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From: kenh@techbook.com (Ken Haynes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: Memory on a nondedicated sever
Message-ID: <1991Apr19.182450.29426@techbook.com>
Date: 19 Apr 91 18:24:50 GMT
References: <1991Apr16.154503.3448@waikato.ac.nz>
Organization: TECHbooks of Beaverton Oregon - Public Access Unix
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In article <1991Apr16.154503.3448@waikato.ac.nz> ccc_jc@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>Im running novell 2.15 as a non dedicated server.
>My problem concerns memory management in these conditions, on the server.
>It seems the novell opertating sytem uses all available extended memory
>when it is started up....thus leaving none for applications running under
>dos on the server, eg windows...
>
>Has anyone found a solution to tricking the server into leaving some memory
>for dos applications.....

NW 286 bounces back and forth between real and protected mode to accomplish
it's multitasking.  Therefore there is no way to utilize any extended memory
since there is none.

Ken


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