Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 10:39:34 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: "John T. Moss" <jtmoss@cts.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Real Mode or Protected Mode? Message-ID: <33D463B6.47D9@barcode.co.il> References: <33D30DED.CF978C00@cts.com>
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John T. Moss wrote: > > I was just wondering if FreeBSD ran in Real or Protected mode becuase > DOS runs in real and has to use EMS ect... To get out of the 1 meg limit > but UNIX varants use all memory. I was wondering if it ran in protected > mode all the time or just swaped in on out like DOS to access beyond one > meg. > > Thanks, > John Like most modern OSs, FreeBSD uses only protected mode. Nadav
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