From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 18 05:55:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA06522 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 05:55:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA06517 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 05:55:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA07070; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 07:54:51 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from proot) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199811181354.HAA07070@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Memory Limits with Compaq In-Reply-To: <36526E96.E57D7314@energex.com.au> from David de Jong at "Nov 18, 98 04:52:07 pm" To: dd026@energex.com.au (David de Jong) Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 07:54:51 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, David de Jong said: > I have a compaq Armada 1598DT which I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.6 on. The > machine has been loaded with 98M of memory. > > Unfortunately,the kernel will not recognise the full extent of the > memory on this PC. Evidence for this is the high swap rate, top reports > a low memory inactive level, the info from the boot record (obtained > from dmesg) is as follows:- > real memory = 16777216 (16384K bytes) > avail memory = 14680064 (14336K bytes) > > I have compiled the kernel with the line "options MAXMEM=(98*1024)" > included with no success. I have this line in my 64 meg Deskpro: options "MAXMEM=65536" #Allow for 64 Meg I never had much luck with letting the kernel do the math. Also, isn't there some rule about using double-quotes when mixing numbers with alpha? -- "I don't know what weapons they will use in World War III, but they will be using clubs in the fourth." -- Albert Einstein To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message