Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:53:02 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> To: ipfreak@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd general questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: loader.conf Message-ID: <1bd550a00904100853i3bfe7192ue4729cb3c3c1dffd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <493958.16188.qm@web52105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: <493958.16188.qm@web52105.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 5:32 PM, gahn <ipfreak@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi all: > > I have a machine with 2GB memory. in the file loader.conf, there is a lin= e: > > #hw.physmem=3D"1G" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# Limit physical memory= . See loader(8) > > Could I remove the "#" and change that to "2G"? Yes, but if your purpose is to use all the available memory, you don't need to do anything. Because it is commented, that line doesn't have effect and the system will use all the available memory. What does sysctl hw.physmem return? > > Interestingly, the sysctl indicates the parameter of "hw.physmem" is not = changeable. After booting, it is. > > Any guru here give me some enlightenment? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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