ID Number: Q38294
5.00 5.10 6.00 6.00a 6.00ax 7.00 | 5.00 5.10 6.00 6.00a
MS-DOS | OS/2
Summary:
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft C versions 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0ax, and C/C++
version 7.0, the following message may appear at the termination
of a program:
Memory allocation error: Cannot load command.com
CAUSE
The above error may be caused by overwriting past the end of a
block of memory allocated by halloc(). The bytes following a
halloc'd block are used by MS-DOS to track memory allocation, and
MS-DOS may be unable to load COMMAND.COM when your process is
completed if this area is corrupted.
Also, this error might be caused by overwriting blocks of memory
allocated by other functions such as calloc(), malloc(),
_fcalloc(), _fmalloc(), _ncalloc(), and _nmalloc().
RESOLUTION
Double-check your code to make sure you are not overwriting blocks
of memory allocated by the above mentioned functions.
Additional reference words: 5.00 5.10 6.00 6.00a 6.00ax 7.00