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Date:      Thu, 30 Nov 1995 14:57:57 -0800
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        Jason Wright <jason@oozoo.vnet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 32Mb memory only seeing 16M 
Message-ID:  <199511302257.OAA02481@corbin.Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Nov 95 13:58:30 EST." <199511301858.NAA01305@postgres95.vnet.net> 

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>I've got 32Mb of memory in a 486dx2/66 with ISA and PCI slots.  But
>as FreeBSD boots it only sees 16Mb.  I read through the FAQ and the
>only mention is that FreeBSD has BOUNCE_BUFFERS (which are enabled
>in the kernel I'm running) which all the use of 32Mb of memory.
>Any thoughts?

   Look in your BIOS configuration for anything that might sound like it would
create a hole in the 15MB-16MB region. This is an option that people sometimes
use when they need more shared memory space than just the 640K-1MB hole
provides.

-DG



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