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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!tezcat!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newspeer.santaclara.agis.net!agis!newspeer.dearborn.agis.net!storm.lightning.net!bolt From: jreddy@lightning.net (John Reddy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Max memory FreeBSD can handle? Date: Fri, 11 Apr 97 00:05:18 GMT Organization: Lightning Internet Services, LLC Lines: 28 Message-ID: <5ijv7u$2mc_008@bolt.lightning.net> References: <3349C6AC.5B210FEB@pair.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bolt.lightning.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #2 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38884 In article <3349C6AC.5B210FEB@pair.com>, "Shane D. Muffat" <jaz@pair.com> wrote: >Path: >Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc >Subject: Max memory FreeBSD can handle? >Message-ID: <3349C6AC.5B210FEB@pair.com> >From: "Shane D. Muffat" <jaz@pair.com> >Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 00:16:44 -0400 >I know for a fact the FreeBSD can handle 128mb RAM because I know of >some companies using this configuration. > >Question: >Can it handle more...like 256mb RAM? Yes, there's a simple line in the kernel config file. When you compile the new kernel: options MAXMEM="(x*1024)" where X is the number of megs you want to raise the maximum to. The default is 64... at least as of 2.1.7. =================================================================== John Patrick Reddy (aka Reddy, Skip, Rand Al'Thor, Capt. Scruff) E-Mail: jreddy@lightning.net http://www.lightning.net/~jreddy Snail Mail: PO Box 4317; Stony Brook, NY 11790-0906 ===================================================================