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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: > 16 megs of ram on FreeBSD 1.1.5
Date: 15 Aug 1994 23:00:43 GMT
Organization: Weber State University, Ogden, UT
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In article <32og7cINNhaj@soccer.cis.ohio-state.edu> wood@cis.ohio-state.edu (joel braden wood) writes:
] A response to my question about accessing greater than 16 megs of memory
] using FreeBSD 1.1.5 advised me to recompile the kernel without the 
] MAXMEM option.

[ ... ]

] >> FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x90000: 639/15360k of memory   [$ Revision: 1.14 $]
] use hd(1,a)/386bsd to boot sd0 when wd0 is also installed
] Boot: [[[wd(0,a)]/386bsd][-s][-a][-d] :-

The memory size is returned from the CMOS, then probed down with the
soft memory test.

You need to fix your CMOS setup to tell it about the RAM.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@cs.weber.edu
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