Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 10:18:15 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Pekka Karjalainen <pkarjala AT paju DOT oulu DOT fi>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Well, I just got DJGPP
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On 30 Apr 1996, Pekka Karjalainen wrote:

> practice. The info-file in the bnu272b.zip package was incorrectly named 
> though: the dir file referred to it as 'binutil' while its actual name 
> was 'binutil.inf'. So I renamed it appropriately. Just reporting here...

No, that's a bug in the long filename support in Info.EXE.  It should 
have found either `binutil' or `binutil.inf'.  The trouble is, on Win95 
the file should be named `binutil.info'.

> Apparently I get about 21M free DPMI with Windoze running and 31M when 
> in MS-DOS mode, according to go32-v2.

You should set the DPMI memory in the DOS programs' data sheet to 65535K 
instead of ``Auto''.  Enter that value manualy, because Win95 won't let 
you choose anything more than 16MB otherwise.  64MB is the most Win95 
will let you use as DPMI memory.

> will soon have access to a Linux box. But, most importantly, I have to 
> learn the basics, so it's back to the docs for me. 

Be sure to get the FAQ (faq200b.zip) and search it for any problem you 
experience.  The two large indices at the end should make searching the 
FAQ easy enough.  (If they don't, please tell me.)