From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: HELP! "invalid page exception"??
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 09:47:21 +0200
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On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Tony Welsh wrote:

> Exiting due to signal SIGINT
> Control-Break Pressed at eip=00022be4

There's nothing wrong here, it seems to just wait for input.  I
understand that if you press Ctrl-Z, it exits successfully without
crashing the DOS box, right?  (If not, please describe what happens
after you invoke cpp via go32-v2 and press Ctrl-Z.)

> Okay, I tried it with both the goto32-v2 and the gcc -c commands
> because I didn't know which one you meant.  I tried it with the
> first renamed, the second renamed, both renamed, it still behaves as
> normal ie it just kills the dos box with gcc and the goto hangs and
> CTRL-BREAK gives the same message as printed above.

I'm really puzzled now.  I don't have any ideas left, except to try to
uninstall some of the optional software installed on your machine,
like network clients, anti-virus software, etc.  Also, perhaps
commenting-out some of the lines in your CONFIG.SYS and/or
AUTOEXEC.BAT might help.  Checking your mother-board setup and memory
is also advisable: gcc is known to be sensitive to faulty memory
chips, overclocked CPUs, incorrect wait state setup, etc.

Other than that, I don't know what to suggest.  I have never heard any
problems like what you describe before, except on ThinkPad machines,
and you don't seem to use one of those.  Sorry.

> did it say anything about not being able to find the specs files,
> even with both renamed...

When both are renamed, it should say "Using built-in specs".

> Thought:  Are the DJGPP programs okay with massive hard disks?  I
> have a 12.7GB C: drive...

I don't think this should matter.  But just to be sure, can you try to
install GCC on a floppyand run it from there?  (Yes, I know, it will
be terribly slow, but we are trying to see some light here...)