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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> > It is easier to make such a correction while still in DOS, but
> > DOS must still be able to allow loadlin to boot Linux, so my
> > idea was to only "correct" some of the altered vectors.  In
> > fact, I wrote a quick program to change the first 32.
> > On the basis of tests with a 486, a Pentium, and a Pentium II,
> > this seems to work flawlessly and to allow booting from a
> > "normal" DOS environment with XMS ("himem.sys" or equal).  I
> > do not use emm386, so I cannot say if it would work.  Tests
> > were conducted using PTS-DOS and FreeDOS.

In my own trial of FreeDOS I had no trouble using loadlin after booting 
DOS with himem.sys.  Where it causes a problem is in MS DOS 6.22.  Would 
you mind testing on that?

DR-DOS and Win9X DOS himem.sys did not cause loadlin problems.
Win98 smartdrv did cause problems. Does your program remove smartdrv or 
its effects?