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From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Upgrading memeory
Date: 5 Jul 1996 01:14:19 -0000
Organization: A FreeBSD Box
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Message-ID: <4rhq9b$3im@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
References: <31D84009.88@dslab.com> <4rc2d2$crm@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4rgbrs$fob@testpattern.telstra.net>
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In article <4rgbrs$fob@testpattern.telstra.net>,
Wayne Farmer <wayne@aarnet.edu.au> wrote:

>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.

Add the line

options "MAXMEM=131072"

to your kernel config file. For details on this and how to build your
own kernel, see the "Kernel Configuration" section in the FAQ.

-- 
James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland
james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/