On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Mark Andres wrote:

> It is the way NetBSD is. You have to have virtual memory (including RAM
> Doubler) off before trying to boot.  I am not a programmer, but my guess
> is that is has something to do with the booter determining how much real
> RAM you have.

No, you could get around that.  (By setting it manually w/ an older
booter.)  The real problem is that VM messes with the computer's memory
management settings and NetBSD needs to set them up for itself, and...
normally assumes that the Memory Mgr. is set up to clean default settings.
I'm not sure about the details, and I hope I'm explaining that correctly
enough....


David

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