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Re: New Windows HOWTO
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Thu, 18 May 2000 16:18:21 GMT
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Why doesn't someone do all this, and put it all in a big ZIP file?

Better yet, someone could make an  "install" so it would be a big
self-extracting EXE.

Matt

Rossz V$BaN(Bos-Wentworth wrote in message ...
> This is a little premature since I have not yet made the compiler tools
> available, but I thought I would post this information now.  Luis, would • you
> like these instructions converted to HTML with all the proper links?
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> legOS on Windows HOWTO
> 
> DJGPP tools to download (http://www.delorie.com/djgpp):
> 
> djdev203.zip 1,537,611 ; the basic development environment
> fil316b.zip  1,001,682 ; file utilities, e.g cp, chmod, etc.
> mak3781b.zip   262,337 ; make program
> txt122b.zip    831,370 ; text utilities, e.g. sort
> 
> Recommended, but not required:
> 
> bsh203b.zip    494,346 ; BASH shell
> dif272b.zip    293,675 ; file difference, make patch files
> pat25b.zip     93,204 ; patch, merge other people's changes
> sed302b.zip    107,144 ; regular expression searches
> 
> Let's not forget the cross compiler:
> 
> GCC-H8.zip  5,038,717 ; GNU 2.95.2 based cross compiler
>        ; and bin utilities 2.9.1, I'll post the location in the very near
> future
> 
> If you are running Windows NT, you need a utility program which provides
> long filename support,
> 
> http://www.cybertrails.com/~fys/zips/lfn003.zip
> 
> If you wish to rebuild the kernel you will need ActivePerl from
> http://www.activestate.com.
> 
> Don't forget a good text editor.  You need one that recognizes and • preserves
> UNIX style line breaks.  I personally use UltraEdit,
> http://www.ultraedit.com.  If you wish to see a religious war break out in
> the legOS newsgroup, post a message asking for a text editor • recommendation.
> 
> You will also need an unzipping program.  I suggest WinZip.  This should be
> the first thing you download since it will be required to unpack everything
> else.  http://www.winzip.com
> 
> I will assume you used drive C: for the following.  If not, make the • logical
> adjustment the the instructions.
> 
> First, unpack djdev203.zip.  The directory name should be DJGPP, e.g.
> "c:\djgpp".  Don't use a different name.
> 
> Next, unpack all the other DJGPP packages, including the cross compiler and
> tools.  Give the DJGPP path as the extraction location,  make sure "Use
> Folder Names" is checked.
> 
> Add this to the end of your AUTOEXEC.BAT (WinNT handles environment • settings
> differently):
> 
> set path=c:\djgpp\bin;c:\djgpp\cross\bin;%path%
> set DJGPP=c:\djgpp\djgpp.env
> 
> Unpack the  legOS files.  WinZip recognizes the .gz file extension, • however,
> when you downloaded the file it probably had its name changed to
> legOS-0_2_3_tar.tar.  Rename it to legOS-0_2_3.tar.gz.  Double-click on it
> to open it and extract all the files, make sure "Use Folder Names" is
> checked.  I use c:\legOS as the directory name.
> 
> Open makefile.common in your editor of choice (UltraEdit, right?).  Find • the
> line that begins "LEGOS_ROOT =" (or add a new line) and change it to:
> 
> LEGOS_ROOT = c:/legos/
> 
> Note the direction of the slash characters!  Also note the slash at the end
> of the line.  This is very important!
> 
> Find the TOOLPREFIX line and modify it if necessary:
> 
> TOOLPREFIX = h8300-hms-
> 
> If you have a problem with the cross compiler not finding programs, add • this
> line to makefile.common:
> 
> GCC_EXEC_PREFIX = c:/djgpp/cross/lib/gcc-lib/
> 
> If you are using any of the included perl scripts, you must modify their
> lines to launch the perl program.  In a UNIX environment the perl scripts
> are automatically recognized for what they are, in Windows, this is not so
> (this change assumes the perl executable is somewhere on the PATH):
> 
> MERGEMAP=perl $(LEGOS_ROOT)util/merge-map
> GENLDS  =perl $(LEGOS_ROOT)util/genlds
> FIXDEPS =perl $(LEGOS_ROOT)util/fixdeps
> 
> If you've made changes to AUTOEXEC.BAT, you should reboot before attempting
> to compile anything.
> 
> 
> 



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: New Windows HOWTO
 
I seem to have missed this message. :( If someone would like to do it, great, elsewise I may be doing something similar this weekend. Let me know, Rossz... Luis (...) ---...--- "Going to California with an aching in my heart. Someone told me there's (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
  We need a FULL install of everything!
 
In response to your e-mail message: I realize it's *technically* better from a logistics standpoint to require people to download everything seperately, so they'll get the "absolute" latest version. However, I think that you have to give a little (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)

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  New Windows HOWTO
 
This is a little premature since I have not yet made the compiler tools available, but I thought I would post this information now. Luis, would you like these instructions converted to HTML with all the proper links? ---...--- legOS on Windows HOWTO (...) (27 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)

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