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Date:      Tue, 22 Jul 1997 07:31:16 +0100 (BST)
From:      Jim Dixon <jdd@vbc.net>
To:        David Greenman <dg@root.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: MAX physical memory for FreeBSD ? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.91.970722072939.25642Y-100000@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net>
In-Reply-To: <199707220222.TAA09222@implode.root.com>

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On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, David Greenman wrote:

> >Linux has a 1G limit on physical memory.
> >
> >What's the limit for FreeBSD?
> 
>    There isn't any specific limit, but some kernel parameters need to be
> tweaked before more than 256MB can be used. 

Which?  We have a machine (a root name server) that needs to be brought
up to 512 MB urgently.

>                                             Someday this will hopefully
> be made a bit more automatic. Wcarchive has 512MB of RAM and I've heard
> of a few FreeBSD systems running with 1GB of RAM.

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Jim Dixon                  VBCnet GB Ltd           http://www.vbc.net
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