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Date:      Thu, 4 Jan 2001 14:48:42 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Corey Brune" <brune@sdf.lonestar.org>
To:        kondwani@malawi.net (Kondie)
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Memory upgrade in 2.2.6
Message-ID:  <200101041448.f04Emh814239@sdf.lonestar.org>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.0.20010104162849.00b668f0@pop3.malawi.net> from "Kondie" at Jan 04, 2001 04:38:26 PM

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Yes, in your kernel config put:
options	MAXMEM="(128*1024)"

This should make fBSD "see" your 128M.


Hope this helps!

Corey


> 
> 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.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kondie.
> 
> 
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