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From: jolley@phcoms.seri.philips.nl (Graham Jolley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: 'shoelace' under minix-386 - a minor problem
Keywords: shoelace minix-386 bcc badblocks
Message-ID: <567@phcoms.seri.philips.nl>
Date: 17 Dec 90 10:19:13 GMT
Organization: Philips Components - SERI, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Over the weekend I got 'shoelace' up and running
under minix-386. Its another really nice piece of
software!

I only had one slight problem. 
THE 'bootlace' CODE PRODUCED USING 'bcc' WAS TOO BIG TO
LOAD INTO THE BOOTBLOCK. As I remember it was about
1140 bytes or so.

I got round this by loading up 16bit minix 1.5.10 and
making bootlace using the ACK compiler. Everything
else was compiled/assembled/linked using bcc.

I assume the problem must be something to do with
the size of the code produced from the (I think)
2 'C' modules used in producing bootlace as the
remainder are assembler and presumably generate
the same code under both compilers. 

Has anybody else experienced the same thing and
is it fixable?

PS - My disk seems to have developed a badspot
which I'm trying hard not to rub! As I remember
the MINIX badblocks program has or had a problem
marking such blocks. Can someone refresh my memory?

Thanks in advance
Graham Jolley