Re: System is too big

Wai-Sun Chia (waisun.chia@msa.dec.com)
Wed, 07 Apr 1999 14:53:22 +0800

Brian Gerst wrote:
<SNIP>
> extended memory. The reason there is a size limitation on a zImage is
> that is is loaded into conventional memory (first 640k), since the
> processor is still in real mode while the kernel is loaded.
<SNIP>

The solution, hence is to use a _REAL_ processor which supports a full
flat 64-bit memory addressing space during boot. ;-)

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Wai-Sun "squidster" Chia
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