Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 10:57:40 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: David de Jong <dd026@energex.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Memory Limits with Compaq Message-ID: <XFMail.981118105740.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <36526E96.E57D7314@energex.com.au>
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On 18-Nov-98 David de Jong wrote: > I have a compaq Armada 1598DT which I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.6 on. The > machine has been loaded with 98M of memory. How old is the box? > Unfortunately,the kernel will not recognise the full extent of the > memory on this PC. Evidence for this is the high swap rate, top reports > a low memory inactive level, the info from the boot record (obtained > from dmesg) is as follows:- > real memory = 16777216 (16384K bytes) > avail memory = 14680064 (14336K bytes) Ick! That's 16 MB... > I have compiled the kernel with the line "options MAXMEM=(98*1024)" > included with no success. Mayhaps yer dealing with a BIOS limit, although I doubt it... Have ye tried checking yer BIOS just to be sure? --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl | Cum angelis et pueris, Junior Network/Security Specialist | fideles inveniamur *BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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