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Date:      Sat, 11 May 1996 10:23:01 -0700
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        jln@otdc.com (Joe Nieten)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 24Meg memory 
Message-ID:  <199605111723.KAA07444@Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 May 1996 19:16:05 %2B0700." <199605111346.IAA00195@defiant.vhm.com> 

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>I just added another 8Meg to my FreeBSD machine ... and the OS did not
>recognize it.  Do I need to change the kernel to recognize the memory above 16M?

   Check you BIOS for anything that might look like it would create a hole in
the 15-16MB area. If you have a Compaq machine, you might have to add:

options "MAXMEM=24576"

   ...to your kernel config file. You may wish to try this in any event.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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