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From: veit@mururoa.gmd.de (Holger Veit)
Subject: Re: Kernel >640k with 386BSD-0.1 pk0.2.4 ???
Message-ID: <1993Jul12.151454.6374@gmd.de>
Sender: veit@mururoa (Holger Veit)
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References: <jkizi01.742467528@mailserv>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 15:14:54 GMT
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In article <jkizi01.742467528@mailserv>, jkizi01@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Class) writes:
|> Hello world!
|>
|> I am trying to get a kernel to run that is >640K (text+data+bss),
|> the bootcode (new version from pk-0.2.4) states that the kernel
|> if hopefully linked for >1MB, but it isn't. So it does not boot :-(
|>
|> Can anybody explain to me what i would have to do to link the kernel
|> for >1MB, to use it with julians new bootblocks. Having a kernel
|> <640K is getting harder, because i need wd plus scsi-support!
As it was recently found out with porting Mach to NetBSD, the Julian
boot loader has a bug, which effectively prevents booting over 1MB.
There will be fixes for this problem soon in NetBSD and 386bsd.
|>
|> Thx a lot!
|>
|> Micha
|>
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|> michael class jkizi01@mailserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de
|> hauptstr. 83 jkizi01@compserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de
|> 72127 wankheim
|> frg
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