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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!news1.best.com!bofh.noc.best.net!not-for-mail From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 256M RAM question Date: 22 Apr 1997 11:14:16 -0700 Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh Lines: 14 Message-ID: <5jiv5o$le9$1@bofh.noc.best.net> References: <335CF65C.4435@sonic.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bofh.noc.best.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39546 In article <335CF65C.4435@sonic.net>, Eric J. Rossin <ejr@sonic.net> wrote: >I have a machine with 256M RAM. I re-built a kernel to set the >MAXMEM option, but when I set it to 256*1024, the boot hung >(something about allocating bounce buffers? I don't re-member >the exact message, but could re-create it if it is needed). I then >changed it to 192*1024, and the system runs fine (with 192M RAM). >Is this a memory problem with my system, a bug, or a setup problem? I think it's a bug. You should take BOUNCE_BUFFERS out of your kernel config; it doesn't seem to like 256MB of RAM. rone -- Ron Echeverri Best Internet Usenet Administration rone@best.net