Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!swivax!betel
From: betel@swivax.UUCP (Michiel Betel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: microport 386 with > 8 megs RAM?   Help.
Keywords: kernel, trap
Message-ID: <841@swisun.swivax.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jan 89 20:12:45 GMT
References: <214@mic.UUCP> <490@ka3adu.UUCP>
Reply-To: betel@swisun.UUCP (Michiel Betel)
Followup-To: michiel@cadlab1.UUCP
Organization: SWI, UvA, Amsterdam
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>I had the same problem when I put my Compaq up to 16 Megs.
>And on a friday nite at 5:00 I was ticked, but Uport came thru and told me to
>
>/etc/patch /unix Nbuf 1024
>
>This will patch the kernel to buffer size of 1meg. You may want to play with
>that figure.
>
AHA, so that does the job, I just tried adding 2 Mb of 16 bits RAM to my
8 Mb Compaq and got the no-booting problem. Called uPort UK, they told me
16 & 32 bit memory don't mix well, which I found strange but well if they
wrote the driver to /dev/mem they should know shouldn't they....

Well, the patch works with 16 bits memory too, a pity I found out so late,
I just ordered a 4 Meg compaq expamsion module.

Michiel