Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 09:49:47 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Michael Hecht <michael DOT hecht AT dillinger DOT de>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Djgpp & Windows NT/Server : Why doesn't it work ?
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On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Michael Hecht wrote:

> Neither 'gcc hello.c -o hello.exe' or any other C program, nor 'gcc'
> without any argument works on my computer. 
> After waiting half a minute in all cases the 'out of virtual memory'
> message appears. Before, the computer starts to swap. 

Which GCC version is that?  If it's 2.8.1, chances are you didn't set the 
DJGPP environment variable correctly.  Post the details about the 
directory where DJGPP is installed and the setting of DJGPP variable.

>  DPMI memory available: NUMBER Kb
>  DPMI swap space available: 0 Kb
> 
> with number 53021 Kb at the first time, 39791 Kb the second time and
> 48415 every following call. The NUMBER might differ but every times the
> second call is the lowest one !?!? (very strange, isn't it ?)

This is considered ``normal behavior'' on NT.  Don't worry about that.