Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:50:19 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> To: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] 64M recognized as 16M Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.991216104841.83557B-100000@shell-1.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <87emcmhmjo.fsf@main.wgaf.net>
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On 16 Dec 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote: > David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> writes: > > > > > Add > > options MAXMEM="(96*1024)" > > > > to your kernel config, assuming it is 96 MB of RAM you have in the box. > > This is a common problem on older boxes with lots of memory. > > I must have been unclear in my original post. It's the BIOS that > doesn't recognize the RAM in the first place. The memory count on > power-up only goes to 16M. What does the OS report? They are not the same thing. MAXMEM tells the kernel how much memory is in the box, and to ignore what the bios tells it. Try it. You'll like it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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