DOS/4G Reversing

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Hi,
i'm trying to reverse a dos based bios flasher who runs with DOS/4W extender .

I analyzed the file, it has a stardard exe dos header , then after the end of the exe image there's what i think it's the real program .
The section listed in exe header is only the DOS 4G loader , who sets protected mode , loads the real program and then switch to pm and trasfer control to the real code (the flasher code) .
The problem is that i don't know how to debug / reverse it .
If i load it in IDA it only recognize the standard image , but don't load the whole file .
If i strip the additional bytes after the regular image end, and try to execute i get and error message saying "Not a DOS /16M executable" , so i think i'm right about first section of exe being just the DOS 4G loader .
Could you point me to some tools or tutorials on how to reverse such kind of application ?
Does DOS4G applications have a signature to identify the section where the real program that is executed in PM is ?

Thanks .
Nico.