How is kernel memory reserved on NT/Win2k?

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How is kernel memory reserved on NT/Win2k?. How is the initial size of the
paged and non-paged kmem pools decided - To what size can total kmemory
grow to?. For a 256 Mb machine what can I expec the sizes to be?

Thanks
-Johnny

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Are you talking about virtual or physical memory ? The virtual memory layout
for the kernel is well defined. You can find a description in the “Inside
Windows 2000 book 3rd Edition”. Physical memory is not reserved specifically
for the kernel.

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> How is kernel memory reserved on NT/Win2k?. How is the initial size of the
> paged and non-paged kmem pools decided - To what size can total kmemory
> grow to?. For a 256 Mb machine what can I expec the sizes to be?
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> Thanks
> -Johnny
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