larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) (12/31/90)
Will Interactive Unix fully use all memory available? Right now, I have 12 megs in this machine, and the system can be upgraded to 16 megs - except that my multiport boards are in the 15 megabyte range. Is there anyway for Interactive Unix to use all 15 megs of memory (for some reason, I am under the impression that 386/ix will use memory in 4 meg chunks only - ie: 4,8,12,16 megs - but not 15 megs)... -- Larry Snyder, Northern Star Communications, Notre Dame, IN USA {larry@nstar.rn.com, uunet!ndcheg!nstar!larry, larry%nstar@ndcheg.cheg.nd.edu} backbone usenet newsfeeds available Public Access Unix Site (219) 289-0282 (5 high speed lines)
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (12/31/90)
In article <1990Dec31.002301.17777@nstar.rn.com> larry@nstar.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes: >Right now, I have 12 megs in this machine, and the system >can be upgraded to 16 megs - except that my multiport boards >are in the 15 megabyte range. Is there anyway for Interactive >Unix to use all 15 megs of memory (for some reason, I am under >the impression that 386/ix will use memory in 4 meg chunks >only - ie: 4,8,12,16 megs - but not 15 megs)... I don't think it is a UNIX limitation, but a motherboard limitation (especially if your memory is interleaved). UNIX will use whatever your motherboard lets it (in other words: you will probably have a problem because the MB won't let you have something else located in the memory range for one of its banks of memory - although it might not complain at first (just crash later)) -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170