Compling for DOS Error message - not a clue what it means -

[Gablea]

Hi all,

When I complie my FreeBASIC application for DOS I get the following error message form the Complier

c:\fbc_dos\bin\dos\as.exe: NPoS.o: .text: reloc overflow: 0x109cf > 0xffff
NPoS.o: File truncated
NPoS.asm: Assembler messages:
NPoS.asm:269482: FATAL: can't close NPoS.o
:File truncated

Any one have any idea's what this means?

I did add the following line to some of the code

#If Defined(__FB_WIN32__) as some of the code is desgined to work ONLY on windows (the setfoucs command for example) BUT the Application is desgined to run on Windows and DOS (and at some point when I have the time to run on Linux)

Any advice is most welcome as this is a new one on me

[TJF]

I'm not sure:

The text segment of an object file may be restricted to 64 kB (0xffff) on Dos. -> Try to make smaller object files (compiling units).

[fxm]

In order to produce a DOS.exe file, I execute always a cross compilation from Windows to a DOS target (compiler option : -target dos), using FreeBASIC package for DOS (DOS cross compilation tools installed only in the /lib/ and /bin/ directories of the FreeBASIC package for Windows).

Consequently, I can use any IDE for Windows.

Besides, this way should avoid any limitation due to FBC-DOS compiler (not use of fbc.exe for DOS, but always use of fbc.exe for win32).

[Gablea]

ok I tried it with the -target DOS option and now I am getting the following error

C:\FBC_WIN\fbc -target dos "NPoS.bas"
C:\FBC_WIN\inc\crt\sys\types.bi(17) error 24: File not found, "crt/sys/dos/types.bi" in '#include once "crt/sys/dos/types.bi"'

Build error(s)

Any idea's?

[j_milton]

ok I tried it with the -target DOS option and now I am getting the following error

C:\FBC_WIN\fbc -target dos "NPoS.bas"
C:\FBC_WIN\inc\crt\sys\types.bi(17) error 24: File not found, "crt/sys/dos/types.bi" in '#include once "crt/sys/dos/types.bi"'

Build error(s)

Any idea's?

change the forward slashes in file names in your source code to backslashes

[Gablea]

C:\FBC_WIN\fbc -target dos "NPoS.bas"
C:\FBC_WIN\inc\crt\sys\types.bi(17) error 24: File not found, "crt\sys\dos\types.bi" in '#include once "crt\sys\dos\types.bi"'

Build error(s)

Saying File not found

I have copied the DOS files to the c:\fbc folder (under the Bin & Inc folders) and it is still saying the above

[fxm]

In order to satisfy the line '#include once "crt/sys/dos/types.bi"' :

Copy the directory "FreeBASIC_DOS_Package\inc\crt\sys\dos" into "FreeBASIC_WIN32_Package\inc\crt\sys"

[Gablea]

Yep done that and still saying File not found

If I complie it from the cmd I get file not found on one of my include files

BUT the strange thig is this complies and RUNS with no problem when complied for Windows

[Gablea]

OK folks it now complies BUT I am getting this message at the end of the build

C:\FBC_WIN\fbc -target dos "NPoS.bas"
c:/fbc_win/bin/dos/as.exe: NPoS.o: .text: reloc overflow: 0x109cf > 0xffff
NPoS.o: File truncated
NPoS.asm: Assembler messages:
NPoS.asm:269318: FATAL: can't close NPoS.o
: File truncated

Make done

It is saying make done but there is no exe in the project's folder

[fxm]

I am desolated but as thinks @TJF, it seems to be a real problem of DOS assembler only. Try what he suggests to you.

[j_milton]

OK folks it now complies BUT I am getting this message at the end of the build

C:\FBC_WIN\fbc -target dos "NPoS.bas"
c:/fbc_win/bin/dos/as.exe: NPoS.o: .text: reloc overflow: 0x109cf > 0xffff
NPoS.o: File truncated
NPoS.asm: Assembler messages:
NPoS.asm:269318: FATAL: can't close NPoS.o
: File truncated

Make done

It is saying make done but there is no exe in the project's folder

Make done just means that "make" finished running, not that is was successful :-(

This is just a guess but I know that there is a lot of user interface stuff in your PoS program. It may be that you have more than 64K of string literals (characters inside " " ) in a single module and that is what is causing the link step to fail.
I am pretty sure there are folks here who know more than I do about the DOS mode compiler that can tell me if this is one of the memory model barriers that remain...

[Gablea]

Er ok guys how do I make smaller Object files then?

[MichaelW]

I doubt that the size of the object module is the problem. This code:

Code: Select all

asm
    .rept 1000000
        xor eax, eax  '' 2 bytes
    .endr
end asm
print "OK"
sleep

Compiles (slowly) without error (v 0.21.1-win32 to Windows or DOS target, or 0.21.1-DOS) and the EXE runs as expected.

And the same for a 4x version that produces a 8,000,636 byte object module.

[Gablea]

Could it be beacuse I have code that is desgined for windows?

but that is controled by the #If Defined(__FB_WIN32__)

Any one else have any idea's?

I can complie it with no problems for Windows (not tried Linux yet as I have never used that OS)

[MichaelW]

Does the code use any of the features not supported by the DOS version, as specified here:

http://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=FaqDOS