From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 30 11:13:31 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA08879 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 30 Dec 1995 11:13:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (root@ix-sb1-06.ix.netcom.com [204.32.201.38]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA08872 for ; Sat, 30 Dec 1995 11:13:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (from d_burr@localhost) by ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (8.6.11/8.6.9) id LAA00990; Sat, 30 Dec 1995 11:16:55 -0800 Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1995 11:16:55 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr X-Sender: d_burr@ncc-1701-d To: Emil Mikhles cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory Problems In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 30 Dec 1995, Emil Mikhles wrote: > For some reason, FreeBSD 2.1, is not detecting the 96 megs of ram, I > have. According to top, I only see 64 megs, any ideas? > thanx Because of the weird PC AT BIOS (which FreeBSD uses at the initial boot stage to read in your system's configuration), the BIOS routines only return a maximum of 64 MB of memory -- so if you have more in your system, the BIOS doesn't know about it. This can be worked around by adding this to the your kernel config file: options "MAXMEM=" where represents the amount of memory you have, in Kbytes. So, 96 MB would equal 98304. then recompile your kernel and reboot. Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 / FAX 564-2315 / WWW http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/2072 PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or on Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. **