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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: BIOS poke for memsize(2) on SuperMicro P6DOF?
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 15:24:45 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960612131740.7312D-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at Jun 12, 96 01:18:12 pm
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> > I have a SuperMicro P6DOF which is installed with 128MB.
> > Under DOS 6.2, Linux 1.3.x, and FreeBSD 2.1, the OS's report
> > only 64MB.  Under Windows 95, it reads 128MB.  What's going on?

Your CMOS is reporting a max of 64M.  Read /sys/i386/conf/LINT;
you want to add:

	options MAXMEM=<size in pages>

to your kernel config and rebuild.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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