Just to complement: A DOS in 16 bit only + a pure 16bit program can access FAT32 systems. This happens a lot.
> You cannot use the full 4 GB because all PCI, AGP, > PCIe etc modern graphics cards have their graphics > RAM accessible via addresses in the last 0.X of the > first 4 gigabytes of address space... The BIOS and > various parts of your hardware use the same area. There is a problem about the MSB of the address most of the time used as a flag. This usuali limits usage to 2Gb. >>> and how much can be accessed with djgpp installed > You do NOT need djgpp. Only a DPMI host. I usually > copy cwsdpmi exe into my main FreeDOS BIN directory. And.. there are many others, that do the same job. djgpp *usualy* is used with cwsdpmi, other compilers have other preferences. All work just fine, usualy you have a "tiny" pure 32 bit program with 2Gb access range. Alain ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user