Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 10:34:34 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: mark@quickweb.com (Mark Mayo) Cc: dg@root.com, bde@zeta.org.au, erich@uruk.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory probe(s) in FreeBSD Message-ID: <199611180004.KAA15783@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.94.961117182023.8223A-100000@vinyl.quickweb.com> from Mark Mayo at "Nov 17, 96 06:25:23 pm"
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Mark Mayo stands accused of saying: > > Just to agree with DG here, my computer has less base mem than the kernel > expects, and it isn't an old computer -> it's a dual PPro from digital. > Nevertheless, it's BIOS basemem is only 635K, which is < RTC basemem of > 640K. If BSD didn't listen to the BIOS value from the bootloader, chances > are my system would be toast with fbsd... Not unless you use APM or the (nonexistent yet) v86 BIOS disk driver. The adjusted BIOS memory size has nothing to do with how much memory you have; the BIOS adjustment simply allows the BIOS to keep an area for itself. > | Mark Mayo mark@quickweb.com | -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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