From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8bbe8ddcec2605456c48f276674cf9ce@coraid.com> References: <4ecada1e1002270347i43d72199lb9ee00f0f38ecf9@mail.gmail.com> <1dbeb7d3bc1673ba6177ab232851fd6b@ladd.quanstro.net> <4ecada1e1003120306n3caee8a5t95af19b1b72605c7@mail.gmail.com> <8bbe8ddcec2605456c48f276674cf9ce@coraid.com> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:36:30 +0100 Message-ID: <4ecada1e1003190136o347809b3s4f8d225d47b6c26d@mail.gmail.com> From: Bela Valek To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] out of physical memory; no swap configured Topicbox-Message-UUID: edab5290-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 2010/3/12 erik quanstrom : >> How do other operating systems detect the available RAM? Could Plan 9 >> use the same method? > > plan 9 uses the same methods for detecting ram > everyone else does. =A0perhaps we trust bios too much, > but 8mb isn't impossible, either. > > try > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0a *noe820scan=3D1 > at the 9load menu prompt. > > - erik > > Hi, I tried it and didnt work, I got the same output. Maybe its time to trust BIOS less... :( Greetings: Bela