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From: brian@ui-gate.utell.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Max memory size ?
Date: 17 Feb 1997 18:32:49 GMT
Organization: Utell International
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Tomoo Nomura (nomura@psn.or.jp) wrote:
: Hello,
: How much is the maxmum memory size FreeBSD supports ?
: 1. I'm now building a Pentium Pro machine with 128MB memory,
: but it recognizes only 64MB. Is it a restriction ?
Have a look at /sys/i386/conf/LINT - search for MAXMEM. The
BIOS has a problem reporting more than 64Mb of memory (some
have a problem reporting more than 32!).
: 2. I have 4MB and 8MB SCSI disks. Is there any limit of
: the size of disks ?
No practical one - it's about 4000000000000000000 bytes!
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <brian@utell.co.uk> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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