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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@labs.coraid.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:32 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] out of physical memory; no swap configured
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> 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.  perhaps we trust bios too much,
but 8mb isn't impossible, either.

try
	a *noe820scan=1
at the 9load menu prompt.

- erik