From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 12 8: 3:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gatekeeper.salestech.com (gatekeeper.salestech.com [198.153.1.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B3F514EA4; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 08:02:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from MillikS@sti.imshealth.com) Received: from [162.44.80.67] by gatekeeper.salestech.com for id KAA03947; Mon Apr 12 10:59:44 1999 Received: by STIUSATLCX1.salestech.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:59:43 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: RE: Problems in detecting RAM... Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:59:38 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain To: "'fpc@dhi.dk'" , Stable , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Milliken, Scott" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This problem occurs in ALL Compaq computers - or at least the 5 or 6 models I've tried installed FreeBSD and/or Linux on. The fix is to tell the kernel how much RAM you really have. In your kernel config file, add the following line: options "MAXMEM=(32*1024)" Now just reconfig, make your kernel, install it and reboot. Scott A. Milliken > -----Original Message----- > From: Frederico Pereira da Costa [SMTP:fpc@dhi.dk] > Sent: Monday, April 12, 1999 10:00 AM > To: Stable; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Problems in detecting RAM... > > Hi ... > > I have a small computer at home that is acting as a router between my > internal network and the Web. > > This computer is an old Compaq with a 486 processor and 32 mega Ram and > a 527 meg Disk. > > the problem is for FreeBSD, it only detects 16 Mega of RAM and not 32 > Mega. The 32 Mega are detected in the computer startup and are tested > ok. > When i had Windows installed on this machine it would detect the correct > value of RAM. but now in FreeBSD only detects 16Mega. I thought at the > beginning maybe was because i was running 2.2.7 RELEASE, but after i > installed 3.1 RELEAS yesterday it still detects only 16 MEGAS > > Can someone help me ? > > Thanks in advance > > Frederico > > P.S - And just to say that 3.1-RELEASE is a very fine release.... :-) > > -- > Frederico Pereira da Costa > Danish Hydraulic Institute > Phone: +45 45 179 100 > Fax: +45 45 762 567 > Email: mailto:fpc@dhi.dk > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message