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From: leisner.wbst139@xerox.com
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Subject: Re: 286 protected mode allow large programs?
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Date: 11 Apr 91 17:48:07 GMT
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I got Minix to run on a x286 in protected mode.

Its a lot of work.  It does allow you to access more ram.  It doesn't do
anything about the segmentation.  The best way to run larger programs is to get
386 Minix and use gcc (hey, I think the GNU stuff is great!!)

marty
(Knowledge is useful in the Information Age)
(Software is mindstuff.  It is the hardest activity created by man)
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