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From: wayne@aarnet.edu.au (Wayne Farmer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrading memeory
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 11:01:34 GMT
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j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) wrote:

>Ian Wilkinson <ian@dslab.com> wrote:

>> Will dramatically increasing the memory size lead to any odd 
>> behaviours if I just install the simms and reboot?

>Nope, except that you have to reconfigure a special kernel when using
>more than 64 MB.  The generic kernel will only use up to 64 MB.
>(Since that's the limit of the CMOS cell holding the RAM size.)

Could I be directed to the info on building this special kernel.  I
have just upgraded to 128Mb but found that >64Mb is indeed ignored.

Wayne

>Of course, you might also want to bump your `maxusers' option, so the
>new kernel will allow for much more resource usage.

>-- 
>cheers, J"org

>joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
>Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)