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Date:      Wed, 24 Apr 1996 17:28:40 -0700
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com>
Cc:        Ulf Schmidt <us@pop.de>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: only 16 MB under freeBSD - again 
Message-ID:  <199604250028.RAA04937@Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 24 Apr 1996 23:56:14 %2B0200." <Pine.BSF.3.91.960424235458.216G-100000@chain.iafrica.com> 

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>On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Ulf Schmidt wrote:
>
>> I still have the problem that my PC only uses 16 MB of memory out of the 32
>> installed. I have a COMPAQ M model w/ EISA including an Adaptec 1740 SCSI
>
>Put options "maxmem=<mem size>" in your kernel and re-compile.
>
>i.e. for 32mb ram, you put in options "maxmem=32768"

   Almost right. That should be options "MAXMEM=32768". The Compaq machine
only tells FreeBSD about the first 16MB of RAM using the "old" technique.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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