Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 18:32:18 +0100 (MET)
From: Mark Habersack <grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
Reply-To: grendel AT ananke DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl
To: Weiqi Gao <weiqigao AT crl DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Install bash as DOS 6.22 shell
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On 24 Nov 1996, Weiqi Gao wrote:

>I received a tip e-mail suggesting using the INSTALL command in CONFIG.SYS
>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).  My problem now seems to be:
DOS 6.2x has the INSTALLHIGH command, only it's undocummented.

>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."
That's probably because bash does not comply with the shell specifications for
DOS. But there's nothing wrong in loading it as a normal app. It will remove
the transient part of command.com from the memory anyway. And since bash won't
ever return - you'll have no memory loss.

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