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From: agm@stl.stc.co.uk (Andrew G. Minter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix-386 : maximum size?
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Date: 19 Dec 90 10:12:09 GMT
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In the referenced article kevin@nuchat.UUCP (Kevin Brown) writes:
>What I REALLY want is a loader that does its thing in 386 mode so it can
>load the kernel anywhere in memory, not just in the first 640K.

I don't have enough knowledge about the deep and nasty internals of PC's to
write such such a beast, but it really is something that I would kill for
(or perhaps even pay money).  If someone feels inclined to have ago they
will have my eternal gratitude.

Andrew