Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 11:46:42 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Dr. András Sólyom" <solyom AT eik DOT bme DOT hu>
cc: djgpp <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Q:Virtual memory (followup of 'Q:How to check validity of a pointer')
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On Thu, 15 Jan 1998, Dr. András Sólyom wrote:

> This is kind of strange, because first I have 64 MBytes of RAM and CWSDPMI
> should be able to give me an additional 256 Mbytes of virtual memory! What is
> going on here? Can it be the original program error in disguise?

See section 15.4 of the DJGPP FAQ list (v2/faq210b.zip from the same
place you get DJGPP).  The default configuration of CWSDPMI is enough
to get about 21MB in small chunks; if you need more than that, you
will have to bump up its internal heap with the CWSPARAM program.