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To: didier@omnix.fr.org
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Subject: Re: maximum memory 
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From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
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Date: Fri, 02 Feb 1996 10:37:43 -0800
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>Hi
>
>I've just install 2 computer with 128mb but only 64mb are seen by 
>FreeBSD. I checked everywhere (handbook/faq) but I've not been able
>to find anything. It seems that the parameter is MAXMEM in kb 
>from machdep.c (is it true) ?

   Yes, the kernel option is MAXMEM:

options "MAXMEM=<Kbytes>"

   For 128MB, this would be:

options "MAXMEM=131072"

-DG

David Greenman
Core Team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project