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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 10:33:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: root@jtnet.com
To: gnats-admin@freebsd.org
Subject: cannot get /kernel to recognize more than 64MB of RAM
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>Number:         1629
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       cannot get /kernel to recognize more than 64MB of RAM
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          support
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Sep 16 13:10:05 PDT 1996
>Closed-Date:    Mon Sep 16 19:25:55 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:  Mon Sep 16 19:26:35 PDT 1996
>Originator:     Johnny Chin
>Release:        2.1.0
>Organization:
Onesimus Enterprises Int'l Inc
>Environment:
FreeBSD jtnet.com 2.1.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Sep 5
04:01:04 EDT 1996 root@jtnet.com:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/CUSTOM i386
>Description:
I've added more memory to the Pentium 166 system, now CMOS sees a
total of 72MB of RAM, but FreeBSD doesn't seem to see more than 64MB.
>How-To-Repeat:
Just reboot and /kernel only sees 64MB of RAM.
>Fix:
requesting information on how to fix this problem.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@freebsd.org>
To: root@jtnet.com
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: kern/1629: cannot get /kernel to recognize more than 64MB of RAM 
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 19:21:40 -0400

 root@jtnet.com wrote in message ID
 <199609161733.KAA20179@freefall.freebsd.org>:
 > >Synopsis:       cannot get /kernel to recognize more than 64MB of RAM
 
 Try using the `MAXMEM' kernel configuarion parameter.
 For 72Mb of RAM,
 
 options		"MAXMEM=73728"
 
 in your kernel config file should do the trick (the number is in K, so
 multiple 72 by 1024...)
 
 Gary
 --
 Gary Palmer                                          FreeBSD Core Team Member
 FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: davidg 
State-Changed-When: Mon Sep 16 19:25:55 PDT 1996 
State-Changed-Why:  
Read the FAQ - look for MAXMEM. 
>Unformatted:
