Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 12:09:02 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Drew Derbyshire - UUPC/extended software support <software@kew.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD can't find 32M of my 48M without help Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980322120748.27783C-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <351547FB.6B020444@kew.com>
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On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Drew Derbyshire - UUPC/extended software support wrote: > I came, I downloaded, I installed 2.2.6 beta over the network. (I happened to > do it at 1 AM via the cable modem. It flew.) > > Two minor issues: > > 1) The disk slice editor doesn't know many of the more arcane partition type > numbers. Jordan already saw my PR and fixed it, when the next boot floppy > image is ready I'll test it. > > 2) By default, the kernel only reports I have 16M, when in fact I have 48M. > Windows 95 does see the entire 48M, and FreeBSD will see all 48M if I > explicitly tell it in the configuration file via MAXMEM. > > I didn't think the MAXMEM was required for under 64M. > > Machine is a Compaq P/166. I think that's a Compaq problem. Compaq sucks... I have 72 megs of RAM, had 24, and GENERIC never saw more than 16. Heck, I have 2 empty SIMM slots, and a few SIMMS, so I *COULD* have 80 megs of ram if the motherboard didn't die at about 75 reliable. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | 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-stable" in the body of the message
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