For freemacs/emacs, set the EMACS environment variable to point to
where emacs .ed files are installed.  For example:

SET EMACS=C:\FDOS\EMACS

It's possible this didn't get set for you.

Alternatively, try doing a CD into the directory where emacs is
installed, and see if it runs (it should).

-jh


On 6/7/07, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 2007-06-06, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I tried to install FreeDOS 1.0 folling the HOWTO and it appears
> > to have failed rather miserably:
> >
> >  1) The HOWTO says it will create a boot menu that will allow
> >     me to dual-boot.  It didn't.  I can no-longer boot WinMe.
>
> I wiped the WinMe partition and installed FreeDOS from scratch.
>
> >  2) No editors.  emacs can't find it's .ed files, and none of
> >     the "vi" clones is anywhere to be found despite my having
> >     selected them during install.
>
> emacs still doesn't work (no .ed files found), but there's a vi
> at least there's a clone now.
>
> >  3) Two crashes in the first two minutes:
>
> No crashes since the re-install.
>
> My conclusion is that FreeDOS can't easily share a parition
> with Win9x.
>

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