From: Erwann ABALEA <erwann AT abalea DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Must be missing something
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:37:07 +0200
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On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Timothy Dixon wrote:

> I've just tried to install DJGPP on my '486 laptop (8MB RAM) running
> OpenDOS 7.0.1.  Whenever I try to run the compiler (or any extended
> program), I get a memory error from emm386.
> 
> I have OpenDOS providing me with DPMI memory; should I disable
> OpenDOS's DPMI and use cwsdpmi instead, or is there another likely
> problem with my setup?

2 solutions:
- the easy one, disable the DPMI stuff of OpenDOS when you want to use any
DJGPP program (dpmi off)
- the good one, update to OpenDOS 7.03, the DPMI part is much better, and
you can even have your DJGPP programs working with the multitasker...

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