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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
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Subject: Re: 3.4-RELEASE will not install on Everex laptop 
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 17:45:21 MST, Brett Glass wrote:

> Also, it could be that FreeBSD is failing to detect a memory hole.
> How can one set the amount of RAM used by the kernel at boot time?

The kernel option MAXMEM can be used to limit the amount of memory
FreeBSD will use.  It's probably worth making sure you don't have crazy
memory settings in your BIOS options.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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