Xref: news2.mv.net comp.os.msdos.djgpp:4430 From: Trash Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: djgpp and Win95 comments Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 16:33:52 -0600 Organization: Dimensional Communications Lines: 40 Message-ID: <31AE2250.3D9A@dimensional.com> References: Reply-To: Trash AT dimensional DOT com NNTP-Posting-Host: p27.pm-3.pm.dimensional.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: John Brothers DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp John Brothers wrote: > > Howdy, > > Please forgive me if this topic has been hashed over before. I looked > through this group, but I didn't see it. I would search more exhaustively, > but since I'm not asking a question, I don't feel like it :) > > I (today) went through the task of upgrading to djgpp v2. Previously, > I had used v1 w/DOS, and a week ago, I upgraded to Win95. My program > compiled fine using v1 gcc. However, gdb no longer worked - it complained > about dpmi, and all the various incarnations I tried all failed in one way > or another. > > So I got the bare minimum v2 stuff (djdev, gcc272, bnu252? [and gdb]) > and installed - nothing would compile - gcc appeared to be encountering a > segmentation violation. In fact, it would cause a MFU > about 50% of the time, and Windows would demand that I reboot. > > I got the FAQ, and read through it, and noted the > suggestion to use -v. This also seg viod right away. Finally, in desperation, > I tried to compile on the command line, instead of with make, and it worked. > > I went and retrieved the new version of make, and everything now works > perfectly. > > So, I would like to make the following suggestion: for the readme.1st file > in the v2 directory, I think that mak373b.zip should also be a mandatory > file to download, if you've recently upgraded to Win95. > > Thanks, > John > -- > Do you have a right not to be offended? I would try making a boot floppy that has config.sys and autoexec.bat on it the way you want for djgpp. I wouldn't even try to run djgpp in a dos box. Also djgpp runs fastest on my system with a large read write cached smartdrive. Windows 95 rems out your smartdrive when it loads windows. With a large smartdrv I've found the ramdrive useless.