From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 6 17:59:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA29770 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 17:59:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from raid2.fddi.phoenix.net (alpha400.phoenix.net [207.43.3.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA29758 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 17:59:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcj@phoenix.net) Received: from kosh.phoenix.net (dial1.as1.phoenix.net [205.240.148.16]) by raid2.fddi.phoenix.net (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id UAA04479; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 20:13:06 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19971106195658.006bf098@mail.phoenix.net> X-Sender: jcj@mail.phoenix.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 19:56:58 -0600 To: Julian Elischer , Steve Hovey From: Jim Joseph Subject: Re: Memory allocation Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Compaq Presario 7240. I found the instructiosn for the memory allocation in the FAQ At 02:17 PM 11/6/97 -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: >one of the main manufacturers (gateway, or compaq maybe?) >get this wrong.. >it should be in the FAQ >what manufacturer? > > >On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Steve Hovey wrote: > >> On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Jim Joseph wrote: >> >> > Yeah the RAM rolls up to 48 MB. I solved the problem. I was still using the >> > generic kernel andI did not realize that I needed the MAXMEM line in the kernel. >> >> I thought that only had to be done for ram sizes over 64MB >> >> >> > >> > Thanks for the quick reply though. Now my hard drive is not getting butchered >> > just by running Netscape :-) >> > >> > Jim >> > >> > On 06-Nov-97 Steve Hovey wrote: >> > > >> > >You sure? I mean you see it do the ram roll up to the whole 48MB? Im >> > >thinking maybe one of the upper simms is bad. >> > > >> > >On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Jim Joseph wrote: >> > > >> > >> Why is that when I boot up with FreeBSD 2.2.2 that the kernel gives me this >> > >> message: >> > >> >> > >> real memory = 16777216 (16384K bytes) >> > >> avail memory = 14307328 (13972K bytes) >> > >> >> > >> I have 48 MB of memory on my machine. >> > >> >> > >> Sincerly >> > >> >> > >> Jim >> > >> ---------------------------------- >> > >> E-Mail: Jim Joseph >> > >> Date: 06-Nov-97 >> > >> Time: 09:08:47 >> > >> ------ >> > >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: >> > >> >> > >> ` >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> ---------------------------------- >> > >> >> > >> > ---------------------------------- >> > E-Mail: Jim Joseph >> > Date: 06-Nov-97 >> > Time: 13:53:42 >> > ------ >> > "It's men like him that give the Y chromosome a bad name." >> > >> > ---------------------------------- >> > >> >> > >