From: "Tom St Denis" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: <0uggSQG00UjF83A2g=@andrew.cmu.edu> Subject: Re: A memory limit when you run command to get out of windows? Lines: 22 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2001 02:35:55 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.112.8.23 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT home DOT net X-Trace: news3.rdc1.on.home.com 984796555 24.112.8.23 (Fri, 16 Mar 2001 18:35:55 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 18:35:55 PST Organization: Excite AT Home - The Leader in Broadband http://home.com/faster To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com "James W Sager Iii" wrote in message news:0uggSQG00UjF83A2g=@andrew.cmu.edu... > > I've recently been getting an error when I allocate too much memory > inside Djgpp that causes a crash. > > Is there a memory limit on DOS when you run command to exit windows? > > I'm good with DOS, but upgrades have made it impossible for me to run > pure dos. I normally used highmem, ramdisk, and smartdrv, but these > utilities aren't available to me. > > Just curious... Trying to track down a tough bug. DJGPP allocates DPMI memory not conventional memory. How much memory are you allocating in your task? Tom