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Date:	Sun, 7 Mar 2004 20:44:41 PST8
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Booting above 1024?

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I have always operated under the rule that nothing could boot above
1024. That has included DOS, W9X, W3&4 and Linux, all of which I have
booted from below 1024, on the first HDD, from a single menu, and to the
extent that I was able to configure them that way, in full view of each
other--I never got anything else to see Linux, but all the rest I use to
perform maintenance on each other, share data space and maybe even data.

Some comments lately have indicated that 1024 is not a limit anymore,
maybe. I have not considered the 1024 limit to be a burden. However,
"needs" will always expand to fill whatever capabilities are available.
How does one determine if a machine can boot above 1024? Is it
dependent on BIOS, OS...? I would hope this could be done without
having an OS on a HDD.

Ray

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