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From:	Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: no dpmi error for computer with 4 GB RAM?
Date:	Sun, 16 May 2004 22:52:59 CDT
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> I have a 4 GB RAM machine that I am booting off a Windows 95 diskette.
> When I try to run programs in this mode I get a 'no dpmi' error. I
> didn't get this problem on my old machine where I only had 2 GB
> memory.

First, you need to make sure that EMM386 is not getting loaded.  I
have gotten bug reports that it reports zero memory if there is over
2GB present.  I suggest running in raw mode (no HIMEM) or XMS mode
(only HIMEM, no EMM).  It would be intersting to know what 
http://clio.rice.edu/djgpp/meminfo.exe
reports on your machine in this configuration.

> I have downloaded cwsdpmi, but then I get a "no channel" error.

You will need to be more specific (exact error message) since this 
message does not originate in cwsdpmi.

People have successfully used cwsdpmi on machines with 4GB of memory
(even though only 2GB of is is usable) - it's just a matter of getting
the configuration right.

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