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From: "Kurt Schafer" <kschafer@cyberbeach.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why doesn't bsd see all my memory???
Date: 31 Mar 1997 22:40:30 GMT
Organization: Cyber Beach Communications
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You need to recompile your kernel with the MAXMEM=X option where X equals
the number of Kbytes of RAM you have.

-Kurt



King Kaos <kingkaos@magicnet.net> wrote in article
<33402460.41C67EA6@magicnet.net>...
> HI. I have 112 MB of physical memory installed in my
> system. When I start my computer, the BIOS counts 114 KBs. Then
> when FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE starts it only finds 66 KBs of real 
> memory. Why won't FreeBSD see all my memory. I have the memory
> installed the way my motherboard manuel says. Please help.
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 			KING KAOS
> 
> PS. PLease CC to my mailbox. Thanks.
>