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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:3213 comp.os.386bsd.questions:12381 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!bounce-bounce From: wood@cis.ohio-state.edu (joel braden wood) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: > 16 megs of ram on FreeBSD 1.1.5 Date: 15 Aug 1994 15:38:20 -0400 Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Lines: 25 Distribution: world Message-ID: <32og7cINNhaj@soccer.cis.ohio-state.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: soccer.cis.ohio-state.edu A response to my question about accessing greater than 16 megs of memory using FreeBSD 1.1.5 advised me to recompile the kernel without the MAXMEM option. I recompiled the kernel, and nowhere in the configuration file was the MAXMEM variable... So I'm assuming that it isn't in the compile. But FreeBSD still only recognizes 16 out of my 24 megs. At bootup I get the following message: (I think this is even before it looks at the kernel) >> FreeBSD BOOT @ 0x90000: 639/15360k of memory [$ Revision: 1.14 $] use hd(1,a)/386bsd to boot sd0 when wd0 is also installed Boot: [[[wd(0,a)]/386bsd][-s][-a][-d] :- Then it waits with a cursor after the :- I guess I'm able to type in other parameters at this point. I think I need to change this FreeBSD BOOT, probably in the boot sector of the disk. But I don't have a clue as what to put there or how to put it there. That's the only other thing that I can think that I'd need to do. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I need to do? Joel B Wood wood@cis.ohio-state.edu