From: bd733 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT edu (Jason M. Daniels)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: newbie q: Minor Bug in gcc?
Date: 13 Jun 1997 01:32:43 GMT
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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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