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From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: Upgrading RAM for my FreeBSD box - so many choices! - help please
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On Tue, 7 May 1996, JOHN wrote:

> I don't pretend to be a hardware - knowledgeable user, and I am upgrading the
> RAM on my FreeBSD system, so I thought I would ask about possible effects the
> different types may have on performance.

I can't answer your EDO questions, not being versed in memory myself.  
It's pretty system-dependent.

> Finally, I understand that I need to recompile the kernel so that it may access
> over 32 MB of Ram, is this correct?

Nope.  64MB is the magic number before you have to MAXMEM.  :)

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
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