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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!208.201.11.20!news1.gld.com!usenet From: shultz@mail.gldcom (Mike Shultz) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: v2.1.5 Doesn't Recognize 64+ Megs RAM Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 02:51:50 GMT Organization: MCS Computer Inc http://www.gld.com/ Lines: 27 Message-ID: <32b2162d.143679434@news1.gld.com> References: <01bbe823$c6460e80$bf60d4cf@sidewinder> <58qe1s$j9v@anorak.coverform.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: ringworm.gld.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.1/32.230 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32549 On 13 Dec 1996 02:12:12 -0000, brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers) wrote: >In article <01bbe823$c6460e80$bf60d4cf@sidewinder>, > "Damien Thorn" <damien@digicity.net> writes: >: Added more RAM to our news server (you know how those beasts get), but the >: OS isn't recognizing the additional memory when it loads and does it's >: probes. >: >: We went had 64 Meg, and added 32 Meg additional. Motherboard BIOS >: recognizes all 98 Meg on boot... >: >: What should I check / do? > >Have a look in /sys/i386/conf/LINT, something like: > >options "MAXMEM=(128*1024)" > >-- >Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org> > <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/> >Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... >. Hmmm, I found that you have to solve 128*1024 the line should read: options "MAXMEM=(131072)" -Mike