Date: Fri, 8 May 92 22:28:15 -0400
From: davidf AT lyra DOT cs DOT umbc DOT edu (Mr. David W. Flater)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: HD Errors
Status: O

>the HD. Sometimes an error occurred like this: the HD lamp went on for a few
>seconds and afterwards DOS popped up with a drive read error or something,
>but it refused to accept any answer to the (r)etry (a)bort (i)gnore question.
>In any case the machine froze requiring a hard boot.

So far I know the following about this problem:

*  It is not a new problem in 1.06.  1.05 did it too.
*  It does not just happen during compiles.
*  It is associated with heavy hard drive usage (paging).

I would like to know if anyone can refute the new claim, which is:

*  It only happens when you enable optimization with -O.

I was thinking that the problem was with the extender, but if it is related to
optimization, then perhaps it is not.

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Mr. David W. Flater      davidf AT cs DOT umbc DOT edu                 "Nothing works."
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