From: "J. L." <jlsgarrido AT inbox DOT lv>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: trouble accessing dos high memory
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 17:33:12 -0500
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"wfrogers" <rogers AT westmont DOT edu> escribió en el mensaje
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> I am trying to access 0xD000 using a simple C program compiled
with
> DJGPP and am getting
>
> Exiting due to signal SIGSEGV
> General Protection Fault at eip=0000362a
>
> When I access video memory at 0xB800, no problem.  Any ideas?
Is
> there a function call I need to include in order to allow
protected
> mode to have access to this area?
>
> Operating system Win98

Check the FAQ, specifically section 18.7 Accessing absolute
address above 1MB.

You can find the FAQ at

http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/

HTH
--
José L. Sánchez Garrido