Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 20:50:29 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@keystone.westminster.edu> To: John Szumowski <harpo@javanet.com> Cc: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel build Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970724204344.9604A-100000@keystone.westminster.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.970724124417.471A-100000@kona.javanet.com>
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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)" > (from lint... i don't have my home machine handy) I used to have 2.1.6-RELEASE, and it never recognized more than 16 megs, and I only had a 100 meg partition, so I didn't have the sources to remake. Now, I'm running 2.2.1-RELEASE, and have 2.2 gigs. The generic kernle only recognizes 16 megs still. > Sorry- don't know what to say about that error message. > I've always: > 1. cd to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf > 2. edit kernel config > 3. run "config MYKERNEL" (or whatever) > 4. cd to build dir > 5. make > 6. make install > > One thought...are you trying to compile a different kernel than release > (i.e. a 2.2 on a 2.1.x) I have a 2.2.1-RELEASE system, but I have the 2.2-STABLE sources. From ...ummm.... Sunday, I think. Would that really cause this much problem? I attached a copy of my kernel config file. > > Hope this shot in the dark hits something. ;-) > _ _ ___ ______ ______ ______ > | | | | / _ \ | __ \ | __ \ / ____ \ > | |_| | / /_\ \ | |__| | | |__| | | / \ | > | _ | / _____ \ | __ / | ____/ | | | | at javanet dot com > | | | | / / \ \ | | \ \ | | | \____/ | http://www.javanet.com/~harpo > |_| |_| /_/ \_\ |_| \_\ |_| \______/ > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* |FreeBSD is good. FreeBSD is our friend. UNIX is our god.| *Micro$oft is bad. Micro$oft causes problems.* |MicroBSD??? I DON'T THINK SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!| |"I hate quotes in signature files" :-} MAtthew Fuller| *fullermd@keystone.westminster.edu FreeBSD junkie* |http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd Westminster College| *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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