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Date:      Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:55:53 -0500
From:      Bobby Walker <bob@safeweb.net>
To:        Andriss <andriss@argate.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: weird post-install things..
Message-ID:  <35E4D8C9.9D4A0541@safeweb.net>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980826142001.6802A-100000@tasam.com>

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Andriss wrote:
> 
> When I installed freebsd 2.2.7-release directly from
> a cd, I noticed that it only detects and uses 64 megs
> of memory, though I have one 128Mb dimm..
> I have researched the problem, but the only solution
> I found was for linux, to put mem=128M in lilo file
> so kernel uses all memory. What is the alternative
> solution for freebsd? Sorry if the question was
> answered already.

Try adding the following line to your kernel config file:

options		"MAXMEM=(128*1024)"

Recompile the kernel, reboot and then you're in business.

Hope that helps

-- Bob

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