Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 17:26:24 -0700 (PDT)
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: DPMI Host limited to 64MD physical memory
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orly wrote:
>Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 09:30:46 +0800 (GMT)
>From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
>To: Aylott Mark <AylottM AT thmulti DOT com>
>cc: DGJPP Newsgroup <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
>Subject: Re: DPMI Host limited to 64MB physical memory on Compaq PC ??
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>On Fri, 30 May 1997, Aylott Mark wrote:
>
>> 
>> 
>> Does anyone have any reasons why no matter what
>> I do in the way of machine config I cannot get more
>> than 64MBytes allocatable physical memory when
>> the machine I am using has 128MBytes physical
>> memory ??
>
>to my knowledge, the BIOS can't see more than 64MB of RAM at all due to
>some brain damages. :)
>
>under Linux, if you have more than 64MB, you have to explicitly tell the
>kernel that you do have the extra memory, as the BIOS will not report it.
>
>
I have no idea if this is any help to the original problem, but my AMI Bios
has an option called "OS/2 With Over 64M: Yes/No". Since OS/2 is also a
protected mode/DPMI server, I'd guess this is related. Don't know myself
since I don't have that much ram. You could check your Bios for something
similar.

					--Nate <eldredge AT ap DOT net>