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Message-Id: <199807140157.CAA24112@sable.ox.ac.uk>
Comments: Authenticated sender is <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
From: George Foot <george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 02:54:38 +0000
MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: Re: djgpp alpha 980628
Reply-to: george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk
CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

On 13 Jul 98 at 11:25, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > > - "Load error: no DOS memory" when compiling posix/unistd/execlp.c
> > >   (typing "make" after that picks up where the previous one left
> > >   off).  Seems like Windows 95 DPMI host is leaking DOS memory.
> > >   Suggest to mention that in the instructions.
> > 
> > On one build, I received "Load error: can't switch mode".  Rerunning 
> > Make solved this, so it's probably the same problem with the DPMI 
> > host, or at least something similar.
> 
> The difference between the messages might be due to my stubediting
> Make (which then uses up more conventional memory), and with different
> CONFIG.SYS/AUTOEXEC.BAT settings.

It's not reproducible; on a different build it gave the "no DOS 
memory" error instead.  If the "can't switch mode" error isn't common 
then there's probably not much point mentioning it.

-- 
george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk

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