RAM Mapping Script

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Sun Mar 2 17:21:50 EST 2008


> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 13:56:36 -0500
> From: "Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com>

>   What I don't know about is if or how the protected mode kernel uses
> and/or preserves the real-mode IVT at 0x000 though 0x1000.  As others

IIRC, the RAM right after the interrupt vector table is used to hold
the page tables.  I *think* the IVT remains intact.  Now, if you have
bad RAM in one of your page tables... you can get some *really* screwy
things happening to you apps. :)


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