Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:06:48 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7.0 and RAM limit Message-ID: <g55mkh$8rr$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <1FC03320-82E6-4ADD-AE3F-E0BAD48AF4D0@heron.pl> References: <1FC03320-82E6-4ADD-AE3F-E0BAD48AF4D0@heron.pl>
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