Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 17:28:40 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com> Cc: Ulf Schmidt <us@pop.de>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: only 16 MB under freeBSD - again Message-ID: <199604250028.RAA04937@Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 24 Apr 1996 23:56:14 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.3.91.960424235458.216G-100000@chain.iafrica.com>
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>On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Ulf Schmidt wrote: > >> I still have the problem that my PC only uses 16 MB of memory out of the 32 >> installed. I have a COMPAQ M model w/ EISA including an Adaptec 1740 SCSI > >Put options "maxmem=<mem size>" in your kernel and re-compile. > >i.e. for 32mb ram, you put in options "maxmem=32768" Almost right. That should be options "MAXMEM=32768". The Compaq machine only tells FreeBSD about the first 16MB of RAM using the "old" technique. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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