Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 14:17:49 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: Jim Joseph <jcj@mail.phoenix.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory allocation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971106141648.2954H-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971106150502.4096B-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
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 <jcj@mail.phoenix.net> > > >> Date: 06-Nov-97 > > >> Time: 09:08:47 > > >> ------ > > >> QUOTE OF THE DAY: > > >> > > >> ` > > >> > > >> > > >> ---------------------------------- > > >> > > > > ---------------------------------- > > E-Mail: Jim Joseph <jcj@mail.phoenix.net> > > Date: 06-Nov-97 > > Time: 13:53:42 > > ------ > > "It's men like him that give the Y chromosome a bad name." > > > > ---------------------------------- > > > >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.3.95.971106141648.2954H-100000>