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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 16:55:23 -0600
To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>, joeo@cracktown.com,
	Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se>
From: "Jonathan E. Lyons" <parrothd@midwest.net>
Subject: Re: [Summary] Unable to boot FreeBSD-Release on IBM ThinkPad
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Also, there's some new option instead of maxmem, but I haven't had a chance
to try it, be sure you subtract 1024 from the maxmem option. There's
something weird with the thinkpads and you can't use the entire memory
above 64... :(


At 02:47 PM 1/18/00 -0800, Kevin Oberman wrote:
>Thanks! The problem was too much RAM!
>Don't see how I missed it in the archives, Sorry.
>
>I pulled my 128 MB card and booted the floppies. It worked! I don't
>have the CD available at the moment, so I can't try to actually
>install the software (and I can't install over the network since I
>have a Xircom card which is not supported). Maybe I'll have time to
>install the full system tomorrow and rebuild the kernel with the new
>MAXMEM. Sine I have 192 MB, I'm guessing that I'll need to adjust the
>suggested value up a bit.
>
>First time I've ever had a problem with too much memory!
>
>The fast response is greatly appreciated.
>
>R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
>Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
>Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
>E-mail: oberman@es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634
>
>

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