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From: John Kissell <jdk AT wpol DOT com>
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Subject: Re: gcc seams to start, but then... nothing, really *NOTHING* !
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Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 03:53:45 GMT
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MSCDEX.EXE is a CDROM driver pointing to D: as its logical drive. You
are using drive D: as a temporary file depository and I doubt your CDROM
drive is writable. I dont know where DJGPP places its swap files, but
the path named by the TEMP or TMP system variables seems a logical
choice.


Yann Coupin wrote:
> 
> Here is my problem (if the subject wasn't explicit enought <g>). Whenever I
> lauch gcc from rhide or directly from the command line it start, make a
> small amount of disk access (maybe it's even only windows swap mechanism)
> then it does absolutly NOTHING, this can last up to ten minutes (maybe more
> but I wasn't patient enough since on the P200 I have at work it only need 1
> second or so to compile the same .C file (btw I have a K6-233 with 64Mo
> RAM). I've tried tweaking my autoexec.bat & config.sys file without
> success. So, to quote Princess Leila "help me djgcc list member, you're my
> only help" :-)
> 
> Ok here goes the param part :
> 
> autoexec.bat
> -------------------------------
> @echo off
> 
> set tmp=d:\temp
> set temp=d:\temp
> set DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV
> set PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%
> 
> lh C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD001 /L:H /M:15
> lh keyb fr,,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\keyboard.sys
> lh c:\mouse\mouse                                      //Logitech driver v.
> 7.20
> rem d:\UNIVBE51\UNIVBE.EXE
> lh doskey /insert
> choice /to,10 Lancer windows ?
> if errorlevel 2 goto fin
> win
> :fin
> --------------------------
> 
> config.sys
> --------------------------------
> devicehigh=c:\windows\himem.sys
> device=c:\windows\emm386.exe ram
> dos=high,umb
> Country=033,,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sys
> rem DEVICEHIGH=C:\PIONEER\ATAPI_CD.SYS /D:MSCD001 /S:1
> DEVICEHIGH=C:\TEAC_CDI.SYS /D:MSCD001
> files=30
> buffer=30
> -----------------------------
> 
> env strings
> -----------------------------
> PROMPT=$p$g
> winbootdir=C:\WINDOWS
> COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM
> TMP=d:\temp
> TEMP=D:\temp
> PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
> windir=C:\WINDOWS
> BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6 E620
> ------------------------------
> NB: then temp directory exists on the disk
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help you could provide me.
> 
> Yann Coupin, a.k.a. PoV on IRC
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