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Article #152Re: Some problem in using MSDOS gs2.4: gs.exe and gs386.exe
From: L. Peter Deutsch
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 14:29
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 14:29
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Re <9204140209.AA20436@raisin-nut> <rstanton.174.703187976@garnet.berkeley.edu>: > >> 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 > >> > > 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. I'm pretty sure GS386 does work with XMS memory, since I run HIMEM.SYS (the version that comes with DOS 5.0) on my machine with no trouble. There must be more to the story than this; I just don't know what it is yet. L. Peter Deutsch :: Aladdin Enterprises :: P.O. box 60264, Palo Alto, CA 94306 ghost@aladdin.com, ...decwrl!aladdin!ghost ; 415-322-0103 8-9 AM M-F/msg "Implementation is the sincerest form of flattery."
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Newsgroups: gnu.ghostscript.bug Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!aladdin.COM!ghost From: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Subject: Re: Some problem in using MSDOS gs2.4: gs.exe and gs386.exe Message-ID: <9204140729.1.UUL1.3#5127@aladdin.com> Sender: gnulists@ai.mit.edu Organization: GNUs Not Usenet References: ghost@aladdin.COM (L. Peter Deutsch) Distribution: gnu Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 14:29:41 GMT Approved: bug-ghostscript@prep.ai.mit.edu Lines: 29