From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Install bash as DOS 6.22 shell
Date:	Sun, 24 Nov 1996 17:03:10 -0500
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To:	Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT crl DOT com>
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Weiqi Gao wrote:

> 1.  bash.exe still has problem starting up as a DOS shell.  Whereas my
> error yesterday was "No DPMI" and then "Your command processor is no good",
> today, the message is ": cannot open." followed by "Your command processor
> is no good."
> 
> Apparently, DOS was unable to open SOMETHING while trying to run bash.exe .
>  Since I have no problem running bash.exe from the COMMAND.COM command
> line, this leads me to thinking that maybe, bash.exe is dependent on
> COMMAND.COM after all.  And the whole idea of using bash as the DOS shell
> isn't feasible?  (And Windows wouldn't start from within bash.)

ok, i got interested in the idea myself. here is what happens if you
step through config.sys and autoexec.bat (using F8). in config.sys, the
install and installhigh lines are excuted LAST regardless of the order
you put them in! in particular, INSTALL=c:\djgpp\bin\cwsdpmi.exe -P gets
executed after the SHELL=c:\djgpp\bin\bash.exe /p/e:8192 (or whatever
you like...)

i do not know if this is the cause of the problem.

sinan.
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