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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
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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.


> 
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