From: clc5q AT cobra DOT cs DOT Virginia DOT EDU (Clark L. Coleman)
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Subject: Re: No DPMI Memory (inconsistent)
Date: 31 May 2001 13:50:30 GMT
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In article <2110-Thu31May2001063152+0300-eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>,
Eli Zaretskii <djgpp AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>> From: clc5q AT cobra DOT cs DOT Virginia DOT EDU (Clark L. Coleman)
>> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
>> Date: 30 May 2001 14:39:05 GMT
>> 
>> I have a bootable system floppy with DR-DOS 7.03 files on it. I put my
>> executable file and CWSDPR0.EXE (which my executable is stubedited to
>> use) on the floppy. I booted a Pentium-MMX 166 MHz with 48 MB RAM at
>> home using this floppy and ran the program without trouble. Then, I
>> took the program to the office and got on an old 133 MHz Pentium (no
>> MMX) with 32 MB RAM. The floppy booted, but when I ran my program, I
>> got the error message:
>> 
>> Load error: no DPMI memory
>
>I'd suspect some DR-DOS specific trouble.  Did you turn off the
>built-in DPMI services?


Yes, I mentioned this in my own followup. I have DPMI-OFF at bootup. I
suspect a machine-specific problem, somehow. Why would an executable
that uses CWSDPR0.EXE produce the message "Load error: no DPMI memory"
when it is run on one machine, but not on another, when both are
booted from the same bootable floppy? Thanks for any ideas.

I have a multi-boot PC at home with DR-DOS, Windows 95, Windows NT
4.0. Can I make a bootable system floppy from one of these to get a
DOS other than DR-DOS? I notice that a DOS box in Windows NT 4.0 has a
FORMAT command that does not have a /S option for making boot
floppies. Is Windows 95 any better?

Clark Coleman