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From: The Devil Himself <fullermd@narcissus.ml.org>
To: Ruslan Shevchenko <rssh@cki.ipri.kiev.ua>
cc: Louis-Philippe Reid <lpreid@videotron.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG,
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On Tue, 13 May 1997, Ruslan Shevchenko wrote:

> Louis-Philippe Reid wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm upgrading my FreeBSD server to a Compaq presario 64 megs ram (2.2.1
> > release).  When it boots i get
> > 
> > 639/15360 of memory
> > 
> > Why can FreeBSD see all the ram installed...?
> > 
> 
> It was in hackers, try search the FreeBSD mail archives.
> 
> (options MAXMEM=what_you_want, in kernel, if I remember) 
> 
> > btw, Windows95 can see all the ram, so it seems to be properly installed.
> > 
> > Anyone ever tried to install FreeBSD on a Compaq...and had it working
> > properly?
> > 
> 
> Some versions og Comaq have setup on HDD.
Mine does.
I had FreeBSD on it, and it worked fine.
A note though; because the setup is on the HDD, it showed up as F3 on the
bootmanager, and I could no longer go into it using F10, like before.
But it still worked just fine.

> 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > ---
> > Louis-Philippe Reid
> > Service Internet - Vidéotron Ltée
> 

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