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Date:      Thu, 24 Oct 1996 11:11:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Craig Shaver" <craig@ProGroup.COM>
To:        jlk@pavilion.co.uk (Joe Karthauser)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: memory in freebsd
Message-ID:  <199610241811.LAA13634@seabass.progroup.com>
In-Reply-To: <199610241743.SAA13613@deputy.pavilion.co.uk> from "Joe Karthauser" at Oct 24, 96 06:43:26 pm

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> 
> 
> Hiya,
> 
> I hope that someone's got the time to help me with this one ;)
> 
> This is the state of things.  I was running FreeBSD 2.0.5 on a pentium
> 120 with 32mb of edo (4 pieces of 8mb).  There were problems with the
> Adaptec device driver and so I put in a 2.1.0 kernel which solved the
> problem.
> 
> I've now bought a pentium 200 pro with 82mb of ram (2 x 32mb in bank0 and
> 2 x 8mb in bank 1) which I'm using with the original disks.  The machine
> runs fine, but the OS only recognises 64 mb of ram! ;(
> 
> I've got 2.1.5 on CD and am tempted to start again with this release.
> If I do this will I get the whole 82mb of ram available?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Joe.
> 
> -- 
> Josef Karthauser        (jlk@pavilion.net)
> Technical Manager       [Tel: +44 1273 607072  Fax: +44 1273 607073]
> Pavilion Internet plc.  ._ .. _. _  ._.. .. .._. .  __. ._. ._ _. _..
> 
> 

This one comes up pretty often.  Should be in the handbook some place.

in your kernel config file add the line:

options	"MAXMEM=83968"

config, compile, install, reboot

-- 
Craig Shaver  (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 
Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA  94088



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