Hi Jim,
let me first say that I'm using FreeDOS in VirtualBox. I've made a fresh
new install of FreeDOS and OW from the FreeDOS distribution CD as suggested.
I had the C file ("prova.c) on A: drive, an IMG file attached as A:
drive. On this IMG file on A: I had no issue in writing, compiling with
i16gcc, etc. I had the doubt that this (C file on "diskette" - IMG file
as A:) could be the source of the error, so I've made the following.
I copied the C file on C: drive as well and I did the tests:
1) from C: I've run "wcl prova.c" --> it works!
2) from C: I've run "wcl a:\prova.c" --> it works!
3) from A: I've run "wcl prova.c" (what I've done in the last days) -->
ERROR!
4) from A: I've run "wcl c:\prova.c" --> ERROR!
(while if I run "wcc prova.c" + "wcl prova,obj" it always works, from A:
or C:)
So it looks like if I run "wcl" from A: it has issue. I don't know why,
but I hope it helps.
Regards,
Davide
Il 10/11/24 21:49, Jim Hall via Freedos-user ha scritto:
Doing a little googling on that error number, and found this:
[..] E3033 is a real problem in wfl386 in OW 1.9, though.
The .lnk file generated by wfl386 now is missing a space on the library
directive line between the directive and the file name. This causes the
link step to fail.
It is a bug introduced somewhere along the way in OW builds--I had
continued to use Watcom V11.6 until trying to see if could lead our
friend here out of the wilderness I did download V1.9 of OW. I have
just confirmed (see other longer post) that it does the same thing here.
Can't see how that got past any regression testing into a release build...
https://openwatcom.users.fortran.narkive.com/ZuqEmvHm/did-the-e3033-problem-get-resolved
So that suggests an actual problem with OpenWatcom. Although that's
from 13 years ago.
I'd recommend using only the version we include in the FreeDOS
distribution. At the very least, you'll be running the same version I
am, so any tests you do should match the tests I try to replicate on
my end.
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