From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 10 15:53:03 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 7D7BC1065688 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:53:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f171.google.com (mail-ew0-f171.google.com [209.85.219.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 100528FC1E for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:53:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so1127731ewy.43 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:53:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=yyLP6bXOKCUIFIN1N49QOWSe1meQlTskbldY7z+zIqk=; b=Hq0b8xwgmj0fG1yTT7g/XEZB0JcGUNLFLa5YY4oe7EkobEV1KE37ZYeriVZlLKPnGE qni7cK6XRZSBx6t/VpTIE4PvCYrGhfef1F592DYtjsoCMpn9IyYa0+jnZoxFy5M0n/Ph qmwNFgD9HLclEiiteTw5J1UKxX/vf7HXU+Wqw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=MS3IIDVLnP2D3iCoA1cCWiSoy++TpD/2WwdGsoknriJNwz1u+mTL+Mja+6cpaaGR8l sSTrEAJ2xA/JLts7nFzEJK7d144XBORAkFYfYFWBR4MT9/U9zq+jSJm45MrAEQ5YmPsk yCj9t2zhQ2dIr3hLRk946hlEkLRYgJGMMyzN8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.127.13 with SMTP id z13mr332653ebc.35.1239378782143; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:53:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <493958.16188.qm@web52105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <493958.16188.qm@web52105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:53:02 +0200 Message-ID: <1bd550a00904100853i3bfe7192ue4729cb3c3c1dffd@mail.gmail.com> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= To: ipfreak@yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd general questions Subject: Re: loader.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:53:04 -0000 On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 5:32 PM, gahn wrote: > > Hi all: > > I have a machine with 2GB memory. in the file loader.conf, there is a lin= e: > > #hw.physmem=3D"1G" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# Limit physical memory= . See loader(8) > > Could I remove the "#" and change that to "2G"? Yes, but if your purpose is to use all the available memory, you don't need to do anything. Because it is commented, that line doesn't have effect and the system will use all the available memory. What does sysctl hw.physmem return? > > Interestingly, the sysctl indicates the parameter of "hw.physmem" is not = changeable. After booting, it is. > > Any guru here give me some enlightenment? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >