From:	fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us
Message-Id:	<199609261807.OAA04968@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
Subject:	Re: 'Cannot open'
To:	grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
Date:	Thu, 26 Sep 1996 14:07:23 -0400 (EDT)
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.NEB.3.95.960926145834.22355D-100000@ananke.amu.edu.pl> from "Mark Habersack" at Sep 26, 96 03:07:10 pm

Thinking furiously, Mark Habersack wrote:
> 
> 
> When trying to run a DJGPP v2 program from a clean system booted from floppy
> I have received the following error:
> 
> 'SPEC=A:\COMMAND.COM: cannot open'
> 
> The part before colon was random. This happened on MS-DOS 6.22, MS-DOS 3.30,
> IBM PC-DOS 3.31 and WIn95/DOS 7. The floppy contained, in addition to the
> application, the following files: go32-v2.exe, cwsdpmi.exe (r3). The
> application was stored both in stubbed and un-stubbed forms. Bot running
> 'app.exe' alone and 'go32-v2.exe app' resulted in the same behavior.  

But does the floppy contain a COMMAND.COM??

Fred
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