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Date:      Thu, 4 Jan 2001 16:52:58 +0100
From:      Andrew Prewett <prewett@kronos.HostUniverse.net>
To:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Memory upgrade in 2.2.6
Message-ID:  <20010104165258.B91914@kronos.hostuniverse.hu>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.0.20010104162849.00b668f0@pop3.malawi.net>; from kondwani@malawi.net on Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 04:38:26PM %2B0200
References:  <4.3.2.7.0.20010104162849.00b668f0@pop3.malawi.net>

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On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 04:38:26PM +0200, Kondie wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have lately upgraded my FreeBSD 2.2.6 box with a single 128 MB DIMM from 
> 32 MB. The system runs on a Compaq Presario 5070 and the computer registers 
> 128MB when starting up whereas in FreeBSD, when I check out dmesg it says:
> 
> 	real memory  = 16777216 (16384K bytes)
> 	avail memory = 14376960 (14040K bytes)
> 
> I would like to know if there is anything I can do so that FreeBSD 
> registers the full 128MB as the CMOS does, cause I believe from the dmesg 
> results the system is seeing 16MB instead of 128MB.
> 

 I don't know if it works with 2.2.6, but you can try to putting
this line in your kernel config file and recompile.

options 	MAXMEM="(128*1024)"


Cheers,

	Andrew



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