From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 15 20:33:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA15368 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 20:33:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gamma.aei.ca (gamma.aei.ca [206.123.6.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA15361 for ; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 20:33:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from malartre@aei.ca) Received: from aei.ca (aeiusrJ-24.aei.ca [206.186.205.224]) by gamma.aei.ca (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA00552; Sun, 15 Nov 1998 23:33:15 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <364FAACF.3EDDEF97@aei.ca> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 23:32:15 -0500 From: Malartre X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: my 96MB RAM turn into 64MB! References: <199811152256.QAA13547@online.dct.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark wrote: > > > That FAQ section was of -no- help for me. > > Open /sys/i386/conf/LINT with a text editor and search for MAXMEM > > I also have 96 meg of ram (added yesterday), and what I have to put in > > the kernel is: > > options "MAXMEM=(96*1024)" > > Which is better than "MAXMEM=". > > Cya > > Malartre > > Uhh, that is pretty much exactly what the faq told you. The n is a variable, > representing the amount of your memory in kilobytes. > > -- > Mark Maurer markm@dct.com mwmaurer@mtu.edu > Programmer, Digital Magic Interactive http://www.dminteractive.com > Senior, Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI > -- Views do not represent those of my employer or school Yes but from my point of view: has I don't know everything, I don't know the exact number of kilobytes in a Megabyte. The FAQ do not say: $ bc bc 1.03 (Nov 2, 1994) Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. For details type `warranty'. 96*1024 98304 The first time, I writed what the BIOS said at the boot and the kernel compile crashed. It's only some clarification. Thank you -- [Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][http://www.lowrent.org/freebsd/malartre/] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message