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On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Jamil J. Weatherbee wrote:

> Why does the bootloader only report 64MB if you have >64MB
> you know right above the boot: prompt?

  This isn't even close to belonging on hackers.  Try questions.

  This is in the FAQ:  the BIOS can't report anything bigger, and
bootloader only knows the BIOS tells it.

Tom