Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 13:25:05 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Alex A. Mikh" <boroda AT sich DOT freenet DOT kiev DOT ua>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Help: Internal compiler error!
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On 9 Apr 1997, Alex A. Mikh wrote:

> (lately DJGPP v.2) for MsDos 6.20.  There were no problems while I was
> using my old computer (486DX2-80/12M RAM/210 HDD/Trident 8900 1M).
> After upgrading the computer (MB ABIT PR5R2/K5-133/16M EDO RAM/S3
> Trio64V+ 1M) while compiling BIG old checked programs the message
> appears:
> 
>     Internal compiler error
> or
>     Abort!
>
> [snip]
>
> I'd like to understand: are my problems the result of the bad
> hardware, or this means any bugs in GCC.

My first guess is either hardware problems or incorrect settings in
the CMOS setup.  Try to change some of the CMOS settings (like adding
wait states or making CPU cache reads/writes slower) and see if that
helps.

Btw, for a 16MB machine, you install RAMDrive and disk cache which are 
too large.  I suggest a 2-3MB SmartDrv at most and either toss RAMdrive
at all or make it 1.5MB.  This is because when DJGPP runs out of physical
RAM and starts paging to disk, the large disk cache and RAM drive
won't help at all.  See section 3.9 of the DJGPP FAQ list for more
advice on optimizing your system.