From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 26 20:57:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA26048 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:57:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from unix.safeweb.net (safeweb.net [207.193.55.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA26042 for ; Wed, 26 Aug 1998 20:56:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bob@safeweb.net) Received: from safeweb.net (dial-087.safeweb.net [207.193.192.87]) by unix.safeweb.net (8.8.7/8.6.12) with ESMTP id EAA19840; Tue, 27 Aug 1996 04:55:55 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <35E4D8C9.9D4A0541@safeweb.net> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 22:55:53 -0500 From: Bobby Walker X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andriss CC: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: weird post-install things.. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message