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The NT SDK crashes badly, and BorlandC can't be found.



Q. We received the new NT SDK last week but only really got around to 
   using it properly this week. There are two of us using the system. I 
   am having problems with the pmake command. It comes up with the 
   following:

   --- MODEM.EOBJ ---
   goc -DDO_ERROR_CHECKING -D__GEOS__ -IMODEM -Ic:/PCGEOS/raw/MODEM 
    -Ic:/PCGEOS/N9000V11//CInclude -Ic:/PCGEOS/N9000V11/CInclude  -I. 
   -Ic:/PCGEOS/raw -I- -IMODEM -Ic:/PCGEOS/raw/MODEM 
    -Ic:/PCGEOS/N9000V11//CInclude -Ic:/PCGEOS/N9000V11/CInclude  -I. 
   -Ic:/PCGEOS/raw     -w -l  -cb -o MODEM_e.c MODEM.GOC
   bcc -DDO_ERROR_CHECKING -D__GEOS__ -Ot -c -v -y -w -g255 -w-amp -w-pin 
   -w-cln -w-sig -w-sus -i200  -ml  -I. -IC:/PCGEOS/RAW 
   -IC:/PCGEOS/N9000V11//CINCLUDE -IC:/PCGEOS/N9000V11/CINCLUDE 
       -oMODEM.EOBJ MODEM_e.c
   The system cannot execute the specified program

   My colleague got a similar message on running mkmf saying that it 
   couldn't find a specified file. After this his machine went to a blue 
   screen with an error message. Unfortunately he restarted before I had 
   a chance to note what it said. On re-starting however he kept getting 
   the message

   ***STOP 0x00000067 (0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000) 
   CONFIG_INITIALISATION_FAILED

   followed by lots of lines of Data and he wasn't able to boot NT again. 
   Even using the Last Known Good Profile didn't resurrect it the first 
   time. Luckily it worked on the second attempt (something he tried in 
   desperation).

A. I guess the first thing to find out is what version of NT they're
   using, and what service pack they're using. The only time I've seen
   that has been when using non-service-pack'd versions of NT 3.51.

   If they're using 3.51, are they using Service Pack 4 or higher (SP5 is
   the latest, and I recommend switching to it).

   If they're using 4.0, they should be using Service Pack 1.

   As for the Borland problem, they should verify that they have

   CCOM=@dosfront bcc       [this is probably the cause of "The System
                            cannot find the program specified", 'cuz
                            you get that error when you pass too many
                            args to a 16-bit app]
   GOC_COMPILER_DIR=c:\bc5  [or wherever. But not c:\bc5\bin]

   set in their Environment (Control Panel -> System -> Environment).