diff --git a/kernel/config.c b/kernel/config.c
index 6ee2515..701ef09 100644
--- a/kernel/config.c
+++ b/kernel/config.c
@@ -2759,7 +2759,7 @@ STATIC void deletevar(BYTE far * pp) {
   if (NULL == pp)
     return;
   variablelength = fstrlen(pp) + 1;
-  fmemcpy(pp, pp + variablelength, envp + 3 - (pp + variablelength));
+  fmemcpy(pp, pp + variablelength, (unsigned)(envp + 3 - (pp + variablelength)));
   /* our fmemcpy always copies forwards */
   envp -= variablelength;
   return;
diff --git a/kernel/inthndlr.c b/kernel/inthndlr.c
index 5a8f7e9..a80e030 100644
--- a/kernel/inthndlr.c
+++ b/kernel/inthndlr.c
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ lfn_findclose:
             }
           }
           /* call to redirector */
-          saved_r = *r;
+          fmemcpy(&saved_r, r, sizeof(saved_r));
           r->ES = FP_SEG(s);
           r->DI = FP_OFF(s);
           r->flags |= FLG_CARRY;
@@ -1652,9 +1652,8 @@ lfn_findclose:
             goto real_exit;
           }
           /* carry still set - unhandled */
-          *r = saved_r;
+          fmemcpy(r, &saved_r, sizeof(saved_r));
           goto unsupp;
-          break;
         }
 #ifdef WITHLFNAPI
         /* Win95 LFN - Win95 64 UTC file time to/from DOS date and time (local timezone) */
@@ -1682,7 +1681,6 @@ lfn_findclose:
         default:
           goto unsupp;
       }
-      break;
 #ifdef WITHLFNAPI
     /* Win95 beta LFN - find close */
     case 0x72: goto lfn_findclose;
@@ -1942,7 +1940,7 @@ VOID ASMCFUNC int2F_12_handler(struct int2f12regs FAR *pr)
       size = ~offs;                        /* BX for query HMA   */
       if (r.AL == 0x02)                    /* allocate HMA space */
       {
-        tsize = (r.BX + 0xf) & 0xfffffff0; /* align to paragraph */
+        tsize = (r.BX + 0xf) & 0xfffffff0UL; /* align to paragraph */
         if (tsize < size)
           size = (UWORD)tsize;
         AllocateHMASpace(offs, offs+size);
diff --git a/kernel/makefile b/kernel/makefile
index 84ea822..7680141 100644
--- a/kernel/makefile
+++ b/kernel/makefile
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ initclk.obj: initclk.c  $(INITHEADERS) $(TARGET).lnk
 
 #the string functions for INIT_TEXT
 iasmsupt.obj: asmsupt.asm $(TARGET).lnk
-	$(NASM) -D$(COMPILER) -D_INIT -f obj $(NASMFLAGS) -o $@ asmsupt.asm
+	$(NASM) -D$(COMPILER) -D_INIT -f obj $(NASMFLAGS) -o iasmsupt.obj asmsupt.asm
 
 #the printf for INIT_TEXT - yet another special case, this file includes prf.c
 iprf.obj: iprf.c prf.c $(HDR)portab.h $(TARGET).lnk
diff --git a/kernel/newstuff.c b/kernel/newstuff.c
index 9fe7347..481872e 100644
--- a/kernel/newstuff.c
+++ b/kernel/newstuff.c
@@ -321,10 +321,10 @@ COUNT truename(const char FAR * src, char * dest, COUNT mode)
          so we know src in the form of X:?
          fail if anything other than no path or path is \DEV\
       */
-      char drivesep[] = "\\/";
       const char FAR *s = src+2;
-      const char *d = strchr(drivesep, *s); /* ?path starts with \ or / */
-      
+      char c = *s;
+
+      if( c != '\\' && c != '/' ) c = '\0';
       /* could be 1 letter devicename, don't go scanning random memory */
       if (*(src+3) != '\0') 
       {
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ COUNT truename(const char FAR * src, char * dest, COUNT mode)
         s = NULL;
       }
 
-      if (d == NULL)
+      if (c == '\0')
       {
         /* either X:devicename or X:path\devicename */
         if (s != NULL) goto invalid_path;
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ if exist report.out del report.out
 cmdspy stop
 cmdspy flush
 cmdspy restart
-int ax=0x6000 -buf ds:si="abcöflkgsxkf\0" -buf es:di="%256s" -int 0x21 -d es:di:128 >spy_int.out
+int ax=0x6000 -buf ds:si="abcöflkgsxkf\0" -buf es:di="%256s" -int 0x21 -d es:di:128 >spy_int.out
 cmdspy stop
 cmdspy report report.out
 more report.out
@@ -732,11 +732,11 @@ more report.out
 1123: IN:  C:\TOOL\INT.COM [FAIL 0001]
 1123: OUT:  C:\INTRSPY\SPY_INT.OUT
 1123: orig buffer:  C:\TOOL\INT.COM
-1123: IN:  abcöflkgsxkf [FAIL 0001]
+1123: IN:  abcöflkgsxkf [FAIL 0001]
 1123: OUT:  C:\TOOL\INT.COM
-1123: orig buffer:  abcöflkgsxkf
+1123: orig buffer:  abcöflkgsxkf
 1123: IN:  C:\INTRSPY\SPY_INT.BAT [FAIL 0001]
-1123: OUT:  C:\INTRSPY\ABCÖFLKG
+1123: OUT:  C:\INTRSPY\ABCÖFLKG
 1123: orig buffer:  C:\INTRSPY\SPY_INT.BAT
 1123: IN:  cmdspy.??? [FAIL 0001]
 1123: OUT:  C:\INTRSPY
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ DOSERR: 0000 (0)
 
 *<es:di:128> {
 43(C) 3A(:) 5C(\) 49(I) 4E(N) 54(T) 52(R) 53(S) 50(P) 59(Y) 5C(\) 41(A)
-42(B) 43(C) 99(Ö) 46(F) 4C(L) 4B(K) 47(G) 00(.) 3D(=) 30(0) 30(0) 30(0)
+42(B) 43(C) 99(Ö) 46(F) 4C(L) 4B(K) 47(G) 00(.) 3D(=) 30(0) 30(0) 30(0)
 30(0) 20( ) 20( ) 20( ) 43(C) 58(X) 3D(=) 30(0) 30(0) 30(0) 30(0) 28(()
 30(0) 29()) 20( ) 32(2) 38(8) 28(() 28(() 29()) 20( ) 33(3) 30(0) 28(()
 30(0) 29()) 20( ) 32(2) 39(9) 28(() 29()) 29()) 20( ) 32(2) 30(0) 28(()