Date: Mon, 16 Feb 87 15:04:41 EST
From: katinsky@gauss.rutgers.edu (David Katinsky)
Subject: 3b2 procedure to raise MAXMEM
Below is the procedure I followed to allow enough memory for GnuEmacs to run
on my 3b2/400. The end result of this is that a process can snarf up to 2Mb
of memory. This can be a bit dangerous on a 2Mb machine, but I tried it and
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In the simplest case, these are the procedures to reconfigure a 3bx kernel.
`ls` shows the files to be:
README ctc* hdelog idisk ipc iuart kernel mau
mem msg ports* prf sem shm stubs sxt
2] Edit the file which contains the parameter[s] you wish to change.
In the following excerpt from /etc/master.d/kernel the value MAXMEM
was raised from 256 to 1024.
In V.3.0 and later releases, the parameter in question is MAXUMEM
* The following entries form the tunable parameter table.
* maxmem is number of pages (2K) was 256 --dmk
* hashbuf must be a power of 2
This will take the machine down and bring it back up into firmware
mode. When you see that the machine has reached this state, type the
firmware password (default=mcp). The machine will ask for the name of
a program to execute. At this prompt enter /etc/system . The machine
should start to boot and display its configuration data.
[katinsky@topaz.rutgers.edu]
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I do not feel that having the default firmware password is a
problem... but if you wish to edit it out, feel free.