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Date:      Wed, 26 Mar 1997 19:04:46 +0300 (IDT)
From:      Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
To:        Mark E Larson <markl@agis.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Extended memory in 2.2.1
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970326190355.8787A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970326103905.00a742c0@agisgate.agis.net>

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On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Mark E Larson wrote:

> 
> Howdy!
> 
> Ok.  I tried adding this line in the 2.2.1 kernel
> 
> options	"maxmem=1024*384"
> 
> To reconize 384M of RAM.   This worked under 2.1.5, but in 2.2.1 upon boot
> up the kernel says "memory bounce  rebooting in 15 secs"

First, kernel options are case sensitive, so it should read MAXMEM. Also 
you may have better luck by not letting it do the math, and simply giving:
options	"MAXMEM=383216"

> 
> So the question here is How do I specify the extra memory in 2.2.1
> 
> Thanx
> 
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