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Date:      Wed, 14 Aug 1996 19:31:40 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Chris Layne <coredump@nervosa.vendetta.com>
Cc:        sthaug@nethelp.no, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Strange behavior for a Compaq Deskpro with 2.2-960801-SNAP 
Message-ID:  <17231.840076300@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 Aug 1996 20:12:08 PDT." <Pine.BSI.3.95.960814201052.279A-100000@nervosa.vendetta.com> 

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> On Wed, 14 Aug 1996 sthaug@nethelp.no wrote:
> 
> > Hi, I installed 2.2-960801-SNAP on a Compaq Deskpro 5100. There are
> > a few strange things happening that I thought I'd ask about:
> > 
> > 1. The machine has 24 MBytes of memory, but only 16 are recognized
> > by FreeBSD. (The BIOS finds the full 24 MBytes on powerup.)
> 
> Read the damn FAQ! How many times must we answer this same question over
> and over and over. Read the documentation, and if that doesn't solve your
> problem, THAN ask us.

the best reply in these cases is generally a simple one-liner:

"Please see http://www.freebsd.org/<relevant doc>."

Informative, to the point and probably far less work for all concerned
than composing/defending against a flame.

					Jordan



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