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<!-- $Id: memoryuse.sgml,v 1.4 1995-10-22 00:42:13 jfieber Exp $ --> <!-- $Id: memoryuse.sgml,v 1.5 1995-12-19 10:21:07 gclarkii Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect><heading>PC memory utilization<label id="memoryuse"></heading> <sect><heading>PC memory utilization<label id="memoryuse"></heading>
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<p><em>Contributed by &a.joerg;.<newline> <p><em>Contributed by &a.joerg;.<newline>
16 Apr 1995.</em> 16 Apr 1995.</em>
<bf>Question:</bf> <em>By the way, I have seen no description <em>A short description of how FreeBSD uses the memory on the i386
of how FreeBSD uses PC memory, ie platform</em>
what 0-640K gets used for, does the kernel load there or higher,
is the kernel relocated, etc. Is there a paper on this?</em>
The boot sector will be loaded at <tt>0:0x7c00</tt>, and relocates itself The boot sector will be loaded at <tt>0:0x7c00</tt>, and relocates itself
immediately to <tt>0x7c0:0</tt>. (This is nothing magic, just an adjustment immediately to <tt>0x7c0:0</tt>. (This is nothing magic, just an adjustment