>>>>> "MG" == markus <markus@infoscape.com> writes:
MG> --pgp-sign-Multipart_Thu_Jul__3_09:59:50_1997-1 Content-Type:
MG> text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
MG> Bernhard Grill writes:
>> I just want to add a comment to the following :
MG> Thank you very much for these comments; with your permission,
MG> I would like to include them in my document.
Permission granted.
>> I'm trying to boot DOS on a 286 with 640 + 384 kbyte of RAM. I
>> have
MG> ^^^^^^^^^
>> seen several emails regarding the booting of a 286 on this
>> reflector, but I couldn't get a clear picture yet. ^^^
MG> If you want to remote boot on a 286, then you should talk to
MG> Ken. He has done most of the work for this environment. Most
MG> notably, he will be able to tell you, which version of
MG> "etherboot" you should use.
>> Record #2: Length of header: 16 bytes (standard) + 8 bytes
>> (vendor) Vendor tag: 0x11 (ramdisk image) Reserved flags: 0x00
>> Flags: 0x04 (absolute address, last record) Load address:
>> 0x00110000 (high memory)
MG> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Image length: 0x00033200 bytes Memory length: 0x00168000 bytes
>> Vendor data: 80 cylinders; 2 heads; 18 sectors; disk id: 0x00
MG> This will not work on your machine, because the ramdisk image
MG> is loaded above 1MB, but your machine is only equipped with
MG> 1MB.
(I'm normally working on digital signal processing, so please excuse
me if I'm totally wrong.) I noticed this high memory address. However,
I thought the 384 kbyte, which I configured as Extended RAM, are
located just there.
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