Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1997 19:56:58 -0600 From: Jim Joseph <jcj@phoenix.net> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory allocation Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19971106195658.006bf098@mail.phoenix.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971106141648.2954H-100000@current1.whistle.c om> References: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971106150502.4096B-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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Compaq Presario 7240. I found the instructiosn for the memory allocation in the FAQ At 02:17 PM 11/6/97 -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: >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." >> > >> > ---------------------------------- >> > >> >> > >
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