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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!newsfeed.ksu.ksu.edu!news.mid.net!news.sdsmt.edu!nntp.uac.net!uhog.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!act.news.telstra.net!testpattern.telstra.net!usenet From: wayne@aarnet.edu.au (Wayne Farmer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Upgrading memeory Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 11:01:34 GMT Organization: Telstra Internet Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4rgbrs$fob@testpattern.telstra.net> References: <31D84009.88@dslab.com> <4rc2d2$crm@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: gonzo.telstra.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) wrote: >Ian Wilkinson <ian@dslab.com> wrote: >> Will dramatically increasing the memory size lead to any odd >> behaviours if I just install the simms and reboot? >Nope, except that you have to reconfigure a special kernel when using >more than 64 MB. The generic kernel will only use up to 64 MB. >(Since that's the limit of the CMOS cell holding the RAM size.) Could I be directed to the info on building this special kernel. I have just upgraded to 128Mb but found that >64Mb is indeed ignored. Wayne >Of course, you might also want to bump your `maxusers' option, so the >new kernel will allow for much more resource usage. >-- >cheers, J"org >joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE >Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)