Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 04:24:33 -0500 (CDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: service <service@casecom.com> Subject: Re: Pentium II & large memory support? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980408042204.947A-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <352B2430.CEF@casecom.com>
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On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, service wrote: > Hi, > > I installed FreeBSD 2.2.2 on my Pentium II with 128MB memory. > But the system show me the system is a PentiumPro with 66MB memory. <snip> > > I am using SDRAM (128MB). Is it just a message error or there is a > limit size of memory in FreeBSD? > > Your response will be very appreciated. I suspect that the Pentium II probes the same as the Pentium Pro, just like my Cyrix 6x86 probes as a 486. It's nothing to worry about. On the RAM, you're finding 64 MB, which is all the default kernel can probe. You'll need to install the kernel sources and compile a new kernel to use the rest of it. > > Thanks. > > -eric chen > BTW, this should go to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, since it's an individual question and not a bug report. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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