Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/06/17/10:53:19
Asbjørn (lordcrc AT hotmail DOT com) wrote:
> Hi.
> I'm just wondering if this is normal :)
> I start compiling a simple program with gcc (like "gcc -o hello.exe
> hello.c)
> Now, if i start typing while it compiles, it _sometimes_ reboots by
> computer.
> You might ask why i should type while it compiles, well, sometimes I
> know I've
> done something wrong, and then just "prepare" the command line. Well, is
> this
> the way it should be?
There are some programs and device drivers (one even from Microsoft) that
"extend" the BIOS type-ahead buffer to an arbitrary amount of characters
(generally the upper limit is 256). I have had very bad experiences with
such utilities; they have caused anything from ls to Windows to crash on
occassion. If you do have such a thing loaded, unload it.
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