From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 10 15:32:45 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75F5E1065672 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:32:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ipfreak@yahoo.com) Received: from web52105.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web52105.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.48.108]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09C748FC25 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:32:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ipfreak@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 16822 invoked by uid 60001); 10 Apr 2009 15:32:44 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1239377564; bh=r2FjC4/uuNCIrzLsBa5Kajri7ZHU4ETzzrZtGT6E5cU=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=pk/YKD80NeuJuFVU67vox5G+ub69DIQ+K+auw4/p4MqWcpQVC+ocMoIe2EibjggvqDs5FWSX5NyULDmjZRXtSQ+E6FW4esZBVWi2+X/Pc1SDNJRyBJeYEZr8v6UU6/Gkq/F+BGzSYKan1E8305z3zB1S8bU9i0ROnMeCV0kc6Pk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=R5f5PVGLdDDK8p+ENiptbglrjfPuaPmTsrOnZoLDKeq+Wb7KjmjbEVij6hzP7ePeEkqcTwfz0vnr1KLZy2jmUKASvS9YKvjD9b3DTysNZLUaohBfW4mLx7elBrGd9H1ZLkAqhA8mSqqq7PKRFFHPmb6cUiFjyCW3P3fD/kQifD8=; Message-ID: <493958.16188.qm@web52105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: NU4eWXQVM1mH1qOjPPF_qgkLENutoRqdopS9GA7NO2lpBMFKHWd14fN4cuNpRSmrv6p8iNoHNCyIYk_oTXE7XvVFh6gKQZdDvax3ZygXZTzbf4FdAFPD9rnGG_iYJwlJYA5munhXn0JPqmYMDP3NhaXFQoDFKPBtRrgaxlr4C8VVzElOb9TRMAHhYxkpf0xcgJ7ufUGNd9cuVf9alYqJGXr.TuPYsXJ7LdqvdE6EdjF1uSKukqm9L9qp_hxp_raaN0a6dwvrrYZg1qmlujSUwn0PRga4PDWPSYhD.4D1ou5pExI_hDI- Received: from [134.207.53.14] by web52105.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:32:44 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.7.289.1 Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:32:44 -0700 (PDT) From: gahn To: freebsd general questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: loader.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ipfreak@yahoo.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:32:45 -0000 Hi all: I have a machine with 2GB memory. in the file loader.conf, there is a line: #hw.physmem="1G" # Limit physical memory. See loader(8) Could I remove the "#" and change that to "2G"? Interestingly, the sysctl indicates the parameter of "hw.physmem" is not changeable. Any guru here give me some enlightenment?