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From: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Another Virtual Memory Question
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 1995 10:15:13 CDT
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> EXEs) don't swap even when they run out of memory. For instance, if I try
> to malloc an 8 megabyte block when I only have eight minus my TSRs, DOS,
> the program, etc. I get a null pointer.

What djgpp version and what environment are you running under?  It sounds
like you have your swap disk pointed at a non-existent directory?

Is this under some DPMI like QDPMI/windows?  If so, then that program
must provide the paging.