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From: michael@resonex.com (Michael Bryan)
Subject: Re: 386BSD / NetBSD / FreeBSD
Message-ID: <1993Sep29.155751.2394@resonex.com>
Organization: Resonex Inc., Fremont CA
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 15:57:51 GMT
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In article <1993Sep29.182618.11087@news.csuohio.edu> stever@csuohio.edu (Steve Ratliff) writes:
>I would also suggest that you only use 16Mb of mem to start with as
>greater than that is still problematical with non EISA systems.

Just why is this so?  I've heard it before, and I know I've even read
an explanation, but I don't remember it anymore.  In what way is it
a problem with the current free flavors of BSD?

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