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 13:47:00 -0500
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To: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT crl DOT com>
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Weiqi Gao wrote:
> 

> to install CWSDPMI.EXE as a resident program.  It worked.  (MEM /M:CWSDPMI
> shows it took up 47K of DOS memory,  I didn't see an INSTALLHIGH command,
> at least not in DOS 6.2). 

as far as i know installhigh has been around at least since 6.0, give it
a try. iam using 6.22, and i load everything, including the mouse
driver, smartdrv and mscdex using installhigh. saves a few Kb. by the
way, you cannot use memmaker to optimize your setup if you use install
vs device and lh.

> My problem now seems to be:
> 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 .

did you try changing the size of the environment you give to bash ?

also, if you succeed, could you let us know?

sinan.