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ChatGPT - Fix NASM DPMI Error chatgpt.com/share/691dcbe2-b2d4-800b-a28d-3feef6d3ded1 I asked what to do and said to put CWSDPMI in C:\ and in the same directory as NASM, or load it permanently with "cwsdpmi -p" until next reboot in your AUTOEXEC.BAT. It says it can help you also compile it if you methodically tell it what to do step by step and join all answers yourself. On Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 12:56:18 PM CST, victoria crenshaw via Freedos-devel <[email protected]> wrote: thanks ill look! i did get it to compile by manually executing nasm from the directory for each files ill try to fix this for defrag On 11/18/25 12:34 PM, Radek Krzyśków via Freedos-devel wrote: > Hi! > > Please take a look at the CWSDPMI documentation: > https://sandmann.dotster.com/cwsdpmi/ > >> 1) "cwsdpmi" alone with no parameters will terminate and stay resident FOR A >> SINGLE DPMI PROCESS. This means it unloads itself when your DPMI application >> exits. This mode is useful in software which needs DPMI services, since >> CWSDPMI can be exec'ed and then will unload on exit. >> 2) "cwsdpmi -p" will terminate and stay resident until you remove it. It can >> be loaded into UMBs with LH. "cwsdpmi -u" will unload the TSR. > --- > > When you have both the "cwsdpmi.exe" and "nasm.exe" in your PATH, you > have to call either each time: > > $ cwsdpmi > $ nasm [with command line options] > > or, launching CWSDPMI once as a TSR program: > > $ cwsdpmi -p > $ nasm [with command line options] > $ nasm [again and again] > > You can also try developing with NASM under DOSBox-X (no need to load > the DOS Protected Mode Interface), or under modern 64-bit systems > (Windows, Linux). > > --- > > Take care, Radek > > > wt., 18 lis 2025 o 18:20 victoria crenshaw via Freedos-devel > <[email protected]> napisał(a): >> it's in the path >> >> and nasm is installed >> >> i need to get that program easily callable >> >> >> On 11/18/25 11:18 AM, Steve Nickolas wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, 18 Nov 2025, victoria crenshaw via Freedos-devel wrote: >>> >>>> i cant compile DEFRAG having issues with nasm calls in it >>>> >>>> Load error: no DPMI - Get csdpmi*b.zip >>>> >>>> I cant fix this yet >>> Do exactly that - you need CWSDPMI.EXE >>> >>> -uso. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
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