From: ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se (Martin Str|mberg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Make.exe, error message: Descriptors exhausted
Date: 13 Jun 1998 12:44:02 GMT
Organization: University of Lulea, Sweden
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Anders Undin (anders DOT undin AT katrineholm DOT mail DOT telia DOT com) wrote:
: When I try to make the allegro library with the make program, I get this
: cryptic message: "Descriptors exhausted". And before that I got "Load
: error: No DOS memory". I downloaded version 3 of Allegro.  Please help
: me!
: 
: My system is: Pentium 200 MMX, 32M RAM, 3 Gig Harddisk capacity
: 
: This is my AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
: 
: SET SOUND=C:\PROGRA~1\CREATIVE\CTSND
: SET MIDI=SYNTH:1 MAP:E MODE:0
: SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 E620 T6 
: set DJGPP=c:/djgpp/djgpp.env
: mode con codepage prepare=((850) C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\ega.cpi)
: mode con codepage select=850
: keyb sv,,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\keyboard.sys
: S3VBE20 /INSTALL
: doskey
: C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.COM /L=GB
: SET PATH=C:\PROGRAM\BORLAND\CBUILDER\BIN
: PATH=C:\DELPHI\IBLOCAL\BIN;%PATH%
: set
: PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;C:\DELPHI\IBLOCAL\BIN;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\PROGRAM\BORLAND\CBUILDER\BIN 
: 
: and this is my CONFIG.SYS file:
: 
: device=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
: device=c:\windows\himem.sys
: DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
: Country=046,850,C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\country.sys

I'm no DOZE expert but perhaps you need to increase the BUFFERS and
FILES settings in CONFIG.SYS (in your case setting them).


Thanks,

							MartinS