There is a known problem with the new memory detection code for x86 and
loadlin. I'm not sure if that's what you're seeing. I just sent
email to loadlin author Hans Lermen to see if we can find the problem.
FYI, the memory detection code in 2.1.44 is different than in
2.0.30-pre2, so if one works and the other doesn't that a useful data
point.
Thanks,
Larry
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>All,
> after happily building 2.1.44 kernels on my (Intel) system,
>all I get when I boot (either via a boot block floppy or via loadlin.exe
>is a complaint that my system has less than 4Mbytes of memory. I've tried
>fiddling with various kernel arguments to no avail and it's not the
>loadlin, as that is 1.6 and happily boots larger 2.0.30++ kernels.
>Any clues?
>
>Dave