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Subject: Re: make crashes on Win2k & XP
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 16:36:29 CST
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> but when using 2000 or XP I get seemingly random crashes with make.

Sigh.  http://clio.rice.edu/djgpp/win2k/main_203.htm
You need to update your images to work around Win2K bugs.

> telling me that "NTVDM.EXE has encountered a problem and needs to close".
> 
> Oh yeah, I'm using DJGPP version 2.03.

Once you get the crashes fixed you will find many more problems.  See 
the web page for updates and workarounds.