Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 10:12:56 +0100 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Tony Overfield <tony@dell.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com> Subject: Re: Can't put 512MB ram in box ... Extended memory question. Message-ID: <l03020903af8624f13069@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970425021142.007bb100@bugs.us.dell.com> References: <199704250001.UAA02252@spooky.rwwa.com> <Your message of "Wed, 23 Apr 1997 14:38:53 PDT." <199704232138.OAA06172@root.com>
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At 8:11 +0100 25/4/97, Tony Overfield wrote: >At 08:01 PM 4/24/97 -0400, Robert Withrow wrote: >>Can someone tell my why WIN95 can figure out I have 128M in this machine >>(with no special help from me) and FreeBSD can't? I don't like the idea >>of WIN95 being smarter than FreeBSD.... ;-) > >The short answer is that Windows 95 calls the BIOS to ask how much memory >is installed, but FreeBSD doesn't. ISTR there's an easy algorithm to size memory - the catch is dealing with addressing wraps, right? Can anything else go wrong on PC hardware? If anyone wants to pursue this I'll go hunting in my attic. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK
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