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From: lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Micron 2 MEG, GVP IMPACT 2000(1 MEG), & Mergemem = HELP!
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Date: 26 Oct 88 07:54:42 GMT
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In <1111@tellab5.tellabs.CHI.IL.US>, rjg@tellab5.tellabs.CHI.IL.US (Roger Gale) writes:
> Autoconfig maps the memory spaces as follows:
>
>	GVP IMPACT 2000 = $200000 - $2FFFFF
>	Micron 2 MEG    = $400000 - $5FFFFF
>
> When I invoke the mergemem utility, it responds by saying that no
> merge is possible.  Is my problem due to the order that my boards
> are placed into my Amiga 2000?  Also, I do not understand why there
> is a gap in the memory map from $300000 - $3FFFFF.  Is this due to
> the autoconfig process or due to the hardware on these boards?  I

Right. The memory configured in two chunks as a result of separately
configured boards can only be merged if the addresses are contiguous.
That 1 meg gap is the culprit. You can switch the order of the boards
in order to configure them contiguously, and to allow you to merge
them with mergemem.

-larry


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