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Date: 11 Mar 1997 11:28:00 +0100
From: chrimek@rimki.toppoint.de (Christoph Rimek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc
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Subject: Memory size not detected
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Hello

I have one short question.
We run NetBSD/i386 Release 1.2 on a Compaq DeskPro/M (EISA) with 20MB
of RAM. The generic and customized kernels detect only 16MB of RAM, so
I tried to use the new options directive "EXTMEM_SIZE=" and it seems
to work.

But WHAT value does this option take?
The whole memory in kilobytes (20480) or in Megabytes (20M), or does
EXTMEM mean only the "extended" memory in MS-DOS manner, that is all
memory extending the very first megabyte of RAM ?????

Currently I try "EXTMEM_SIZE=20480".

-cr
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Christoph Rimek, Kiel, Germany  (+49 431 57601)      chrimek@toppoint.de