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Date:      26 Nov 2002 09:11:29 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD detecting less than total memory
Message-ID:  <44vg2kh14e.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021125025712.L23803-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org>
References:  <20021125025712.L23803-100000@alpha.yumyumyum.org>

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Kenneth Culver <culverk@yumyumyum.org> writes:

> Hi,
> 	I'm running FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE as of a couple of days ago... and
> it seems that FreeBSD is not detecting the total amount of ram that I have
> on my system. I have 512M but here's my dmesg (where memory is concerned:
> 
> real memory  = 402669568 (393232K bytes)
> Physical memory chunk(s):
> 0x00001000 - 0x0009ffff, 651264 bytes (159 pages)
> 0x004ad000 - 0x17ffbfff, 397733888 bytes (97103 pages)
> avail memory = 386895872 (377828K bytes)
> 
> This is much less than what is really available. /boot/loader detects the
> proper amount, but for some reason the kernel won't. Any ideas?

Did you try telling it explicitly, as recommended in the FAQ?

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