GnuPG on Startup-Floppy / DOS mode error

[Werner Koch]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, kew@pobox.com wrote:

>         start-up floppy, formatted with all the system files, and
>         though I could boot it GnuPG refuses to run saying "This
>         program cannot be run in DOS mode".

Well, this is the W32 port which does mean it runs on Windows 95
kind of OSes but not on plain (Free|PC|MS|DR)DOS.  There might be a
port to plain DOS availabe but I don't recommend it.

Try to use a one floppy GNU/Linux distribution (I know that this
will be hard) or use another POSIX like kernel to port GnuPG.  I can
help you if you decide to work on a small VSTa (www.vsta.org) based
GnuPG floppy.

I have also plans to create a bootable CDROM.

Ciao,

  Werner
  
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