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Date:      Mon, 15 Dec 1997 11:40:54 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        ringlord <ringlord@twc-online.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kernel and memory problems still there.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971215114007.292k-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971212162311.7446A-100000@twc-online.com>

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On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, ringlord wrote:

> Hello to all.
> First off, I would like to thank those who responded to my question
> yesterday regarding maxmem option in the kernel config file.
> I have compiled a new kernel and all has gone well as far as the kernel is
> concerned.
> However, this strange memory reporting problem still is evident.
> I am going to include some snips of my /var/log/messages file as well as
> part of my kernel config file.
> You will see that the memory is being reported differently between two
> kernels.
> 
> Dec 10 16:11:24 twc-online /kernel: real memory  = 134217728 (131072K bytes)
> Dec 10 16:11:24 twc-online /kernel: avail memory = 127176704 (124196K bytes)

> Dec 12 02:55:50 twc-online /kernel: real memory  = 100663296 (98304K bytes)
> Dec 12 02:55:50 twc-online /kernel: avail memory = 96980992 (94708K bytes)

> You will notice the different memory report totals here.
> To make this even stranger, the reason I compiled the new kernel in the
> first place was because after that first initial report of memory at the
> top of this exerpt, the memory had been reported at just over 100 megs, it
> is still doing that even with this new kernel.
> Here is a part of my kernel config file..
> 
> options      "MAXMEM=131072"

Does your BIOS see that memory?

It looks like a flaky SIMM.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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