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From: frank@martha.utcc.utk.edu (frank segner)
Subject: Re: Help! Adaptec 1542 and 16meg
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Jeff_-_Fulford@cup.portal.com writes:
: I just recently heard that there was a problem with 386BSD and
: 16 meg of ram. Is this true and if so, how can I get around it?
: I have a 486-50DX with 16 meg, 2 200 meg scsi's, a cdrom, and a sound
: card.
no, it's not true.
DMA-ISA cards (like the adaptec1542) provide trouble dealing with memory MORE
than 16 MB; upto 16MB it works just fine.
so long,
frank