From: "dac" <ac_nospam_ AT turdera DOT com DOT ar>
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Subject: RE: Problem using inline assembly
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 12:38:21 -0300
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> > I've tried to make this little program which uses BIOS service
> > 0xe820 to get the memory map, but my structure isn't filled...
>
> See sections 18.2 and 18.5 of the DJGPP FAQ list.  In a nutshell: your
> structure lives in extended memory, but BIOS functions can only access
> the first 1MB of the address space (a.k.a. conventional memory).  So
> you need to move data to and from the conventional memory using the
> transfer buffer.

Thanks a lot Eli for the hint...

Greetings,
David.