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Subject: Adding memory to FreeBSD: where did it go?
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From: Hal Lynch <hal@sticky.usu.edu>
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 08:43:19 -0600
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I added 32M to my freeBSD system and it dosen't show up when I
boot the system.  How do I get FreeBSD to recognize the additional
memory?????

Here is what I know:
	- OS is FreeBSD 2.1.5
	- Hardware is Compaq DeskPro 5100
	  100MHZ Pentium
	  ISA/PCI bus
	- Original memory 16M
	- I added 32M
	- The Compaq setup program (DOSish) saw 48M
	- The Compaq test/diagnostics (DOSish) said all 48M is error
	  free.
	- when I look at the boot records in /var/log/messages I see a
	  line that says

	  	real memory = 16777216 (16384K Bytes)

	  shouldn't I see something like (49152K Bytes)?

What I don't know:
	- What do I need to do to make FreeBSD see all 48M of
	  memory?

Thanx hal