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Re: Some problem in using MSDOS gs2.4: gs.exe and gs386.exe

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From: Richard Stanton
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 17:59
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In article <9204102314.1.UUL1.3#5127@aladdin.com> ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) writes:

>> 4. The gs386.exe (plus dos4gw.exe) was not functioned at all.  
>>    The error message was: (after I execute gs386 myfile.ps)
>> 
>>    DOS/4GW Protected Mode Run-Time Version 1.3
>>    Copyright ....
>>    DOS/4GW Fatal error: Loader failed --LINEXE_LOADER
>> 

>Several other people have reported this error.  I do not know what it
>means.  I cannot find it in the Watcom documentation.  I will report
>it to Watcom Technical Support and post the reply here.

I got this error running GS386 under QEMM-386 with no specified EXTENDED
memory. Once I altered my CONFIG.SYS to exclude, say, 1Mb of extended
memory from being controlled by QEMM, GS386 worked fine.

I'd find it useful if GS386 could work with, say, XMS memory instead of plain
extended memory.

Richard Stanton
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