Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> writes:

> At 11:00 PM 10/25/2002 +0100, robert w hall wrote:
> 
> >Hans Lermen changed the gdt structure in version 1.6b to enable it to
> >boot a win4lin-enabled kernel - he also changed things recently (1.6c)
> >to boot kernels of between 0.5 &1.5Mb compressed.
> 
> (1.5MB?  I remember hitting the 1MB wall even after grabbing 1.6c.  hmm..)
> 
> I went back and double-checked my loadlin version, and it turned out I was
> actually using 1.6a due to a fat finger.  Version 1.6c booted fine (only one
> kernel tested) without Eric's help.  1.6a definitely needs Eric's help to boot.

Darn.  I guess the arguments for my patch may not be quite as good,
but I still think it may be worth while.

> (gee, it works.  sure hope I don't hit the new lard limit any time soon;)

I wonder what the change in 1.6b was....

Eric
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