Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 19:41:44 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: chaz&diane goodsell <sundown@ezol.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Easy way to Adjust amount of RAM Message-ID: <20001015194144.A16850@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <002901c035db$b52848c0$5c3dfdcc@0016453202>; from "chaz&diane goodsell" on Sat Oct 14 08:38:50 GMT 2000 References: <002901c035db$b52848c0$5c3dfdcc@0016453202>
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In the last episode (Oct 14), chaz&diane goodsell said: > I am trying to fumble through my first successful install of FreeBSD > 4.0. I am installing the OS on a Compaq 2500, with 5 "4.3 GiG HDD" > 320MG of RAM and dual processors. I'm not ready to tackle the SMP > yet. I am disappointed with the fact that BSD is only seeing 16MG of > RAM. Is there an easy way to adjust this setting? All the > documentation I have seen references MAXMEM. I was hoping there is a > control file that could be edited VS recompiling the Kernel. Thank > you in advance for your assistance. Compaqs have never reported their RAM correctly and always need to have the correct value hardcoded. Edit (or create) /boot/loader.conf, add the line set hw.physmem="320M" and reboot. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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