From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 12 01:01:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA00381 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 12 Mar 1998 01:01:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from iservern.teligent.se (iservern.teligent.se [194.17.198.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA00367 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 1998 01:01:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jakob@teligent.se) Received: from datorn.teligent.se (datorn.teligent.se [192.168.2.31]) by iservern.teligent.se (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA24076; Thu, 12 Mar 1998 10:01:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from jakob@teligent.se) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 10:01:28 +0100 (CET) From: Jakob Alvermark To: Spike Gronim cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 512MB ram? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id BAA00376 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Spike Gronim wrote: > > I've got a nice machine over here. A Pentium II-MMX 300 MHz with 512 Mb > > RAM. But, it seems like I can't use all the RAM... :( > > With the generic kernel, it detects 64 megs. I recompiled the kernel with > > the option MAXMEM=(512*1024) and rebooted. The sees the memory, but then > > directly panics with "bounce memory out of range" right after it prints > > the "real memory" message. I tried setting MAXMEM to 256 megs (256*1024) > > and it worked. But I want to use all of my memory, not half :( > > > > What can be the problem? Please cc: me, I'm not on this list. > > > What version of FBSD are you running? 2.2.2-R /Jakob Alvermark ------------------------------------------------------- Teligent AB, P.O. Box 213, S-149 23 Nynäshamn, Sweden Telephone +46-(0)8 520 660 00 * Fax +46-(0)8 520 193 36 Direct +46-(0)8 520 660 32 * GSM +46-(0)70 792 16 57 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message