Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:25:59 -0700 From: Erin Fortenberry <erinf@lusardi.com> To: 'Ken' <kvgu@uswest.net>, Erin Fortenberry <erinf@lusardi.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Only 16MB RAM in a 200MB box Message-ID: <AFB0749029D0D211AD3900902728125103AA7A@MAIL>
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All of my boxes have 128Mb or more and I have custom made each kernel. I might not "have" to, but it seems to help bread more knowledge of the overall O/S and gives me a better understanding of the machine if I know how everything is setup. Erin > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken [SMTP:kvgu@uswest.net] > Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 3:38 PM > To: Erin Fortenberry; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Only 16MB RAM in a 200MB box > > Okay, a bit more info. I've got 3 other boxes, all running 3.2, each > sporting 128 MB RAM, and all using generic 3.2 kernel. So now I need to > compile a custom kernel just to use 200MB? This is FreeBSD- not NT! > > Thanks for your output, btw. I'll delve deeper into this. > > Ken > > At 03:12 PM 7/26/99 -0700, Erin Fortenberry wrote: > >I believe you do something like this in the kernel: > > > >options "MAXMEM=(192*1024)" > > > > > >Erin > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Ken [SMTP:kvgu@uswest.net] > >> Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 3:22 PM > >> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >> Subject: Only 16MB RAM in a 200MB box > >> > >> Greets: > >> > >> I just upgraded a 300 MHz Compaq Proliant 1600 that prevously had only > 64 > >> MB RAM to 198MB. The bios sees it just fine, but when I boot up > FreeBSD > >> (3.2 Stable) it's only reporting 16MB. Bummer, eh? > >> > >> I recall seeing a thread about this a few weeks back, but can't seem to > >> locate it. Can somebody please clue me into the problem and solution > for > >> this? > >> > >> Thanks- Ken > >> > >> The box said "requires Win95 or better"... > >> So I installed it on FreeBSD;-) > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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