Date:	Mon, 19 Oct 92 15:40:43 GMT
From:	kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de (Christoph Kukulies)
To:	dj AT athena DOT ctron DOT com, kuku AT acds DOT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
Subject:	Re: system()
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

>go32 swaps out as much as it can to *disk* before running any program.
>The intention is to restore the system as best it can to the original
>state since it doesn't know what the program it's execing will do.  On
>return, go32 then starts paging in as it normally does.

Is it possible to prevent go32 from doing this swapping ? - yes I know, I have
the sources ... :) With a large application in extended memory it can be
very timeconsuming to switch to a command.com just to have a short peek into the
system or invoke an editor which fits into the conventional memory.

--Chris

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