[syslinux] MEMDISK location in memory

[Gene Cumm]

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Martin Osterloh
<Martin.Osterloh at dartmouth.edu> wrote:
> Hi Gene,
>
> Thanks for your reply. I would really like to use the memory map since this is most convenient for me. I noticed that there is an additional entry in the memory map. However, I am trying to find out what type MEMDISK uses? Any information on this?

Read utils/memdiskfind's source.  Beyond that, I'm not sure as I've
never had a reason to not use it.

--
-Gene

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text,
especially the archives of mailing lists.
Q: Why is Top-posting such a bad thing?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On Behalf Of Gene Cumm
> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 12:32 PM
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> Subject: Re: [syslinux] MEMDISK location in memory
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Martin Osterloh <Martin.Osterloh at dartmouth.edu> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am new to Syslinux and Memdisk. I setup a PXE boot server that services an image file via memdisk. This works very well.
>
>> Well, where is that "high memory chunk"?
>
> Tried utils/memdiskfind or dosutil/mdiskchk.com?  It'll also be listed in the e820 memory map (although likely unreliable).
>
> --
> -Gene