Kernel Definition

[Richard Tobin]

In article <1991May23.170918.11612 at sequent.com> vandys at sequent.com (Andrew Valencia) writes:
>I agree that the UNIX OS is probably getting too large to fit in RAM all
>at once.

Several unix kernels require 1-2 Mbytes.  I haven't seen more than this.
Thus, the kernel fits into about $50 worth of memory.  

-- Richard
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