Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:54:20 +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: <1bd550a00904100854u2228a55eidebbdabbda40ee7f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1bd550a00904100853i3bfe7192ue4729cb3c3c1dffd@mail.gmail.com> References: <493958.16188.qm@web52105.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <1bd550a00904100853i3bfe7192ue4729cb3c3c1dffd@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/4/10 Fernando Apestegu=EDa <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com>: > 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 li= ne: >> >> #hw.physmem=3D"1G" =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0# Limit physical memor= y. 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. I meant, it is readonly :) > >> >> 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.= org" >> >
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