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From: john@viper.UUCP (John Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: MWC problems update
Message-ID: <986@viper.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 15-May-87 15:19:05 EDT
Article-I.D.: viper.986
Posted: Fri May 15 15:19:05 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 17-May-87 01:38:46 EDT
References: <528@elmer.UUCP>
Reply-To: john@viper.UUCP (John Stanley)
Organization: DynaSoft Systems
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In article <528@elmer.UUCP> bob@wiley.UUCP (Bob Amstadt) writes:
 >
 >			Trial 1     Trial 2     Trial 3     Trial 4
 >
 >C compiler and	floppy      hard disk   floppy      floppy
 >libraries
 >
 >Temporary files	hard disk   ram disk    ram disk    hard disk
 >
 >Source		ram disk    ram disk    hard disk   hard disk
 >			---------------------------------------------
 >Results of trial:	worked      bombed      worked      worked
 >
 >
 >I'm going to experiment further. I'd be interested in hearing the
 >opinion of Atari. What part of my system is failing?
 >

  Well Bob, I'm not "Atari", but just from looking at your tests, I'd
guess the problem(s) is/are that a) your ramdisk is too small for both
the sources and the temporary files and b) that the compiler you're
using doesn't test for read/write errors on the temporary files so it
gets fried without telling you about it when it trys to interpret half 
written files.

  You didn't say how large a program you were compiling or how big your
ramdisk was.  Many people are suprised to discover just how much room is
necessary for temporary files even on small programs....

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John Stanley (john@viper.UUCP)
Software Consultant - DynaSoft Systems
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