Re: Memory between 640K-1M

Adam Fritzler (afritz@delphid.ml.org)
Sat, 16 May 1998 22:54:17 -0700 (MST)


On somewhat related note, does Linux support non-contiguous memory? (as is
occurs when you have to use the 'memory hole' option in many new
pentium bios's for some old cards)

af

On Sun, 17 May 1998, Anthony Barbachan wrote:

> I was wondering if any of the 384K RAM between 640K-1M, not being used by
> adapters or shadowing, might be usable for something. I can't remember if
> this area was set aside by DOS or by the PC's original architecture. It
> seams wasteful to continue to just mark it as reserved. If usable, some of
> this memory could give some of those memory starved machines out there some
> more breathing room.
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