Message-Id: <34BF4E3E.7060@lps.u-psud.fr> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:10:38 -0200 From: Daniel TAUPIN Reply-To: taupin AT lps DOT u-psud DOT fr Organization: CNRS Mime-Version: 1.0 To: "John M. Aldrich" Cc: DJGPP List Subject: Re: Swap memory available References: <34BE5340 DOT 15AAA2E3 AT lps DOT u-psud DOT fr> <34BEDCC2 DOT 3342 AT cs DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk John M. Aldrich wrote: > > Daniel Taupin wrote: > > > > When running go32-v2 I get some value of SWAP available (i.e. 60mbyte), byt with the > > old I get 200Mbyte. > > > > I suppose one has wap on one disk, i.e. C:, the other on D: > > > > But, where is the amount/location of swap memory set? > > It's a runtime variable, determined by the amount of free physical > memory and free disk space on your computer. By default, the cwsdpmi > DPMI host uses "c:\cwsdpmi.swp" for your swap file, so its value should There is not cwsdpmi.swp in my computer! > not depend on where you run go32-v2 from. The total swap space > available under cwsdpmi will be a number from 0 to 256 MB, depending on > which version of cwspdmi you have and how much free disk space exists. > However, this only applies if you run from plain DOS with no other DPMI > host loaded. If you run go32-v2 from a Windows DOS shell, or under > QDPMI, 386MAX, 4DOS, OpenDOS, or some other environment that provides > DPMI, DJGPP programs will use whatever memory those hosts provide. Yes, but does this explain the difference between what is said by GO32(v1) and GO32-V2? > > Oh, and don't worry about losing the use of that disk space. cwsdpmi > only accesses swap space when it needs it; it leaves your hard drive > alone otherwise. :-) > But the question is still: on which disk will cwsdpmi.swp be installed? C: or D:? And how can I decide it on D: rather than C:? > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > | John M. Aldrich | "Be wary of strong drink. It can | > | aka Fighteer I | make you shoot at tax collectors-- | > | mailto:fighteer AT cs DOT com | and miss." | > | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | - Lazarus Long | > --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Daniel Taupin, Physique des Solides, Univ. Paris-Sud, 91405 ORSAY E-mail= mailto:taupin AT lps DOT u-psud DOT fr Tél: (33)1.69.15.60.79, Fax: (33)1.69.15.60.86, home/fax: (33)1.60.10.26.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------