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From: Vladimir Kushnir <kushn@olinet.isf.kiev.ua>
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Subject: Re: memory problem?
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Matthew Gahan wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> Got a strange and seemingly significant problem. Our os is only seeing
> 16mb when we have 32 installed.
> 
> Its 2.2.1 release running on modern mother-board with a cyrix 166
> (133mz clock) and standard ram. It sees the cyrrix as a 486 but we
> assume this is normal.
> 
> We would be very gratefull if you could help.
> 
> Heres Hopeing
> 
> Matthew Gahan
Hi Matthew
What's your config file? Does it contain 
options         BOUNCE_BUFFERS
line? Or perhaps you should try to explicitly write your memory as
options         "MAXMEM=(32*1024)"
(or both - it shouldn't hurt but can help sometimes, see LINT file in
/usr/src/sys/i386/conf)
Hope this would help.	Vladimir