Re: 256 mb RAM limit?


Subject: Re: 256 mb RAM limit?
From: Brice Ruth (brice@webprojkt.com)
Date: Sat Mar 17 2001 - 12:27:18 MST


Sam,

Will you be lifting that limit, then, or is this something people can do
individually in their builds? I'd personally be quite happy w/ a 512MB
limit ... that seems reasonable.

-Brice

Samuel Rydh wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 01:46:13AM +0100, Nick Donnelly wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Normally I boot MOL with "ramsize: 256". With ramsize set
> > to 257 or greater, Mac OS never boots under MOL --there is only a
> > black screen after I type "startmol". On the Linux side MOL says:
> >
> > Replacing old translation (EA 00100000, old-phys 00100000)
> > Replacing old translation (EA 00100000, old-phys 00100000)
> > Replacing old translation (EA 00100000, old-phys 00100000)
> >
> > until I kill it. Is there a limit on how much RAM one can give Mac
> > OS? I have 320 mb of physical RAM in my PB and I would love to give
> > MOL more of it. Has anybody else dealt with this problem? As
> > always, I look forward to any replies.
> > Thanks,
> > Nick
> >
>
> Currently, there is a 256 MB limit. It can easily
> be lifted to about 1 GB. To break the 1 GB limit
> is possible but a lot harder (and probably not
> worth the effort).
>
> /Samuel
>
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