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From: jaggy@purplet.demon.co.uk (Mike Jagdis)
Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!pipex!demon!purplet!jaggy
Subject: Re: Maximal kernel size (was Re: /dev/lp and LARGEW  configurations)
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Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1992 19:22:00 +0000
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JE> The new bootblocks (BIOS based) will load the kernel to
JE> wherever it is linked
JE> to e.g. if you link for FE100000 it will load to 100000.

Oh wow! Am I right in thinking that the lower 640k (less a bit) gets added 
to the VM pool as well?

                        Mike