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From: Mark Duckworth <markduck AT bellsouth DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Running the djgpp compiler under vista.
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:51:19 -0700
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On Oct 30, 5:49 pm, rugx DOT  DOT  DOT  AT gmail DOT com wrote:
> On Oct 30, 11:37 am, Mark Duckworth <markd DOT  DOT  DOT  AT bellsouth DOT net> wrote:
>
> > Hi Guys,
>
> > I'm currently using the djgpp compiler running under XP as a cross-
> > compiler that is called through CodeWright editor.  The target system
> > is a 133 Mhz AMD 586 CPU board that boots from ROM-DOS.  When trying
> > to run the compiler under Vista I get the following error:
>
> > cc1plus.exe: out of memory allocating 65536 bytes after a total of
> > 25209020 bytes
>
> I got the same error when trying to compile Dungeon Crawl 4.0.0 b26
> under Vista Home Premium using GCC 4.2.1. It's almost definitely the
> 32 MB DPMI limit. Running GCC 3.4.4 (DJGPP version) works fine,
> though. That is probably your best bet, especially if you don't need
> all the latest GCC features (if you're targeting such a "low-end
> machine", heh). On my "old" P166, I run 3.4.4 fine. Of course, I think
> 2.95.3 would be even faster at compiling, but that's your call.    ;-)
>
> > Also when I run go32-v2 in a dos window I get the following results:
>
> AFAIK, this doesn't matter, and Vista can't currently be configured to
> allow more.
>
> > I've downloaded DOS BOX 0.72 and the compiler will run under this
> > application but it is extremely slow.
>
> DOSBox is a full cpu emulator, so it runs on lots of machines, e.g.
> even on PPC Macs. Therefore, it's much slower than the real thing. A
> high-end machine barely resembles a 486 (according to their readme).
> Plus, they claim it's really only for games anyways.
>
> > In additon, I've read from the websitehttp://www.trnicely.net/misc/vista.htmlthatMicrosoft will fix the
> > problem in SP1 (for Vista 32 bit).  Vista SP1 should be available in
> > early 2008 but I really can't wait until then for a possible fix.
>
> I read this too, and I hope they fix it, but no guarantees. If you
> have Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate, you can install Virtual
> PC 2007. But it won't install on Home Basic or Premium (strangely). I
> use QEMU but haven't tried DJGPP within it yet. But you can get some
> FreeDOS floppy images from here:
>
> http://rugxulo.googlepages.com
>
>
>
>
>
> > Mark Duckworth- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks for the info on Virtual PC 2007 and Free DOS.  I'll give it a
try to see if it works for my application.

Regards,

Mark