sys file, and get rid of the <Advanced> setting
on the pif file for cygwin.bat. And reboot before trying it out.
--Chuck
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From: "Charles S. Wilson" <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>
To: Jon M Mollison <x91mollison@wmich.edu>
Cc: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: Help? Problem with Cygwin on Win98
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 23:42:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <37CF9557.45E46C0F@ece.gatech.edu> (raw)
Message-ID: <19990930234200.1_ViF3akRWD-2VeFAwiEf2VEGB2xAlLxBxyZ5V6relI@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <37CF44EB.F7113A50@wmich.edu>
Jon M Mollison wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I need a C++ compiler for a class I am taking and downloaded
> Cygwin B20 in order to use cgg. Unfortunately, I can't seem
> to get Cygwin B20 to operate. I got the message "Out of
> environment space" message and so attempted to increase the
> amount of environment space in my config.sys by right
> clicking on the Cygwin B20 icon and going to "Properties",
> "advanced" and adding the line `shell=C:\command.com /e:4096
> /p' (C: is your system drive letter.)
>
> Now, when I attempt to run the program, it shuts down
> Windows and restarts in MS-DOS mode. My computer announces
> that it is running the program, then announces that the
> program cannot be run in DOS mode and reboots Windows...
You're editing the wrong thing - you need to edit your c:\config.sys
file and fix the shell= statement there. That way, it's valid for the
windows session. What you're doing is this:
1. okay, Windows can have a dinky 1k environment space
2. oh, no, the user clicked on a program whose pif specifies a 4k
environment space; I can't provide that. I'd better reboot to MSDOS mode
so the 4k environment can happen
3. <reboot>
4. Waitaminute - that program needs access to windows stuff. It can't
run under MSDOS mode. I'm outta here.
5. <reboot>
So, fix your c:\config.sys file, and get rid of the <Advanced> setting
on the pif file for cygwin.bat. And reboot before trying it out.
--Chuck
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-09-03 2:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-09-02 20:49 Jon M Mollison
1999-09-03 2:29 ` Charles S. Wilson [this message]
1999-09-30 23:42 ` Charles S. Wilson
1999-09-30 23:42 ` Jon M Mollison
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