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From: fn@waldorf.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Frank Nobis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: At boot: file too big to load
Date: 4 Dec 1992 12:18:06 GMT
Organization: CS Department, Dortmund University, Germany
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References: <1992Nov22.225044.1344@ghost.dsi.unimi.it> <1992Nov23.070212.9393@tfs.com> <RAEBURN.92Dec1174219@tweedledumb.cygnus.com> <1992Dec3.074426.18271@runx.oz.au>
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In article <1992Dec3.074426.18271@runx.oz.au>, bde@runx.oz.au (Bruce Evans)
writes:
|>
|> Yes. The bss has to fit below 640K because there is no RAM between
|> 640K and 1MB. Additionally, the GDT in the bootstrap code has to stay
|> alive after the kernel has cleared the bss.
|>
Is it possible to use the shadow ram, that most boards provide
between 640K and 1M?
Regards
Frank
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