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From: agm@stl.stc.co.uk (Andrew G. Minter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: MINIX-386 Boot problem
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Date: 28 Feb 91 21:48:05 GMT
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In the referenced article root@petruz.sublink.ORG (Pietro Caselli) writes:
>From article <4069@stl.stc.co.uk>, by agm@daphne.stl.stc.co.uk (Andrew G. Minter):
>> .....  The only minor irritation is that I cannot compile all of shoelace
>> with BCC ...
>Hu ! Why ? ... BCC also produces 8088 code ... 

Because BCC generate code that is simply to big to fit in the boot sector.

Andrew