[syslinux] Re: Does pxelinux work with >1GB RAM?

[H. Peter Anvin]

H. J. Lu wrote:
> 
> I am not sure if the stack usage is really an issue. Intel PXE doesn't
> use any memory below 3MB. However, pxelinux uses memory between 0x1000
> and 0x7c00 for various buffers. According to PXE 2.1 spec, memory
> between 0x500 and 0x7c00 are reserved. I don't know if it makes a 
> difference.
> 

The PXE 2.1 "spec" is unbelievably unclear on what is spec and what is
sample usage.  0x500..0x7c00 is in use by all standard bootstrap
programs.  DOS loads at 0x700.

	-hpa