From 7199e5df7a26aefec1131ccef3bc3a6c9a388145 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "David E. O'Brien" Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 21:51:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Explain that FreeBSD will attempt to find memory >64MB (but it mail fail). --- FAQ/troubleshoot.sgml | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/FAQ/troubleshoot.sgml b/FAQ/troubleshoot.sgml index af5fb00f7d..a13c3d83c7 100644 --- a/FAQ/troubleshoot.sgml +++ b/FAQ/troubleshoot.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - + @@ -299,8 +299,9 @@

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.

To work around this problem, you need to use the kernel option specified below. There is a way to get complete