>     with HIMEM.SYS      629,000 bytes free  --> kernel does not load
>     without HIMEM.SYS   566,000 bytes free  --> kernel loads fine
> 
> This makes NO SENSE AT ALL!  Why does loading fail when I have MORE
> memory available?  I am confused.  Thank you for listening.  Cheers!

Probably there is a fragmentation issue that loadlin isn't smart enough to
detect/handle where the *contiguous* memory is what matters?

The DOS installer definitely has more problems than tomsrtbt itself, but
at least I'm starting to know what the most likely workarounds are...

-Tom

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