Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:37:57 -0600 From: Ken <kvgu@uswest.net> To: Erin Fortenberry <erinf@lusardi.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Only 16MB RAM in a 200MB box Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990726163757.00868eb0@pop.bois.uswest.net> In-Reply-To: <AFB0749029D0D211AD3900902728125103AA79@MAIL>
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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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