From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: coff error
Date:	Thu, 14 Nov 1996 19:25:53 -0800
Organization:	Three pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt
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Johnny Blazed wrote:
> 
> Hey guys-
>  Can ya help me out here, I recently downloaded the new v2 of djgpp.
> I think I got all the files and the info.  But when I try to run the
> go32-v2.exe it gives me a error coff  or something like that.  I
> searched the mail dbase, but couldn't find any answers.  I ran a viruses
> checker so it's not that( like printed in the faq).  help please i need
> to get it working.  By the way, one hell of a job you guys have done.

Please follow the format suggested in the FAQ section 6.12 about posting
configuration problems to the newsgroup.  Any of these things could be
the culprit.  Also please post the _exact_ command that caused the
error, and the text of the error message you got.

But, a question:  Are you sure your virus scanner is up to date?  The
virus that was reportedly contained in some copies of "stubify" was not
detected by many programs.  Try F-Prot, which does find the virus.

Also, are you just running go32-v2 by itself, or are you trying to use
it to run another program?  Under v2, you don't need to invoke go32-v2
at all; all DJGPP progs need is a DPMI host.  I'm not sure what would
happen if you tried to run go32-v2 on a non-DJGPP program...  hmm I just
tried it and it worked fine.  The command line you use would be quite
helpful.  :)

John

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