Re: "Extended" memory?

> limit on 8086, 8088, and 80186-based systems. (yes, there _was_ an > 80186 chip; it just wasn't widely used in the same way that the 8088, > 80286, 80386, and 80486 were.) ... Actually, the 186 is probably *more* used than the others, just not in home-user pc's: * many X terminals used

Re: "Extended" memory?

ed memory : >as possible. Linux requires extended memory and can not use : >expanded memory. : : I'm confused, since unices make no such distinctions between memory. : This is under the BIOS settings instructions, so presumably there : were systems where the BIOS somehow configured the memory

"Extended" memory?

I see that the Debian installation instructions contain the following. >Extended vs. Expanded Memory >If your system provides both extended and expanded memory, set it >so that there is as much extended and as little expanded memory >as possible. Linux requires extended memory and