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Subject: Re: no dpmi error for computer with 4 GB RAM?
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In comp.os.msdos.djgpp jose flanigan <jflanigan AT netzero DOT net> wrote:
> I have a 4 GB RAM machine that I am booting off a Windows 95 diskette.

I'm somewhat doubtful about Win95 working *at all* on a machine with
that much RAM.  At the very least, I think you'll have to override
the default DPMI memory settings of the DOS box.

> When I try to run programs in this mode I get a 'no dpmi' error. 

It's unclear what system your "win95 diskette" actually booted, making
it hard to interpret this.  Win95 itself doesn't actually fit on a
diskette, so: did that disk just boot a Win95 you had installed on the
hard disk, or is it actually just DOS7 booting off a floppy?  In the
latter case, you obviously can't have any DPMI --- there's no DPMI
server running.