A.P. Lawrence

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Unix (3.2v4.2) and ODT FAQ

How much RAM can my system use?

This depends on your OS version:

• 3.2.0: 16 MB
• 3.2v2.0: 256 MB
• 3.2v4.x: 512 MB if you use a mem= bootstring; 256 MB if not
• 3.2v5.0.0, 3.2v5.0.2: 768 MB using a mem= bootstring; 512 MB otherwise. You can also add the Large System Supplement (V1.0.0 for 5.0.0; V1.0.1 or 1.1.0 for 5.0.2) which enables support for up to 2 GB
• 3.2v5.0.4: 4 GB right out of the box

5.0.4's support for more than half a gig of memory is more stable than 5.0.2 or 5.0.0 with the LSS; if you require this much memory, you should seriously consider upgrading to 5.0.4.

You can find details on the mem= bootstring in your man page for boot(HW); the quick summary is that

Boot
: defbootstr mem=1m-768m

will instruct the system to scan for 768 MB of RAM. Do not specify more memory than the maximum for your release.

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