From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Mar 26 08:06:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA19323 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:06:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA19298; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:06:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nadav@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id TAA08792; Wed, 26 Mar 1997 19:04:47 +0300 (IDT) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 19:04:46 +0300 (IDT) From: Nadav Eiron To: Mark E Larson cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Extended memory in 2.2.1 In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970326103905.00a742c0@agisgate.agis.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 > > ################################################################### > A P E X G L O B A L I N F O R M A T I O N S E R V I C E S > ################################################################### > Network Operations Center 313-730-5151 noc@agis.net > News Administration 313-730-5151 news@agis.net > Business Office/Sales 313-730-1130 sales@agis.net > > Visit our Web Page: http://www.agis.net > Network News Information: http://agisgate.agis.net/netnews/netnews.htm > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Don't throw a HSSI...and drop that ethernet!" > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nadav