From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Nov 6 18:42:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA02181 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 18:42:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA02174 for ; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 18:42:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (mail.futuresouth.com [207.141.254.21]) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA28654; Thu, 6 Nov 1997 20:41:59 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 20:41:59 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Julian Elischer cc: Steve Hovey , Jim Joseph , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory allocation In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Julian Elischer wrote: > one of the main manufacturers (gateway, or compaq maybe?) > get this wrong.. > it should be in the FAQ > what manufacturer? > Compaq got it wrong; I have a Presario, and unless I explicitly state MAXMEM, it'll only take 16. Which is annoying, since I only have 72 in... *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*