> 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
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
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
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