Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 14:26:25 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Shawn Lee <sdlee AT pop DOT atlanta DOT com>
Cc: The DJGPP Mailing List <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Running the test program
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On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Shawn Lee wrote:

> that they have been debugged.  Simple programs like 'hello' have this
> problem.  I don't think it is the programs as opposed to my set up.
> Because I'm running in W95, I didn't bother to use the DPMI host that

Please download the DJGPP FAQ list and look up in the indices everything 
that tells something about Win95 and possible causes of crashes, then see 
if anything helps you to avoid the crashes.  The test programs that come 
with DJGPP should indeed *not* crash.

You might consider invoking go32-v2 with no arguments and posting 
whatever it prints.  The stack trace printed when a program crashes would 
also help.

> My next question is, HOW DO THE DPMI HOSTS WORK?  Answers and info on
> where to get answers are appreciated.

To learn about DPMI, I recommend the book Extending DOS, 2nd edition.