VirtualAlloc failed in Windows PE

[zen]

Hi,

I am writing one application for Windows PE using vc++6.0 as

development platform. I am allocating memory using

virtualalloc as:

VirtualAlloc (pPtrToMem, //NULL

dwSize,

MEM_COMMIT,

PAGE_READWRITE);

This is running fine on Win2k, but if I try to run this on

Windows PE, i am getting an error as "paging file is too

small to complete this operation(ERROR_COMMITMENT_LIMIT)"

can anybody tell me how to increase pagefile limit in Windows PE? or is there any other reason?

Any help is welcome.

Thanks

.

[likuidkewl]

What version of PE are you using Microsoft or Bart?

[zen]

I think 1.2, its not mentioned specifically anywhere in the documentation i have

[likuidkewl]

This is mainly due to PE not having a pagefile, you can add a ram drive though and try to diect it there.

[zen]

I want to test the total available memory in the system & thats why using VirtualAlloc, so how can a ram drive will help me in this? is there any other way to get the total available system meory & pointer yo starting location(smthing like INT15 h in DOS)

[likuidkewl]

I want to test the total available memory in the system & thats why using VirtualAlloc, so how can a ram drive will help me in this? is there any other way to get the total available system meory & pointer yo starting location(smthing like INT15 h in DOS)

Now that I understand where you are going with this, I honestly don't know I would try to hit up the MS news groups on that one.

[zen]

hey, its wrking now..

anyways thanks for help

[likuidkewl]

hey, its wrking now..

anyways thanks for help

So what did you do to make it work since there is no pagefile in PE?