🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi,

when I tried to test the DOS features of my OS/2 2.0 machines it crashes!
I wrote the following simple test program :

#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
   int i;
   int far *a;
   a = 0;
   for (i=0; i<10000; i++) a[i]=i;
}

When runing this program on a DOS machine the computer hangs and after 
reboot, the setup is destroyed.
On an OS/2 machine I expected to get a general protection fault or 
something like that but what I got was system crash. I can reproduce two
diffenrent results (with different machines) :

1. A register dump and a stopped system, reboot works fine.
2. System hangs (no reg dump) and setup is destroyed.

My question : what is the reason for this crash and can I protect my
system against it?

Thanks in advance,
Frankpeter

P.S. : We're using COMPAQ 386/25e with a german version of OS/2 2.0.
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