diff --git a/elks/arch/i86/boot/setup.S b/elks/arch/i86/boot/setup.S
index 46fd92d4a..c7db93a12 100644
--- a/elks/arch/i86/boot/setup.S
+++ b/elks/arch/i86/boot/setup.S
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ debug_loader    =       0       // display relocations
 #define KERNEL_MAGICNUMBER MINIX_SPLITID_LOW
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_ROMCODE
-  INITSEG  = DEF_INITSEG	// initial setup data seg, we move boot here - out of the way
-  SYSSEG   = DEF_SYSSEG 	// first kernel blob load point before relocation
+  INITSEG  = DEF_INITSEG	// initial setup data seg and initial Image load address
+  SYSSEG   = DEF_SYSSEG 	// first kernel blob copy load point before relocation
   SETUPSEG = DEF_SETUPSEG	// this is the current code segment
 #else
   INITSEG  = CONFIG_ROM_SETUP_DATA
@@ -245,8 +245,7 @@ done_move_kernel:
 	cld
 	mov	$INITSEG,%ax
 	mov	%ax,%ss
-	//mov	$0x4000-12,%sp
-	mov	$0x1000,%sp	// 2K stack: 0x0800 setup size + 0x0800 stack
+	mov	$0x1000,%sp	// 4k gives 7 setup sectors and 512 byte stack above
 	.hex4sp	%ss,"\nNew INIT SS:"
 	.hex4sp	%sp,"SP:"
 
diff --git a/elks/arch/i86/tools/build.c b/elks/arch/i86/tools/build.c
index e23ee2402..0874fdbe6 100644
--- a/elks/arch/i86/tools/build.c
+++ b/elks/arch/i86/tools/build.c
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
 #define MINIX_HEADER 0x20
 #define SUPL_HEADER  0x40
 
-#define SYS_SIZE DEF_SYSSIZE
-
 #define DEFAULT_MAJOR_ROOT 0x03         /* BIOS floppy 0 */
 #define DEFAULT_MINOR_ROOT 0x80
 
@@ -161,7 +159,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     /* for compatibility with LILO */
     if (setup_sectors < SETUP_SECTS)
 	setup_sectors = SETUP_SECTS;
-    fprintf(stderr, "Setup is %d bytes.\n", i);
+    fprintf(stderr, "Setup is %d bytes (%d sectors).\n", i, setup_sectors);
     for (c = 0; c < sizeof(buf); c++)
 	buf[c] = '\0';
     while (i < setup_sectors * 512) {
@@ -204,18 +202,20 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     lseek(id, 0, 0);
 
     sys_size = (sz + 15) / 16;
-    fprintf(stderr, "System is %d (%xh paras)\n", sz, sys_size);
-    if (sys_size > SYS_SIZE)
+    fprintf(stderr, "System is %d B (0x%x paras)\n", sz, sys_size);
+    if (sys_size > DEF_SYSMAX)
 	die("System is too big");
-#if 0 && !defined(CONFIG_ROMCODE)       /* no longer correct */
-    /* compute boot load address to avoid overwriting image at boot relocation time*/
-    fsz = (ex->a_hdrlen + (intel_long(ex->a_text) + intel_long(ex->a_data)) + 15) / 16
-	+ REL_SYSSEG;
-    fprintf(stderr, "Text/Data load ending segment is %x, limit %x\n", fsz, DEF_SYSSEG);
-    if (fsz > DEF_SYSSEG + REL_SYSSEG) {	/* start of reloc entry table at boot */
-	fprintf(stderr, "System too large for DEF_SYSSEG at %x, increase DEF_SYSSEG\n",
-	    DEF_SYSSEG);
-	exit(1);
+#ifndef CONFIG_ROMCODE
+    /* display start and end setup.S copy address for informational purposes */
+    fsz = (ex->a_hdrlen + (intel_long(ex->a_text) + intel_long(ex->a_data)) + 15) / 16;
+    if (ex->a_hdrlen == SUPL_HEADER) {
+        fsz += (intel_long(ex->a_trsize) + intel_long(ex->a_drsize)
+            + intel_long(ex->esh_ftrsize) + intel_long(ex->esh_ftseg) + 15) / 16;
+    }
+    fsz += REL_SYSSEG;
+    fprintf(stderr, "Load segment start 0x%x end 0x%x\n", DEF_SYSSEG, fsz);
+    if (DEF_SYSSEG < REL_SYSSEG + 0x1000) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "Warning: Load segment too low for REL_SYSSEG at %x, increase DEF_SYSSEG\n", REL_SYSSEG);
     }
 #endif
     while (sz > 0) {
diff --git a/elks/include/linuxmt/config.h b/elks/include/linuxmt/config.h
index 7d7b15b79..0d5cac6e6 100644
--- a/elks/include/linuxmt/config.h
+++ b/elks/include/linuxmt/config.h
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@
 
 /* Don't touch these, unless you really know what you are doing. */
 #define DEF_INITSEG     0x0100  /* initial Image load address by boot code */
-#define DEF_SYSSEG      0x1300  /* kernel copied here by setup.S code */
+#define DEF_SYSSEG      0x1300  /* address setup then copies kernel to, then REL_SYSSEG */
 #define DEF_SETUPSEG    DEF_INITSEG + 0x20
-#define DEF_SYSSIZE     0x2F00
+#define DEF_SYSMAX      0x2F00  /* maximum system size (=.text+.fartext+.data) */
 
 /* DMASEG is a bounce buffer of 1K (=BLOCKSIZE) below the first 64K boundary (=0x1000:0)
  * for use with the old 8237 DMA controller OR a disk track buffer of 9K (18 ectors).