Subject: Re: How is "dosboot" supposed to work?
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 05/18/1997 02:45:26
In article <Pine.NEB.3.96.970517155215.2143B-100000@canal.iaw.on.ca>,
	Rick Byers <rickb@iaw.on.ca> writes:
> I'm not sure exactly, but I noticed that it works fine if I don't load
> HIMEM.SYS.

Yes, leaving out "himem.sys" did the trick.

> I assume it has to do with putting the system into protected
> mode. Dosboot runs gateA20(), but himem.sys allready has done that.

What it be possible to enhance "dosboot" to recognize that?

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Matthias Scheler                                http://home.pages.de/~tron/