From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Mar 23 07:42:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA04664 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 07:42:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (root@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA04627 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 07:42:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id JAA14487; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 09:41:27 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 09:41:26 -0600 (CST) From: Chris Dillon X-Sender: cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us To: Drew Derbyshire - UUPC/extended software support cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD can't find 32M of my 48M without help In-Reply-To: <351547FB.6B020444@kew.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Drew Derbyshire - UUPC/extended software support wrote: > 2) By default, the kernel only reports I have 16M, when in fact I have 48M. > Windows 95 does see the entire 48M, and FreeBSD will see all 48M if I > explicitly tell it in the configuration file via MAXMEM. > > I didn't think the MAXMEM was required for under 64M. > > Machine is a Compaq P/166. Of the few Compaq machines that I have installed FreeBSD on, RAM over 16MB was never recognized and had to be explicitly set with MAXMEM in the kernel. -- Chris Dillon --- cdillon@inter-linc.net --- cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us /* Powered by FreeBSD, the best operating system on the planet. Available for Intel x86 and compatible computers. SPARC and Alpha ports currently under development. (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message