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Explain that FreeBSD will attempt to find memory >64MB (but it mail fail).

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David E. O'Brien 1997-12-31 21:51:56 +00:00
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<!-- $Id: troubleshoot.sgml,v 1.1 1997-11-03 08:53:59 max Exp $ -->
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<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
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<p>Due to the manner in which FreeBSD gets the memory size from the
BIOS, it can only detect 16 bits worth of Kbytes in size (65535
Kbytes = 64MB). If you have more than 64MB, FreeBSD will only see
the first 64MB (or less... some BIOSes peg the memory size to 16M).
Kbytes = 64MB) (or less... some BIOSes peg the memory size to 16M).
If you have more than 64MB, FreeBSD will attempt to detect it;
however, the attempt may fail.
<p>To work around this problem, you need to use the
kernel option specified below. There is a way to get complete