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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 10:02:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: Kernel build
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On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, John Szumowski wrote:

> The default kernel may or may not recognize above 16 megs of ram,
> depending on your bios. I have 36 and needed to add a maxmem entry.
> Here's the relavent line:
> options		"MAXMEM=(36*1024)"

Oops, no math permitted if you use quotations.  Make it

options MAXMEM=36864

instead.

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