From: "v. straka" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: memory allocation problem Date: 5 Mar 1999 19:09:24 GMT Organization: Nextel Lines: 15 Message-ID: <01be673d$e69d7f60$7b7b7b7b@celeron> NNTP-Posting-Host: as4-35.praha.iol.cz X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com hi! mapping.address = 0xDE000000; mapping.size = 0xFFFFFF; __dpmi_physical_address_mapping(&mapping) // ... code removed ... ( creating selector on mapping address and name it msel ) movedata(msel,0,screenSelector,0,640*480); this code crashed, but if i set mapping.address smaller ie. 640*480,640*480*2 etc. it's ok why ? Thanks!