From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 16 10:06:55 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BCA737B428 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 10:06:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.eecs.harvard.edu (bowser.eecs.harvard.edu [140.247.60.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ABD4442E3 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 05:10:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ellard@eecs.harvard.edu) Received: by mail.eecs.harvard.edu (Postfix, from userid 465) id C2F3654C482; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 08:10:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.eecs.harvard.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C08B554C473; Sat, 16 Aug 2003 08:10:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 08:10:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Ellard To: Doug Ambrisko In-Reply-To: <200308160220.h7G2KTTh001418@ambrisko.com> Message-ID: References: <200308160220.h7G2KTTh001418@ambrisko.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: specifying RAM size at boot? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 17:06:56 -0000 On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Doug Ambrisko wrote: > | I thought this was configurable by setting a variable in > | /boot/loader.conf and rebooting, but I haven't been able to find the > | right variable(s). (someone suggested MAXMEM, but this doesn' > | seem to do anything at all.) > > I think it is > hw.physmem= > > I used it at a prior company. Thanks! That works perfectly. I eventually also found this info in /boot/loader.help, which is the text source of the help screens for the loader. -Dan