Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!mailrus!umix!umich!mibte!gamma!ulysses!thumper!faline!bellcore!tness7!mechjgh From: mechjgh@tness7.UUCP (Greg Hackney ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: 386 bios/memory allocation Message-ID: <1660@tness7.UUCP> Date: 7 May 88 15:05:46 GMT Organization: Southwestern Bell, Network Engineering, Dallas Lines: 21 I could use some advice on a 386 PC question... Mine has a Phoenix brand bios chip. When it boots up, the system reserves 384K of memory for optionally downloading bios and ega (via DOS software) into ram for greater speed. I wnat to use that 384K for MicroPort Unix. Is there a way to do it? Is the allocation done by the bios chip, and can it be defeated by another bios chip, or is it system dependent. BTW, it is a Suntek-386, which probably nobody ever heard of. Thanks in advance. -- Greg Hackney mechjgh@tness7.UUCP {ihnp4 | bellcore | killer}!tness7!mechjgh