From:	Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Largest DJGPP project
Date:	Thu, 27 Aug 1998 20:27:01 -0300
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George Foot wrote:

> "go32" is the DOS extender used by djgpp v1.  I don't remember
> exactly, but IIRC you had to run go32 passing the name of your COFF
> image to run it.  DJGPP v2 uses the stub instead, and no extender.

    What does IIRC stand for?

> Did you adjust the DPMI memory provision in your DOS box settings?
> Set it to 65535 and you should get more swap space.  Under djgpp v2
> the amount of memory you get is entirely up to whatever DPMI server
> you use.  On my system, in Windows 98 the two numbers add up to just
> over 65000, which is what you would expect.

    No, I didn't adjust it, because I normally don't use that much RAM, and don't
need it.  When I did set it to that value, it only gives me 31Megs.  Does it put
more strain on the system to set that higher if it is not used at all?

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