[syslinux] memdisk, free memory

[Michael Redinger]

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Hi,

I am having trouble with memdisk not freeing all all memory - mem /c
shows only about 570K memory (and I happen to need that extra memory in
DOS ... :-( ).

I found some (rather old) information about this issue. It seems as if
this is just what is happening to me:

http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2003-June/002213.html
http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2003-June/002215.html
http://syslinux.zytor.com/archives/2003-July/002225.html
https://lists.sdsc.edu/pipermail/npaci-rocks-discussion/2003-June/002152.html

However, this does not seem to be limited to some PXE implementations: I
tried 7 different computers (HP, Compaq and Dell; 1-5 years old; 3
different network card vendors). The problem was always the same (with
the amount of memory missing differing from system to system).

This happened with both the current stable and the development version.
I also tried a 2.x version and 1.75 (which, according to one mail,
should work) - same results.

Are really all the PXE stacks broken?

Thanks,
Michael

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Michael Redinger
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