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1 Date: Mon, 16 Feb 87 15:04:41 EST
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2 From: katinsky@gauss.rutgers.edu (David Katinsky)
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3 To: rms@prep.ai.mit.edu
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4 Subject: 3b2 procedure to raise MAXMEM
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6 Below is the procedure I followed to allow enough memory for GnuEmacs to run
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7 on my 3b2/400. The end result of this is that a process can snarf up to 2Mb
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8 of memory. This can be a bit dangerous on a 2Mb machine, but I tried it and
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9 it worked ok.
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13 In the simplest case, these are the procedures to reconfigure a 3bx kernel.
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17 1] cd /etc/master.d
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19 `ls` shows the files to be:
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21 README ctc* hdelog idisk ipc iuart kernel mau
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22 mem msg ports* prf sem shm stubs sxt
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23 sys xt
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25 2] Edit the file which contains the parameter[s] you wish to change.
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26 In the following excerpt from /etc/master.d/kernel the value MAXMEM
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27 was raised from 256 to 1024.
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29 In V.3.0 and later releases, the parameter in question is MAXUMEM
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30 instead of MAXMEM.
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33 *
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34 * The following entries form the tunable parameter table.
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35 *
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38 NCALL = 30
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39 NPROC = 60
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40 NTEXT = 58
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41 NCLIST = 188
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42 * maxmem is number of pages (2K) was 256 --dmk
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43 MAXMEM = 1024
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44 MAXUP = 25
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45 * hashbuf must be a power of 2
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46 NHBUF = 128
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47 NPBUF = 8
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49 3] cd /boot
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51 4] mkboot -k KERNEL
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53 5] shutdown -i5 -g0 -y
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55 This will take the machine down and bring it back up into firmware
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56 mode. When you see that the machine has reached this state, type the
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57 firmware password (default=mcp). The machine will ask for the name of
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58 a program to execute. At this prompt enter /etc/system . The machine
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59 should start to boot and display its configuration data.
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63 8701271222 dmk
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65 [katinsky@topaz.rutgers.edu]
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66 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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70 I do not feel that having the default firmware password is a
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71 problem... but if you wish to edit it out, feel free.
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73 dmk
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