While not qualified as a hardcore DOS programmer I am trying to compile FreeCOM and I never got so close as this time so maybe someone can help me out here ...
I downloaded and unzipped current CVS-freecom: http://fdos.org/kernel/freecom.HEAD.zip (2004-11-05) I installed Tcpp101 and NASM 0.98.36 I adjusted the paths in config.mak for TCPP and NASM. I run build.bat and it halts almost immediately in .\suppl "suppl.tgz: bad compression data" (after it first produces some warnings on untar) It seems there might be a workaround so I follow that. I download an alternative Suppl from: http://freedos.sourceforge.net/freecom/packages/suppl.zip extract this to .\Suppl2, adjust the path for Suppl in config.mak and create a file "skip" in .\Suppl as instructed. Now I try "build" again. Bingo! Some warnings here and there but in the end there is a fresh command.com produced ! One step away from my goal: xms-swap-command.com. So I run "build.bat -r xms-swap". It also seems to go all the way but in the end it chokes in .\shell: "Error: segment _TEXT exceeds 64K" (repeated 4 times) Command.map starts with: Warning: __fstpcpy defined in module FSTPCPY.OBJ is duplicated in module FSTPCPY Warning: _exit defined in module cswapc.c is duplicated in module EXIT Warning: _putenv defined in module ENV_PUT.OBJ is duplicated in module PUTENV Error: Segment _TEXT exceeds 64K Error: Segment _TEXT exceeds 64K Error: Segment _TEXT exceeds 64K Error: Segment _TEXT exceeds 64K Start Stop Length Name Class 00000H 1008FH 10090H _TEXT CODE 10090H 10090H 00000H _FARDATA FAR_DATA ...... What can I do about this to finally compile my xms-swap command.com? Thanks, Erwin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
