Date:	Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:07:19 +0100
From:	Matthias Paul <PAUL-MA AT reze-1 DOT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject:	Re: How to look for the DOS BIOS code?
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Message-id:	<4273C0C37E9@reze-1.rz.rwth-aachen.de>
Organization:	Rechenzentrum RWTH Aachen
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On DH473 AT AOL DOT COM Wed, 21 Oct 1998:

> Indeed, thats the point. I made  my  version of  ....DOS 7.02 loading the
> resident part of the first copy of COMMAND.COM into HMA with the SIZE=nnnn
> switch (discussion in May about  Memory optimization help... ). But that kicks
> the BIOS kernel (which is less in size) off of the HMA - nice relocatable
> feature :-( .
This glitch slipped in due to the Novell DOS updates  sources missing 
approx. a year ago, when I re-engineered these changes from the 
binaries and added new stuff... At the same time, COMMAND was growing 
because of its added LFN support, hence all this trouble.

> >I can't imagine what you plan to do with this information...
> Just to transform an ugly, unreliable and disgraceful patch into a little bit
> more reliable one. ;-)
It looks to me, that this is no longer necessary. Please try out the
IBMBIO, IBMDOS, and COMMAND binaries available in the BETA update 
section of Caldera s web-site...

Matthias
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