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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:18:04 -0400
From: Bart Trojanowski <bart@jukie.net>
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Subject: how to tell linux (on x86) to ignore 1M or memory
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I need to preserve some state from the bios before entering protected
mode.  For now I want to copy it into some ram accessible by real-mode,
say the last megabyte visible in real-mode.

What's the easiest way to have linux ignore the megabyte starting at 15M?

Cheers,
-Bart