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Re: New Windows HOWTO
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Date: 
Thu, 18 May 2000 16:39:45 GMT
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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

On Thu, 18 May 2000, Matt McDevitt wrote:
> 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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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 ... (...) you (...) preserves (...) (...) (26 years ago, 18-May-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)

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