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From: xyzzy AT snafu DOT fubar (Roger)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: LD looks at zip drive
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 18:02:43 GMT
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On 29 Dec 1997 04:32:50 GMT, myknees AT aol DOT com (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.

The following string appears in GNU ld 2.8.1 (the offset is from the beginning
of the file):

	0x03C77C   e:/djgpp/i386-pc-msdosdjgpp/lib

Changing the e: to c: "cured" it for me! (The directory does not actually exist;
ld finds out this quickly and gets on looking in its other places.)

HTH
-- 
Roger

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