Problem: far to near copy, and vice versa

Could someone tell me what is wrong with this?

Code:

static byte	response_string[300];
	
static byte far	far_response_string[3500];


_fstrncpy( far_response_string, "hi", 3 );

response_string[0] = far_response_string[1];

goto_lcd(0,1);
sprintf( _temps, "%c", response_string[0] );
puts_lcd( _temps );

What i get on the lcd is nothing (null)

I have a feeling that the

Code:

response_string[0] = far_response_string[1];

line is copying it as a null.

I've tried casting the far_response_string[0] to a (byte) also but with the same problem, the scary thing is that the compiler doesn't complain. I would have expected a suspicious pointer conversion warning if it was a casting issue.

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Problem: 64k block issue