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: from "Mark Habersack" at Sep 26, 96 03:07:10 pm Content-Type: text 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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .---- Fred Smith / Office: fred AT computrition DOT com ( /__ ,__. __ __ / __ : / 508-663-2524 / / / /__) / / /__) .+' Home: fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us / / (__ (___ (__(_ (___ / :__ 617-438-5471 -------------------------------- Jude 1:24,25 ---------------------------------