Date: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 11:24:00 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> Cc: youlgok@attglobal.net, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HELP: Memory Message-ID: <19991218112400.B825@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <19991217193457.A29895@dan.emsphone.com> References: <385AD2E4.305599E9@attglobal.net> <19991217183141.A28849@dan.emsphone.com> <385AD805.7AB49248@attglobal.net> <19991217184242.A29038@dan.emsphone.com> <385ADCB1.AB73CB1D@attglobal.net> <19991217193457.A29895@dan.emsphone.com>
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Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Dec 17), youlgok@attglobal.net said:
>> Dan Nelson wrote:
>>> In the last episode (Dec 17), youlgok@attglobal.net said:
>>>> It's Compaq(486-DX-66Mhz) as you suspected. The actual memory size
>>>> is 48MB. But it seems the FreeBSD recognizes only 16MB. How can I
>>>> fix this?
>>>
>>> edit (or create) /etc/loader.conf, add the line
>>>
>>> set hw.physmem=49152
>>>
>>> and reboot.
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your quick help. I created /etc/loader.conf and write
>> the line. But it still doesn't recognize the actual memory size yet.
>> What should I do now?
>
> Hm. That should have worked. The other way is to rebuild your kernel
> after adding
Are you sure you didn't mean /boot/loader.conf ? That's what `man
loader.conf' would appear to suggest.
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