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Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 10:21:44 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Myknees <myknees AT aol DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: LD looks at zip drive
In-Reply-To: <19971229043201.XAA20808@ladder01.news.aol.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.971229102108.27720K-100000@is>
MIME-Version: 1.0

On 29 Dec 1997, Myknees wrote:

> I write something in RHIDE, I compile it, and then when it is
> linking, when LD is running, everything stops...after a while my zip
> drive starts up (after being in "sleep" mode), and then linking
> finishes.  From then on, linking happens without the zip drive being
> consulted.

Does the same happen when you compile from the DOS prompt using `gcc'?
If it does, I suggest to add -v to the gcc command line and watch
closely which program causes the zip drive to spin.

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