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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!crcnis1.unl.edu!wupost!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!cs.utexas.edu!natinst.com!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!not-for-mail From: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: > 16 MB of RAM Date: 1 Jul 1993 13:31:47 -0500 Organization: Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, TX Lines: 23 Distribution: world Message-ID: <20vaj1$8el@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> References: <1993Jun30.184624.15579@leland.Stanford.EDU> <20ub8n$ngn@germany.eu.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: hrd769.brooks.af.mil In article <20ub8n$ngn@germany.eu.net> bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner) writes: > >In article <1993Jun30.184624.15579@leland.Stanford.EDU>, yergeau@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dan Yergeau) writes: >|> Is anyone running 386bsd with more than 16 MB of RAM? > >I've seen a system running with 20 Megabytes. > >However, it does not have a SCSI interface, and I do not know whether anything >above 16M actually gets *used*. > The general feeling that I have gotten is that memory above 16M is used, but can cause problems if you are using an SCSI controller in an IDE system. I personally have 32Meg of memory and a 40M swap. I am using an Ultrastore 24F EISA controller in IDE emulation mode. I have never had any serious problems that I could ascribe to having too much memory. -- ------ TSgt Dave Burgess NCOIC AL/Management Information Systems Office Brooks AFB, TX