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From: lam@awod.com (Ken Lam)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FBSD and EISA machines
Date: 28 Sep 1996 03:12:07 GMT
Organization: Integrated Technical Systems
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In article <324ACA61.1A8B@www.play-hookey.com>, kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com says...
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>(Also note that the FreeBSD main site runs 512 MB. I very much doubt
>that only 16 MB is actually working!

Heck, didn't you know?  the 496MB is running as a RAM disk, and they
swap to it, that's why it's so fast ;)

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Ken Lam                                                   lam@awod.com
Integrated Technical Systems                              
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